Re: [T23] Removing "recovery partition"

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From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 25 2002 - 15:28:10 EDT


> Has anyone successfully removed the product recovery partition, and turned it into usable space? Currently 1gb of my 48gb hard drive is dedicated to this nearly-pointless purpose

Any decent partition management software should do this painlessly; it is merely a standard hidden partition. However,
I wouldn't do it until your 48gigs gets pretty full and you really need the space, especially since there have been so many reports of problems with the recovery CDs.

- David R.


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