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    SSD: Deleting recovery partition?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by PhAyzoN, Oct 15, 2011.

  1. PhAyzoN

    PhAyzoN Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys,

    I just upgraded to an SSD and cloned my existing HDD to get things going. Since the SSD is small, I thought I'd go into Disk Management and delete the RECOVERY partition (It exists on the original HDD should I ever need it) and expand the OS partition into it for an additional ~15GB. However, RECOVERY is shown _before_ the OS partition, so I cant expand into it. Is there a way to move RECOVERY to after OS so I can expand it?

    Thanks!
     
    PhAyzoN, Oct 15, 2011
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    You could just be able to erase it as normal. Unallocated space will then appear after any other partitions by default. Worked like a charm with my R1.
     
    Serephucus, Oct 16, 2011
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    I shrank it just to be safe instead of outright deleting it. Unallocated space does not appear after all partitions. It's in between Recovery and OS now
     
    PhAyzoN, Oct 16, 2011
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