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May 10th, 2013 07:00
Latitude Recovery Partitions: can I delete them?
Hi,
I bought a Latitude E6530 (with Windows 8) some months ago.
I use Ubuntu Linux so I would like to re-partitioning the entire hard disk.
Using a GParted (a fdisk tool) I see 4 partitions which I don't know the purpose:
- ESP: with 'boot' flag, mounted on /boot/efi. Size: 500 MB
- DIAGS: with 'hidden' flags. Size: 40 MB
- WINRETOOLS: with 'hidden,diag' flags. Size: 500 MB.
- PBR IMAGE: with 'hidden,diag' flags. Size: 6 GB. I think this is the Windows 8 recovery partition.
Can I delete all the partitions (I also bought the Restore DVD from Dell store) without problems?
Thanks
Matteo
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ejn63
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May 10th, 2013 07:00
Partition 1 needs to stay if you plan to keep the system in UEFI mode -- if you plan on booting in BIOS/legacy mode, it can be deleted.
You should keep the second partition - the Dell diagnostics.
The others can go, assuming you either never plan to go back to Windows, or have made the recovery DVDs or flash drive.
matteogll
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May 13th, 2013 02:00
Thanks ejn63!