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Multiple Partitions of Main disk drive

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  • Disk Drive
  • Partition
  • Storage
  • Ubuntu
  • Windows 8
  • System Recovery
  • Data Recovery
  • Dual Boot
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April 27, 2014 12:02:18 AM

I'm planning to dual boot my system to run Ubuntu 14.04 LTS alongside Windows 8.1. When I went into the disk management application to shrink my main hard drive, I saw that there were already 5 partitions, i.e., 2 recovery partitions, 1 EFI system partition, the main C:/ drive partition(Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition), and D:/ Recovery drive (OEM Partition). I have read online that it is not safe to partition a disk beyond 4 partitions, as it will convert the disk into a dynamic disk. Is this true? And also, will getting rid of the 2 recovery partitions using diskpart cause any system problems?

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April 27, 2014 1:23:08 PM

If you delete the recovery partitions you won't be able to restore your system if you ever need to. Otherwise it wouldn't hurt anything else, but I wouldn't mess with any of the other partitions.
Also keep in mind that to install Ubuntu you will need to create two more partitions, one / partition and one for swap.
In general, I think it isn't the smartest thing to do under the circumstances. If you are set on it though I would do it through wubi installer, so you can get rid of it easier if something goes wrong. But before you begin be ready for the worst...
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