Removing The Hp Recovery Partition - HP 240 Maintenance And Service Manual

4.
Select the optical drive or USB flash drive you want to boot from.
5.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

Removing the HP Recovery partition

HP Recovery Manager software allows you to remove the HP Recovery partition to free up hard drive
space.
IMPORTANT:
the Windows Remove everything and reinstall Windows option, or the HP Recovery Manager option
for minimized image recovery. Create HP Recovery media before removing the Recovery partition to
ensure you have recovery options; see
Follow these steps to remove the HP Recovery partition:
1. From the Start screen, type recovery, and then select HP Recovery Manager.
2. Select Remove Recovery Partition, and follow the on-screen instructions to continue.
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Removing the HP Recovery partition means you can no longer use Windows Refresh,
Creating HP Recovery media on page 128.