On 2014-05-21 02:56, Fraser Bell wrote:
> If you want to keep the recovery partition, it is best to leave it where
> it is, at the end. Depending on the manufacturer, some of them break if
> not at the end of the disk, while others do not seem to matter.
That’s true.
However.
In the event of needing to run that thing in there, it will probably
destroy everything else in the disk, so it is best to never use it. And
if you do have to use it, what you can do is simply have a backup image
of it, with the partition table, so that you can rebuild the disk,
destroying Linux yourself, recreating that “restore” partition from the
backup, in the correct place, and run it.
Meanwhile, you can use that space for anything else you want.
And to avoid having to restore Windows using that /rescue/ thing, once
you have shrunk Windows to install Linux, maybe after Linux is installed
and working, create your own image backup of Windows and maybe Linux,
using clonezilla. If disaster happens to Windows, recover it yourself
from your backup, not from the rescue partition, so that Linux is not
destroyed in the process and you have to restart everything.
> If you wish to use the extra space, then launch your Windows operating
> system, use the backup tool supplied by the laptop manager, and it will
> (usually) have an option to create backups of the original Factory
> recovery, as well as backups of your current system.
Mine does not appear to have that option.
> Make a couple copies of the original Factory recovery, if you plan to
> pass the laptop on to someone else after you have outgrown it.
>
> Then, just delete the recovery partition.
Yep.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))