What is D: Recovery Partition

On my Vista laptop there is a D: Recovery partition.

What is this for?

Can I safely delete it?

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:01:19 -0500, Journey <rainbow@oasis.com> wrote:

>On my Vista laptop there is a D: Recovery partition.
>
>What is this for?
>
>Can I safely delete it?

My guess is that it's for the F11 recovery, in which case I need to
keep it because I've already installed apps and haven't taken a True
Image image. I can't sell the computer reverted to this image so I'll
keep the recovery partition in place, if that is what it is.

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:36:36 -0500, Journey <rainbow@oasis.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:01:19 -0500, Journey <rainbow@oasis.com> wrote:
>
>>On my Vista laptop there is a D: Recovery partition.
>>
>>What is this for?
>>
>>Can I safely delete it?
>
>My guess is that it's for the F11 recovery, in which case I need to
>keep it because I've already installed apps and haven't taken a True
>Image image. I can't sell the computer reverted to this image so I'll
>keep the recovery partition in place, if that is what it is.


Journey, if I recall, it basically restores the pc/laptop to the
original dell configuration when you got it. For me, I wiped it out
and made a true image recovery partition so I could have it do
essentially the same thing but with a different configuration
(customized) to restore to.

When I sell my old pc's (many; never sold a laptop yet), they are
usually wiped clean to gov't stds and advertised accordingly. I may
put on a temporary OS just to show it works. Never have had any
complaints.

It's how you could restore the OS. I would not recommend that you
delete it.


Journey wrote:
> On my Vista laptop there is a D: Recovery partition.
>
> What is this for?
>
> Can I safely delete it?

Is there a safe way that I can remove the drive letter and
description?

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:45:18 -0400, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:

>It's how you could restore the OS. I would not recommend that you
>delete it.
>
>
>Journey wrote:
>> On my Vista laptop there is a D: Recovery partition.
>>
>> What is this for?
>>
>> Can I safely delete it?

Nevermind -- I figured it out.

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:31:46 -0500, Journey <rainbow@oasis.com> wrote:

>Is there a safe way that I can remove the drive letter and
>description?
>
>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:45:18 -0400, Barry Watzman
><WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>It's how you could restore the OS. I would not recommend that you
>>delete it.
>>
>>
>>Journey wrote:
>>> On my Vista laptop there is a D: Recovery partition.
>>>
>>> What is this for?
>>>
>>> Can I safely delete it?

You could probably use Partition Magic (and some other products) to
"Hide" the partition, which would make it unseen and it's letter thus
available. In fact, most recovery partitions ARE hidden.


Journey wrote:
> Is there a safe way that I can remove the drive letter and
> description?
>
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:45:18 -0400, Barry Watzman
> <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> It's how you could restore the OS. I would not recommend that you
>> delete it.
>>
>>
>> Journey wrote:
>>> On my Vista laptop there is a D: Recovery partition.
>>>
>>> What is this for?
>>>
>>> Can I safely delete it?

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:24:13 -0400, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:

>You could probably use Partition Magic (and some other products) to
>"Hide" the partition, which would make it unseen and it's letter thus
>available. In fact, most recovery partitions ARE hidden.

I don't know why this one wasn't hidden. Some things out of Dell
baffle me, like error messages requiring knowledgeable intervention
right out of the box, and a visible recovery partition.

I don't remember what I did, but it was some simple steps in My
Computer | Manage | Disk Management. I doubt I will even come close
to using up the space on my laptop anyway so the extra 10G won't make
a difference.

If I do need more space, 300G drives are on their way (not sure of the
timeframe) but I'd be more likely to buy a flash hard drive if they
work seamlessly and are priced right.

I'm seriously considering upgrding my 2 year warranty to 3 years. I
am really happy with this laptop. I already have complete care.

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:04:01 -0500, Journey <rainbow@oasis.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:24:13 -0400, Barry Watzman
><WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>You could probably use Partition Magic (and some other products) to
>>"Hide" the partition, which would make it unseen and it's letter thus
>>available. In fact, most recovery partitions ARE hidden.
>
>I don't know why this one wasn't hidden. Some things out of Dell
>baffle me, like error messages requiring knowledgeable intervention
>right out of the box, and a visible recovery partition.
>
>I don't remember what I did, but it was some simple steps in My
>Computer | Manage | Disk Management. I doubt I will even come close
>to using up the space on my laptop anyway so the extra 10G won't make
>a difference.
>
>If I do need more space, 300G drives are on their way (not sure of the
>timeframe) but I'd be more likely to buy a flash hard drive if they
>work seamlessly and are priced right.
>
>I'm seriously considering upgrding my 2 year warranty to 3 years. I
>am really happy with this laptop. I already have complete care.


I won't bother. I'll save the money and just put it to a newer laptop
but I guess it's how you use it that warrants whether a warrantee is
worthwhile based on other posts so I will NOT say you are wrong for
having an extended warrantee <grin>.

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:54:11 -0500, RnR wrote:

>I won't bother. I'll save the money and just put it to a newer laptop
>but I guess it's how you use it that warrants whether a warrantee is
>worthwhile based on other posts so I will NOT say you are wrong for
>having an extended warrantee <grin>.

Well based on my record it's totally absurd to think that I would
actually keep a laptop 3 years.

The one reason I would be if the transition to flash storage is taking
place and prices on that haven't come down yet.

I would like my next laptop in a few years to have the next LED screen
technology, battery life that isn't an issue because it's more than
one would need, and for it to be more solid state, especially with
flash drives.

I am going to do a lot of research and invest in companies that will
provide those, or will provide the material to make those -- Sandisk
is the most obvious that comes to mind but there may be other
companies that Sandisk sources from that could also do well.

I invested 80,000 shares in ADBL when it was at .38, and it went up to
30 (but really 10 because of a reverse split). I am always looking
for more opportunities, and Peter Lynch, in One Up on Wall Street said
look around you. As a geek I liked Audible before anyone ever heard
of it and rode the wave. Management was an asset then, not it's a
liability, and opinions about eliminating DRM would not be good for
Audible, even though they are in audiobooks rather than music I think
the fate will be the same (there are too many people that are in love
with their stock). I have a degree in psychology, and can make use of
it with my investing!

(any other stock ideas for due diligence welcome!)