how to delete a recover partition

[AussieGuy92]

i have an acer aspire 5313 laptop i deleted the other partition and installed windows 7 i left the recovery partition even though it has nothing on it and most likely it ever will since there is no way of getting to it. i did not even no that there was a recovery partiton how do i delete it with out having to put in the windows 7 disk for a second time...

any ideas or suggestions?

help would be great!

 

[tw33k]

Go to control panel, administrative tools, computer management, disk management. Select the partition and delete it. You can then select your main partition and extend volume or reformat it.

 

[AussieGuy92]

i tried that and it has no option to delete it only help option comes up.

 

[torrentg]

Post a screenshot of disk management. The partition likely houses your boot files. We can move them off there if needed.

 

[AussieGuy92]

heres the screen shot but there is nothing in it the partition is empty?

 

[torrentg]

Alright, you can probably right click on the part with diagonal lines and choose to format it to NTFS.

 

[AussieGuy92]

i tryed that but it wont work the only option when i right click on that comes up is help.

i have no idea why i wont let me delete it or convert it?

 

[AussieGuy92]

the partition is pqservice i dont use it and i want it for more hdd space is it safe to delete? i dont want to screw up my laptop.

so what i am asking if i delete it next time will my laptop boot up and run as normal?

 

[torrentg]

Yeah, it will boot fine. The system partition is active already and doesn't need any editing or touching.

 

[theog]

Hi stillfreefilms

Have you made your Acer Recovery DVD's?

As the DATA needed to make them is in that partition.

 

[AussieGuy92]

yes i have the recovery cds but have no original data or acer programs on my laptop now and it runs fine.

so if i delete the 11gb partition it will boot good?

also how many times can you re-install windows 7 on the same pc?

i heard only 3 times and i have already done it twice?