Removing The Hp Recovery Partition - HP ENVY 17-j000 User Manual

Removing the HP Recovery partition

HP Recovery Manager software allows you to remove the HP Recovery partition to free up hard drive
space.
IMPORTANT:
Refresh, 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
on page 81.
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 then follow the on-screen instructions.
86 Chapter 11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering
Removing the HP Recovery partition means you can no longer use Windows
Creating HP Recovery media