Howdy everyone. First post for me here. I just got an M1530 that I really like so far. However, I want to set it up to dual boot Ubuntu and want to maximize the hard drive space. I notice there's already D: partition that has "recovery" data on it.

What program is this associated with and how can I most effectively wipe it without trouble from some app?

I want to resize that partition and use it for Ubuntu. I really don't care about recovering Vista back to its initial state. Taking up 10GB for that option doesn't do anything for me. I'd rather lose Vista if it comes to that and just run Ubuntu.