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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: exadvent on July 30, 2006, 11:57:29 pm

Title: Restore Partitions - Do you need them?
Post by: exadvent on July 30, 2006, 11:57:29 pm

Like most computers my new computer has a recovery partition (20%) on the HDD.  This "restores" the computer to the original configuration (full of cr*p-ware) >:(. I have a disk for the operating system (Win XP) so I can reinstall the OS with that. Do I need to  use the restore package in order to have the correct drivers installed. :huh: I have much better things that I could do with the HDD space. ;D

Title: Re: Restore Partitions - Do you need them?
Post by: jualdeaux on July 31, 2006, 08:03:56 pm

Find out what you have and download the drivers. Then you will have them if you ever need to do a re-installation. then delete the recovery partition.

I've been thinking about doing just that with this new machine sometime in the near future.

Title: Re: Restore Partitions - Do you need them?
Post by: Commander Maxillius on August 01, 2006, 12:42:54 pm

Macs don't have recovery partitions ;D

Title: Re: Restore Partitions - Do you need them?
Post by: Tus-XC on August 02, 2006, 09:04:03 pm

Quote from: exadvent on July 30, 2006, 11:57:29 pm

Like most computers my new computer has a recovery partition (20%) on the HDD.  This "restores" the computer to the original configuration (full of cr*p-ware) >:(. I have a disk for the operating system (Win XP) so I can reinstall the OS with that. Do I need to  use the restore package in order to have the correct drivers installed. :huh: I have much better things that I could do with the HDD space. ;D

simply put, no you don't.  as long as you know what hardware is in your computer you should be able to download updated drivers (win xp, in theory, should use a default driver for anything it finds...though certain hardware still won't be picked up)

hope that helps.

Title: Re: Restore Partitions - Do you need them?
Post by: Darth Sidious on August 03, 2006, 11:41:15 am

I think I still have the recovery partitions on both laptops in the house.

of course; if my LT's windows install dies; it's not going Win when I bring it back up.

Title: Re: Restore Partitions - Do you need them?
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on August 03, 2006, 07:26:28 pm

I wouldn't delete it unless you have a windows XP CD handy.