Deleting The Recovery Partition
Nov 23, 20091.Can I delete my recovery partition after creating recovery discs.
2.Or Is there any advantage of keeping that partition than recovery discs.
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Partition Magic For Windows 7 With Out Deleting One Key Recovery?
Sep 4, 2011i have lenovo g550 i have only two drives c and d. i want to partition d drive if ican i will loose my onekey recovery software. without deleting one key recovery software how can i partition my d drive?
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What I want to do is delete the partition Windows 7 Beta is on and install Windows 7 RC as my main OS. I have tried booting to a disc with GParted on it to delete the partition but it will not boot to the cd, I know my BIOS is in the right order as I can easily boot to the Windows 7 RC dvd I have made. When I try to use something like EASEUS Partition Master or the Disk Management on XP, the delete option is greyed out when I right click on the Windows 7 Beta partition. I cannot figure out how to do delete it so I can extend my XP partition to the full space on the hard drive and then install the Windows 7 RC.
Error While Deleting Partition?
Aug 15, 2011Im using windows 7 OS, I have 2 different Hard Disk 1 is for OS 40 gig and 2nd 80gig is for my files, problem is the second HDD have a partition of 11gig and 69gig, i use it previously for my XP OS.. now im trying to re size my partion in 2nd hdd im trying to make 11gig into like 25gig up.. and this is what ive done.. i partition my 69gig to 20-49 and i try to delete 30gig so that i can merge 11 gig and 20 gig..when i delete the 20gig it become free space. and when i try to merge 11 and 20gig i cant their is no function of extend in 11gig partition, and then when i try to make new simple volume in that 20gig i deleted it shows an error of "Their is not enough space on the disk to perform this operation"..
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Jul 16, 2011I deleted my partitions by mistake. Drive originally had 2 partitions, 100MB (Windows 7 setup partitiion) and 930GB (Data storage partition). In summary:
1) I deleted the 100MB partition (because disk is(was) now storage disk) and 930gb partition were deleted too.
2) I started following a guide from microsoft and re-create the 2 partitions as RAW (without format).
3) I deleted the 2 raw partition and created a full space partition to the disk QUICK FORMATTING NTFS.
4) Started to try "Recuva" but most of the files recovered (1,000,000 files) are broken, i tried the option to recover Folder Structure but fails.
Is there any way to recover the files and Folder Structure properly? Except of the partitions deletions/creations I didn't write anything inside the disk.
Error When Deleting Partition - Not Enough Space To Complete Operation
Jan 15, 2012I have been messing around with Ubuntu and other OS's and after I installed Ubuntu on a 5gb partition, I realized that is way too small, so I went into Windows, opened up Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) and just deleted the volume. Well now I have a green partition and when I try to delete the partition, I get the error "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" I am doing this all on my internal hard dive in my laptop.
Additional info
Windows 7; x64
4gb RAM
About 100gb LEFT on C:
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Sep 11, 2011I am preparing a laptop for sale, and have carried out a fresh install of Windows (booting from recovery CD). During this process, I selected 'Custom installation'followed by the hard disk partition containing my personal data and 'Drive options (advanced)', followed by 'Delete'. Is this a secure method of erasure or should I take additional precautionary steps before selling?
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Jun 20, 2012My sister just got a new laptop with 7, then accidentally installed a friend's version of 7 on top of it, thinking it was Microsoft Office. I'm trying to restore to factory settings so she doesn't lose all the software that came with the computer.
I know the recovery partition is on the computer (I made it appear by assigning it a drive letter). But I cannot boot from it (or whatever I need to do to access it).
I have tried the following:
1) Advanced Boot Options -> Repair -> System Image Recovery: no system image
-> System Restore: no restore point
2) all possible F# keys at startup, including F10 which got me to Edit Boot Options, which seemed hopeful because it named the partition number, 3, but did not allow me to change it (the recovery partition is 2).
3) F2 -> setup (nothing there)
4) burning an iso of Windows 7 recovery disc, which just gave me the same repair tool as in the 1st attempt.
5) setting the recovery partition as "active" (in fact, I think it was already active).
Creating A Recovery Partition On New SSD?
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Note: This does not have a CD drive.
Take Backup By Using Recovery Partition
Dec 5, 2011I am using dell insipiron 1464 model with preinstalled windows 7 home basic os.i have lost my installation cd.now how do i take backup of my os in separate dvd or usb drive with the help of recovery partition.
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Jul 1, 2009I have a Presario Compaq CQ60 laptop
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Formatting Recovery Partition
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Dec 3, 2009I have upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 by clean installing.
So now as I can understand my recovery partition will not work.
Should I delete it or is there any way to fix it?
and is there anyway to create similar partition for windows 7?
And question about backups:
As I don't have external HD, can I do backups like this:
Laptop A backup to Laptop B
Laptop B backup to Laptop A
Can't Remove Recovery Partition
Jun 27, 2011i've fitted a new hard drive into my laptop and want to get rid of the recovery partition on the one i've removed.I've formatted it via Disc Management but the 15gb Recovery Partition remains there. Is there a way to format it so that i get the maximum amount of disc space.
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Jul 9, 2012I had got some virun problem in my HP laptop so that I use a recovery partition in order to install Windows 7, but unfortunately during installtion the system stucked and I think my recovery partition is also corrupt. Now I want to install Windows 7 without using recovery partition and want to use my own Windows OEM key but the question is that how can I get my Windows 7 product key from my recovery partition, actually the sticker on the bottom of my laptop wipe out as well as I cannot run keyfinder program because I couldn't login into my Windows. Is there any possibilities that I can get my product key from my recovery partition.
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Oct 30, 2009Just want to run something by you guys before I install my compy of Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop.
I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi 2250 with Vista Home Premium. When I got the laptop I created the restore DVD:s (3) and have since then used them a couple of times.
From what I've gathered reading trough this and other forums, and from my own knowledge and experience it should be safe to remove the recovery partition from the HD right? Or could I run in to some kind of problem if I'd like to go back to Vista using my recovery DVD:s and the partition is not there? As I understand it if I for example had a Dell it whould be ok, but could it be different on my computer? Or do these recovery-partitions always work the same way?
Also, if I decide to leave the partition there and I do a clean install of Windows 7 will this do anything to the restore partition? Cause in that case I could just leave it there right?
Recovery Partition Deletion
Dec 15, 2009I have tried to Delete my Recovery Partition on my Acer Netbook but it doesn't work. I have the boot files on the C: Drive. My Recovery Partition has nothing on it.
I have used the cmd
select volume 1
active volume 1
delete volume 1
and than cmd freezes up on me and all i can do is close the program or check for online solution
than after i try
select volume 1
active volume 1
delete partition
i get an error:
"Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set."
I have also tried to go in the Disk Management section and delete the Recovery Partition but when I select it, I can only click on settings.
How can I make the Recovery Partition become usable?