Re: How Do I Delete Recovery Partition?

From: Malcolm (malcolm34465_at_NOTyahoo.com)
Date: 02/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 01:52:46 GMT

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:21:47 -0500, NobodyMan <none@none.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:08:05 -0800, Steve Nielsen
><steve_nielsen@_blahX3_lincoln.k12.or.us> wrote:
>
>>> Also, by deleting the recovery partition you probably void the
>>> warranty. Putting a new OS on it will almost certainly void the
>>> warranty.
>>>
>>
>>If that is the case then installing Linux will, too. I would hope that a
>>user would be able to install any software, including OSes, they wanted
>>to on a machine and it would not void any warranty. Seem rediculous to
>>me if it would.
>>
>>Steve
>
>OK, how about this: installing a new OS may violate any tech support
>agreements, but not the full hardware warranty.
>
>I have seen manufacturers void full warranties when the OS was changed
>though. It is something to think about!

Hi,

I bought a HP 510 machine a year or two ago for a local computer club.
They gave no recovery CD's with the machine (recovery partition only).
I called them and told them I wanted recovery CD's. They would not
send them to me because I had a recovery partition. I explained I
wanted to install two or three operating systems on the machine and
needed the recovery CD's if problems arose. They told me they would
only sell me the CD's if the recovery partition was trashed. I held
them on the phone while I deleted the recovery partition with
Partition Magic. They then shipped me the recovery CD's ($10 S/H).
They never said a word about voiding a warranty, but we never had any
trouble with the machine to use the warranty. Anyway I deleted the
recovery partition and installed WinXP - Win Me and created an
application partition and still running well today.

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Later,
Malcolm

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