HP Computer Vista Recovery Space Question?

[hooterville]

Got a Box HP Computer with Vista Premium and it has a Drive D that is called recovery.

I have to burn my own Recovery disc's and was wondering if I could delete the data that is in this recovery Drive D without causing problems after I have made the recovery disc's?

 

[RebateMonger]

If any of your self-burned recovery disks are defective, you'll have no way to recover your system. I suggest leaving the Recovery Partition alone. Drives are cheap. If you need more space, get a second hard drive, either internal or external. Store single copies of non-critical data on the second drive, and use the second drive to keep backups of important data from the first drive.

 

[n7]

Theoretically, yes, it should be okay to remove the recovery partition, but i do not recommend that.

It's easy to reinstall using the recovery methods built in, & sometimes wiping the HDD results in the recovery discs not wanting to install/recognize the HDD.

If anything, i'd be more concerned with the bloat HP bundles preinstalled.

Takes a crapload of uninstalling, etc. to clean up their shytstems.

 

[21stHermit]

I have the same sitituation: HP PC with a 160GB HDD. C: is 120GB and has the working OS: Vista Basic. D: is 40GB and contains the recovery files. I used a 250GB SATA to install XP and the 160GB is disconnected. Some basic questions:

1] I've never used a recovery HD to re-build the OS, just what is the process?
2] I'd like to use the 120GB portion of the drive, can I give that drive new drive letters and make use of the 120GB portion?
3] If I want to make a DVD of the recovery files, what's envolved?

I couldn't take Vista's obsessive protection controls and I gave up. That may change with a future SP and I may wish to try it again.

Thanks
Hermit