Re: How Do I Delete Recovery Partition?
From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/21/04
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:21:12 -0700
"Malcolm" <malcolm34465@NOTyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
Sometimes, in order to invoke the warranty on suspected bad hardware, the
company will require you to restore the computer back to factory new
condition. That way they can verify that the problem is indeed the hardware
and not a software issue that the user has created.
As long as you can get back to that factory new condition, they don't need
to know about any modifications you've made in the interim.
The problem is that if someone deletes the partition without having some way
to recover, they may not get the support they expect.
I think it's kind of an unfair way for these companies to handle their
warranties, but it's the way some of them do.
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