Okay, you got me on a technicality. I didn't read the user's words that closely and reused them.
Since the user is aware of the secret partitions, I also advise him to leave it alone. If he thinks he needs the space, he can use a utility like Acronis to back it up and delete it. It should fit on a DL DVD-R. Of course, if he has a copy of Acronis he does not need the recovery partition. He can create a backup that can be restored from DVD. Dragonfly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/16/2007 10:56:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dragonfly%40pacbell.net> writes: > > All hard drives do not have unallocated partitions on them > > > Hi: > That quote is a contradiction! There is NO such thing as "unallocated > partitions". A drive has either one or the other, unallocated space or > partitions. > > The "so called secret" partition on some PCs is not unallocated. It > usually > contains bundled OEM programs and Drivers and even the OS and can be made > to run "hands Off", when directed, to provide a system recovery. Those > partitions can be deleted and lost on purpose or accidentally. In that > case the > space then becomes unallocated space that can be re-partitioned, > reformatted > and used for other purposes. > > However, I would not touch these partitions. On my Gateway it was > possible > to copy any recovery stuff to a CD and then be reinstalled from the CD. A > lot of stuff that comes in OEM recoveries is hard to even identify or > know why > they are there. > > New PCs come with tons and tons of special stuff and if you ever had to > restore this stuff piece by piece you would see why you should keep that > partition. Hope this helps. > > > Emile > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __._,_ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
