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    Safe to delete dell diagnostic partition?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Cheazy, Oct 18, 2011.

  1. Cheazy

    Cheazy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just wondering if it is safe and wise (from a warranty and does the pc work point of view) to delete the Dell Diagnostic partition...

    Still having problems and it seems a lot of people recommend deleting ALL partitions when re-installing.
     
    Cheazy, Oct 18, 2011
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  2. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    I dont think you can delete it, because it is build with the BIOS, unless you remove the BIOS, lol.
     
    CGSDR, Oct 18, 2011
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  3. Kynlore

    Kynlore Notebook Geek

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    I've removed them off of desktop workstations I get from Dell often. It isn't part of BIOS, it is a bootable partition for testing hardware. If you have other utilities for testing or don't care, you can remove it.

    I see an Alienware being no different. I see no reason why you can remove the diagnostic/Respawn partitions and just use the primary boot partition.
     
    Kynlore, Oct 18, 2011
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  4. alroar

    alroar Notebook Consultant

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    before you delete partitions, make sure to creat a usb stick or dvd with alienrespawn. the u can wipe the hard disk as u wish
     
    alroar, Oct 18, 2011
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  5. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Your laptop should come with Windows discs. I've been using the same drive since a few years ago and it's worked fine. This drive is basically a generic Windows installation, doesn't have Dell partitions or software (apart from AlienFX for now), so it's safe for you to delete the partition without making a copy of it. Your Windows DVD is included and drivers can be found at Dell's site.
     
    fred2028, Oct 18, 2011
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  6. alroar

    alroar Notebook Consultant

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    but if you want so sell or return the book its easier to just make a alienspawn safety copy.

    in the cases stated above, just throw it in and ur good.
     
    alroar, Oct 18, 2011
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