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Creating a new HDD Partition..
I was wondering if using the Disk Management software in Vista HP to create a new volume (using Shrink) will damage my Dell recovery partition?
I've been playing with Win 7 beta in a Virtual Machine, but I want to try it as a dual boot. I don't want to damage the Dell recovery/utils partition though.
RubusRoo
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January 11th, 2009 09:00
Update
Wont let you install on USB devices.
Shrink worked just fine & recovery partition options intact.
husky0894
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January 11th, 2009 06:00
Most new Dell systems ship with four partitions; you cannot add one without deleting one of the existing ones and the simplest to dispatch is the recovery partition.
If you really want to run the beta, consider buying a new hard drive - they are very inexpensive.
RubusRoo
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January 11th, 2009 07:00
This one (Dimension 9200) only has 3 partitions C D & a hidden E.
It's a RAID (1) config & already has 2 HDDs in it hence no room for anymore devices in those bays.
I may try installing it on a USB HDD.
Many thanks for your answer