I have just bought a new laptop with a 40Gig HDD. I have made a recovery DVD
for it now, but before that, noticed another HDD partition which had 4gig and
was called 'recovery'. My HDD has now dropped to 33.1gig Total Size even
though i have not filled it with anything and the 'Recovery' partition has
dissapeared. I thought after making the Recovery DVD the 'Recovery' partition
would have gave the 4gig back to my normal HDD but it still stands at 33.1.
Can i find this 'Recovery' partition and delete it to claim my needed space
back now that i have made a Recovery DVD? Does anyone know how to do this and
would it be safe to do so?

The recovery partition should be visible in 'Disk Management'
It was put there by the sys supplier in order to recover from a win failure.
You would have to read manu.blurb for its usage.
Whether you can recover using your DVD is another matter, as assuming you
merely copied the recovery partition. The recovery procedure may look for
files in a specific location, there may also have been hidden files.

"Adrian" <Adrian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ABD9F103-5325-4DCB-986D-E4BA6C803892@microsoft.com...
> I have just bought a new laptop with a 40Gig HDD. I have made a recovery
DVD
> for it now, but before that, noticed another HDD partition which had 4gig
and
> was called 'recovery'. My HDD has now dropped to 33.1gig Total Size even
> though i have not filled it with anything and the 'Recovery' partition has
> dissapeared. I thought after making the Recovery DVD the 'Recovery'
partition
> would have gave the 4gig back to my normal HDD but it still stands at
33.1.
> Can i find this 'Recovery' partition and delete it to claim my needed
space
> back now that i have made a Recovery DVD? Does anyone know how to do this
and
> would it be safe to do so?

Adrian

What is the make and model of the Laptop?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"Adrian" <Adrian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ABD9F103-5325-4DCB-986D-E4BA6C803892@microsoft.com...
>I have just bought a new laptop with a 40Gig HDD. I have made a recovery
>DVD
> for it now, but before that, noticed another HDD partition which had 4gig
> and
> was called 'recovery'. My HDD has now dropped to 33.1gig Total Size even
> though i have not filled it with anything and the 'Recovery' partition has
> dissapeared. I thought after making the Recovery DVD the 'Recovery'
> partition
> would have gave the 4gig back to my normal HDD but it still stands at
> 33.1.
> Can i find this 'Recovery' partition and delete it to claim my needed
> space
> back now that i have made a Recovery DVD? Does anyone know how to do this
> and
> would it be safe to do so?

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Adrian
>
> What is the make and model of the Laptop?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
I have an Advent 7083 laptop with 512mb and 40g HDD
>
> "Adrian" <Adrian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ABD9F103-5325-4DCB-986D-E4BA6C803892@microsoft.com...
> >I have just bought a new laptop with a 40Gig HDD. I have made a recovery
> >DVD
> > for it now, but before that, noticed another HDD partition which had 4gig
> > and
> > was called 'recovery'. My HDD has now dropped to 33.1gig Total Size even
> > though i have not filled it with anything and the 'Recovery' partition has
> > dissapeared. I thought after making the Recovery DVD the 'Recovery'
> > partition
> > would have gave the 4gig back to my normal HDD but it still stands at
> > 33.1.
> > Can i find this 'Recovery' partition and delete it to claim my needed
> > space
> > back now that i have made a Recovery DVD? Does anyone know how to do this
> > and
> > would it be safe to do so?
>
>
>

Adrian

Was there a Manual in the box with the computer?

If no manual was in the box were there any stickers indicating that
there should be a manual in the box?

Where did you buy the computer? Was it in the UK or elsewhere?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Adrian" <Adrian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> Adrian
>>
>> What is the make and model of the Laptop?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>>
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
> I have an Advent 7083 laptop with 512mb and 40g HDD
>>
>> "Adrian" <Adrian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ABD9F103-5325-4DCB-986D-E4BA6C803892@microsoft.com...
>> >I have just bought a new laptop with a 40Gig HDD. I have made a recovery
>> >DVD
>> > for it now, but before that, noticed another HDD partition which had
>> > 4gig
>> > and
>> > was called 'recovery'. My HDD has now dropped to 33.1gig Total Size
>> > even
>> > though i have not filled it with anything and the 'Recovery' partition
>> > has
>> > dissapeared. I thought after making the Recovery DVD the 'Recovery'
>> > partition
>> > would have gave the 4gig back to my normal HDD but it still stands at
>> > 33.1.
>> > Can i find this 'Recovery' partition and delete it to claim my needed
>> > space
>> > back now that i have made a Recovery DVD? Does anyone know how to do
>> > this
>> > and
>> > would it be safe to do so?
>>
>>
>>