Dell recovery partition vista

But with the use of programs like Partition Magic or Paragon HardDisk Manager it is very easy to hide the recovery partition. But you should also have in mind that when you hide that partition in case of emergency it might be hard to restore your computer. OK, that was mostly what I needed to know. I has no effect on the F8 recovery. Does Windows use this partition at all?

If Windows doens't use this partition at all, ever, wouldn't it just be easier to go into the windows disc management tool and hit "Remove" on the the drive letter selection dialog. It's pretty easy to do this under XP.

I am not sure what you are asking here but yes you can use remove in disk manager and it will take the drive letter away.

And please forgive my typing i am using just my right hand to type this i broke my left hand and i am left hanned so my typing not up to par on this.. You don't backup to a FAT16 partition on an external backup device, you boot from it. You have a second NTFS partition to store the data on. This is why it doesn't need a Windows drive letter, Windows has no need to know that it even exists.

Browse Community. Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by C3PO5 Solved. K-infotech 3 Argentum. Hiding the recovery partition in Vista? You can access the recovery partition in Windows Vista by removing any peripherals, except for your keyboard and mouse.

Start your computer. The Advanced Boot Options menu will appear when the computer starts after you press F8.

Press Enter after selecting Repair Your Computer from the list. You can choose the language you want. Click OK to continue at the next window. A Dell recovery partition is a hidden partition that is shipped with the computer, which contains information and files needed to restore Dell factory settings. When the computer goes down, it is extremely useful to have it on hand to help you free up your hard drive from the physical installation.

The Recovery Partition can be accessed in several ways. You can access the Recovery Partition by pressing and holding Command-R or Option after your Mac starts chime just a few seconds after you turn it on. You will see the Preparing one time boot menu in the top-right corner of the Dell logo screen after you tap the F12 key. Browse Community.

Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by Terry Harper Unsolved. Windows Vista Recovery without CD. Hello, I bought a Dell Latitude D one year ago. Thanks, PA. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies Terry Harper 2 Bronze.

Your user id is the name above "Administrator" - capitalization is important. It will take 45 minutes to reinstall. Copy the "Favorites" list from your memory stick to the now empty "Favorities" folder. Copy the pictures and icons into their folders from the memory stick. Load your web writing program. Open the file you downloaded and edit away. All Done! I hope this helps All the best, Ty.

The way you're describing seems to be simple but I don't find the repair option in the F8 menu. Do you have another tip? Stein-Inge 2 Bronze. The text will not be accurate as I have to translate them Menu item 1: Picture of a disk with a tick mark: Header is: Start up repair Menu tem 2: Picture of a computer system with a clock. Best regards from the snowy Norway Stein Inge Haaland.

Hydralisk 5 Tungsten. You need the Vista DVD to reinstall.