HP Compaq Presario,Presario V5000 Maintenance And Service Manual page 221

a. Click Advanced Options on the System Recovery screen.
b. Select Destructive Recovery and follow the on-screen
Deleting the Recovery Partition on the
Hard Drive
The PC Recovery Advanced Options menu provides the option of
deleting the recovery partition, which will increase space on the
hard drive. Delete the recovery partition only if you have already
created recovery discs.
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CAUTION: After you create the recovery discs, you can increase
space on the hard drive by deleting the recovery partition. However,
doing this is not recommended. If you delete this partition, you will lose
any information that is on the partition, including the PC Recovery
software. Thereafter, you must use the recovery discs to access PC
Recovery software.
To delete the recovery partition:
1. If you have not already created recovery discs, create
them now.
2. Select Start > All Programs > System Recovery >
PC Recovery.
The PC Recovery tool opens.
3. Select PC Recovery and click Next.
The computer restarts and the PC Recovery tools opens.
4. Click OK.
5. At the System Recovery screen, click Advanced Options.
6. Select Delete Recovery Partition (not recommended) and
follow the on-screen instructions.
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