I had to run a clean install of Vista on my Dell 64-bit laptop. It worked well and the OS is on C:\. However, I don't know what to do with the Recovery Partition. It is located on drive D:\ and is 9.99 GB with 1.88 GB free. The install of Vista did not seem to impact the Recovery Drive D:\. Was I supposed to do something with it before doing the install? Should I now delete it or leave it alone?
I deleted mine but it was my choice...same as yours. I have never been able to get it to work when I needed it. I got the new disks from HP for free when I had to replace my HDD so it worked out for me. True the 10 or so Gigs wont tip the scales unless you top out ur HDD with data like I do...only like 15 GB left on my drive for me.
IDT High Definition Audio/SRS Premium Sound/Altec Lansing
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Laptop Screen
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 laptop, external 17 in LCD 1024 x 768
Hard Drives
WD Scorpio Blue 320 GB SATA 5400 RPM
Toshiba 68 GB SATA 5400 RPM Second Drive (backup)
PSU
8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Case
Laptop with "light up" HP Logo on outside
Cooling
Insane air coming out of Targus dual fan cooler
Keyboard
Full Keyboard with numpad
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 / Touchpad
Internet Speed
Comcast Cable 20 MBps
Other Info
Used Primarily for CAD design using SolidWorks 2010.
Also I love to watch HD movies using the HDMI output(Netflix).
Linked to my Xbox 360 for Windows Media Center
3 USB ports + USB/eSata
HP Remote for Windows Media Center and Quickplay
Internal Dual Layer DVD+/-RW
External HP Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD+/-RW
HP Webcam and Microphone
