Delete OEM Partition

Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on the
drive - OEM Partition?
Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.

"BChat" <> wrote in message
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> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on
> the
> drive - OEM Partition?
> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>
>


No.. Windows can't delete itself..


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"BChat" <> wrote in message
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> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on
> the
> drive - OEM Partition?
> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>
>


No.. Windows can't delete itself..


NOT the Windows partition - the OEM partition (180MB) before it on the
drive.
Windows is on the 2nd partition.

Provided you'll never need to use it to recover your system, delete away.

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> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message
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> "BChat" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on
>> the
>> drive - OEM Partition?
>> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>>
>>
>
>
> No.. Windows can't delete itself..
>
>
> NOT the Windows partition - the OEM partition (180MB) before it on the
> drive.
> Windows is on the 2nd partition.
>

Thanks Dave - I haven't figured out how to do it yet.

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Provided you'll never need to use it to recover your system, delete away.

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"BChat" <> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message
> news:...
> "BChat" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on
>> the
>> drive - OEM Partition?
>> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>>
>>
>
>
> No.. Windows can't delete itself..
>
>
> NOT the Windows partition - the OEM partition (180MB) before it on the
> drive.
> Windows is on the 2nd partition.
>

Vista may not be able to, you may need a 3rd party app.

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"BChat" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks Dave - I haven't figured out how to do it yet.
>
> "David B." <> wrote in message
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> Provided you'll never need to use it to recover your system, delete away.
>
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> "BChat" <> wrote in message
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>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message
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>> "BChat" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on
>>> the
>>> drive - OEM Partition?
>>> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> No.. Windows can't delete itself..
>>
>>
>> NOT the Windows partition - the OEM partition (180MB) before it on the
>> drive.
>> Windows is on the 2nd partition.
>>
>

I have Acronis Disk Director I can install, and 3 other HDs to fool around
with - I'll get'er done somehow.


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Vista may not be able to, you may need a 3rd party app.

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"BChat" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks Dave - I haven't figured out how to do it yet.
>
> "David B." <> wrote in message
> news:#...
> Provided you'll never need to use it to recover your system, delete away.
>
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> "BChat" <> wrote in message
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>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> "BChat" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on
>>> the
>>> drive - OEM Partition?
>>> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> No.. Windows can't delete itself..
>>
>>
>> NOT the Windows partition - the OEM partition (180MB) before it on the
>> drive.
>> Windows is on the 2nd partition.
>>
>

BChat wrote:
> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on the
> drive - OEM Partition?
> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>
>
Be careful. I did this on my HP Pavilion computer and completely hosed
Windows. Computer couldn't find Windows on boot up as it was now on a
differently-labeled drive. Fortunately I had an Acronis True Image
backup available.

Check with Dell to see if they have a utility that deletes the restore
partition.

Bill

Bill,
I got it deleted - for matted it - now just have to make it ''ACTIVE"
I have 4 HDs in the machine - this is an experiment - fun stuff ;-)


"Bill Sharpe" <> wrote in message
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BChat wrote:
> Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition on
> the
> drive - OEM Partition?
> Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
>
>
Be careful. I did this on my HP Pavilion computer and completely hosed
Windows. Computer couldn't find Windows on boot up as it was now on a
differently-labeled drive. Fortunately I had an Acronis True Image
backup available.

Check with Dell to see if they have a utility that deletes the restore
partition.

Bill

BChat;886538 Wrote:
> Bill,
> I got it deleted - for matted it - now just have to make it ''ACTIVE"
> I have 4 HDs in the machine - this is an experiment - fun stuff ;-)
>
>
> "Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OYlYb#pRJHA.5860@xxxxxx
> BChat wrote:> > >
> > > Can I use Disk Management in Ultimate 64 to delete the 1st partition
> > on
> > > the
> > > drive - OEM Partition?
> > > Dell XPS Gen 5 computer - Western Digital 74 GB Raptor drive.
> > >
> > > > >
> Be careful. I did this on my HP Pavilion computer and completely
> hosed
> Windows. Computer couldn't find Windows on boot up as it was now on a
> differently-labeled drive. Fortunately I had an Acronis True Image
> backup available.
>
> Check with Dell to see if they have a utility that deletes the
> restore
> partition.
>
> Bill

I do this with every system I get, I hate all the "crapware" OEM's
install, I do a fresh install of Ultimate that I have here, just delete
the partition and install as normal.


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