Hi zachkary,

Clean reinstallation of operating system would erase a file which would make 16GB Factory image inaccessible.

You can delete the partition and merge it with the active partition, so that it can use that space for data storage.

Refer the following links which has steps to merge a partition:

http://dell.to/16nDJA0

http://dell.to/17tyRJi

****NOTE: Back up data before performing the above process.

 Let me know how it goes.

Thanks for the info, but just as an added note, when I view the "recovery" drive through Partition Manager it shows it is "Active & Boot".  The C:OS drive only shows as "Active".  Still ok to merge them ?

Hi zachkary,

Yes you can merge the active partitions. Refer the following links which has step by step procedure:

http://bit.ly/197tOMv

http://bit.ly/197tRYG

Please reply for further questions.