Remove "Recovery Disk" and insert 64gb SSD?

Michaluvslaptops

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Can I remove the "Recovery disk" and insert an ssd?
I have a 1:20 boot time whenever I open the laptop, it is an old HP Envy 15t with these specs: Processor: i7-2860 @ 2.5-3.6 Ghz quad core, AMD Radeon 6600M series and 6700M series (Graphics), and 16gb ram.
Pretty nice laptop (besides the graphics card). It says not to remove it, but can I replace it with an SSD and move over windows? Just want to make sure so I don't do anything wrong and it not work.
I got this laptop for $275 on ebay, and it came with windows 7, then I upgraded to windows 10 Home.
 
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OK...that is a HP factory reset partition.
It is just another partition on that same physical hard drive.

What you should REALLY do is to read the user manual, discover what keystroke is needed to invoke that, and use that functionality to create the HP factory reset DVD(s).

Create those, and save them in a desk drawer. Labeled, of course.

Sometime in the future, when this drive dies...you will want to reinstall the whole OS.
That DVD set you create will allow you to do this. It will return the system back to factory spec.

Do this, and you be one of the 1% of people that create that.

If you create those DVD's, then you can delete that partition, and use it for whatever. It may be around 15GB or so?

Michaluvslaptops

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I have a 1tb HDD in here also, but it is an Hp Recovery Drive, when I press on it in files is says
"Recovery Partition"

"Warning"

"This area of your hard drive (or partition) contains files used for a system recovery."

"Do not delete or alter any of these files"

"Any change to this partition could prevent a system recovery in the future"

So, it says I shouldn't, but I was wondering if it was still possible, I would just move my OS, and a few games onto it.
 

USAFRet

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OK...that is a HP factory reset partition.
It is just another partition on that same physical hard drive.

What you should REALLY do is to read the user manual, discover what keystroke is needed to invoke that, and use that functionality to create the HP factory reset DVD(s).

Create those, and save them in a desk drawer. Labeled, of course.

Sometime in the future, when this drive dies...you will want to reinstall the whole OS.
That DVD set you create will allow you to do this. It will return the system back to factory spec.

Do this, and you be one of the 1% of people that create that.

If you create those DVD's, then you can delete that partition, and use it for whatever. It may be around 15GB or so?
 
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Michaluvslaptops

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You are right, I have done this twice (posting a problem and then I figure it out 2 mins later. )
it annoys me
Thanks!

 

Michaluvslaptops

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Feb 17, 2017
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You are right, I have done this twice (posting a problem and then I figure it out 2 mins later. )
it annoys me
Thanks!