Partition Query

On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is for
a recovery operation.

The balance of the Hard Disk is C.

There is no D.

The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.

Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and then
create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated area?

If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
set up for?

Are there any hidden traps?

Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?

Thanks.

 

If you moove or alter the location of the boot partition most likely a
recovery will not work. In some models the boot partition is located in a
unallocated portion of the HD an some will think that it is unused but it is
not.

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"KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is
> for a recovery operation.
>
> The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
>
> There is no D.
>
> The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
>
> Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and
> then create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated
> area?
>
> If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
> set up for?
>
> Are there any hidden traps?
>
> Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
>
> Thanks.
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

"KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is
> for a recovery operation.
>
> The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
>
> There is no D.
>
> The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
>
> Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and
> then create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated
> area?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->



Bad idea...

20 gigs is way to small for your OS<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
> set up for?
>
> Are there any hidden traps?
>
> Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
>
> Thanks.
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

I don't know if my experience helps you, but when I completely wiped (i.e.
hosed) my hard drive and recovered from my HP restore disk, it created the
C and D (recovery) partitions exactly as they were when new.

After that recovery, I shrank my C partition and created a new drive (call
it Z) in the free space, leaving the D partition intact.

In a subsequent recovery from the D drive, it re-imaged the C drive, but
left my "Z" drive intact.

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"KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
news:h0uodc$bom$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is
> for a recovery operation.
>
> The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
>
> There is no D.
>
> The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
>
> Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and
> then create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated
> area?
>
> If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
> set up for?
>
> Are there any hidden traps?
>
> Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
>
> Thanks.
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

"KiwiBrian" wrote:
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> On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is for
> a recovery operation.
>
> The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
>
> There is no D.
>
> The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
>
> Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and then
> create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated area?
>
> If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
> set up for?
>
> Are there any hidden traps?
>
> Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
Yes, you can create new partition(D) without any problem using the utility
available in Vista. This won't affect the hidden partition at all and for
more info read: