Vista - Delete OEM Partition

Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on the
drive - OEM Partition?
Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.

"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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No.. Windows can't delete itself..


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"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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No.. Windows can't delete itself..


NOT the Windows partition - the OEM partition (180MB) before it on the
drive.
Windows is on the 2nd partition.

Provided you'll never need to use it to recover your system, delete away.

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"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Dave - I haven't figured out how to do it yet.

"David B." <mail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Provided you'll never need to use it to recover your system, delete away.

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"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista may not be able to, you may need a 3rd party app.

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"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have Acronis Disk Director I can install, and 3 other HDs to fool around
with - I'll get'er done somehow.


"David B." <mail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista may not be able to, you may need a 3rd party app.

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"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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BChat wrote:Be careful. I did this on my HP Pavilion computer and completely hosed
Windows. Computer couldn't find Windows on boot up as it was now on a
differently-labeled drive. Fortunately I had an Acronis True Image
backup available.

Check with Dell to see if they have a utility that deletes the restore
partition.

Bill

Bill,
I got it deleted - for matted it - now just have to make it ''ACTIVE"
I have 4 HDs in the machine - this is an experiment - fun stuff ;-)


"Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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BChat wrote:Be careful. I did this on my HP Pavilion computer and completely hosed
Windows. Computer couldn't find Windows on boot up as it was now on a
differently-labeled drive. Fortunately I had an Acronis True Image
backup available.

Check with Dell to see if they have a utility that deletes the restore
partition.

Bill

I do this with every system I get, I hate all the "crapware" OEM's install, I do a fresh install of Ultimate that I have here, just delete the partition and install as normal.