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Posted by spamfree on May 20, 2006, 12:13 pm
Please log in for more thread options William P.N. Smith wrote:
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1844603&os=228&lang=en&docname=c00608578
>>
>> "
>> Removing the restore partition
>> One recovery option available, but not recommended, is removing the
>> restore partition from the hard drive. While this action will free up
>> storage space, the only restore or recovery option available is a
>> compete, destructive reformatting of the hard drive using the set of
>> recovery disks. The options to recover individual drivers or
>> applications, and to reinstall the operating system no longer exist."
>>
>> Maybe I am reading it incorrectly, but my understanding is that all I
>> would be able to do is reformat the drive after removing the the
>> recovery partition! :(
>
> It probably means just what it says.
>
> With the recovery partition in place, you can recover individual
> drivers or applications and reinstall the OS.
>
> When you've removed the recovery partition, you can only rebuild it
> from scratch by reformatting the disk and starting over.
>
> Why bother to recover the space anyway? By the time you need that
> last 7 on the drive you'll want to get a 120G drive for it anyway.
Thanks for your reply. Your interpretation of what HP's site is what I
wanted to confirm :) ...that if i delete the partition I will lose the
ability to individually reinstall stuff...but at least I can restore
everything back to scratch from the the backup DVDs.
You are probably right about the 120gig drive. If i were to upgrade to
a drive that size, I would then be reliant on those very DVD's to
install everything.
Thanks,
Shane
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