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I attempted to get an answer to this question on an older thread, but got no answer so I thought I would ask again. I upgraded from Windows Vista to 7 on my laptop a
few months ago and it retained the HP Recovery partition (Drive D
, which I did not want ($30 upgrade with a verifiable student e-mail account, well worth it). I did a clean
install, so there is no HP software on my drive (thank goodness). Is it okay if I wipe it and use the space? Under properties it shows that I am using 10.4G of 11.9G, but
there are no files in this partition. Even if I unhide my files it has nothing. I have a system restore disk and I manually backup (image and data) on a regular basis. Regular
for me is about once every 1-2 weeks depending on what programs I have installed or uninstalled. I could really use the space on this laptop since it only has a 160G HDD.
Furthermore, I am planning on adding another HDD (probably a better one, but same size) in the future and will restore an image to the new drive and I want to be able
to format the old drive completely for maximum storage capacity.
PS. Any 2.5" HDD recomendations? I do not want SSD (imo tech still new to be considered as reliable compared to HDD). Should I go with 7200rpm or stick with current
5400rpm and is heat generation really a big difference? Im not sure of the brand of drive my laptop has now, but I do know it is 5400rpm w/ SATA I. I was thinking of
Saegate Momentus 7200.4 w/ 16MB cache or WD Scorpio Black 1600BEKT w 16MB cache. Both priced about $50 @newegg. The upgrade to 7200rpm would be ideal for the
speed factor, but I am concerned about heat. I know HP dv9000's have a rep for getting hot (I do leave it on most of the day though). I use a cooling stand and I try to
keep my vents clean. My PC does get hot on occation, but I rarely use it as a true portable device anymore since the battery is just about dead, so it pretty much stays on
the stand 99% of the time.
Type of drive question is not as important as the HP recovery question.
few months ago and it retained the HP Recovery partition (Drive D
, which I did not want ($30 upgrade with a verifiable student e-mail account, well worth it). I did a cleaninstall, so there is no HP software on my drive (thank goodness). Is it okay if I wipe it and use the space? Under properties it shows that I am using 10.4G of 11.9G, but
there are no files in this partition. Even if I unhide my files it has nothing. I have a system restore disk and I manually backup (image and data) on a regular basis. Regular
for me is about once every 1-2 weeks depending on what programs I have installed or uninstalled. I could really use the space on this laptop since it only has a 160G HDD.
Furthermore, I am planning on adding another HDD (probably a better one, but same size) in the future and will restore an image to the new drive and I want to be able
to format the old drive completely for maximum storage capacity.
PS. Any 2.5" HDD recomendations? I do not want SSD (imo tech still new to be considered as reliable compared to HDD). Should I go with 7200rpm or stick with current
5400rpm and is heat generation really a big difference? Im not sure of the brand of drive my laptop has now, but I do know it is 5400rpm w/ SATA I. I was thinking of
Saegate Momentus 7200.4 w/ 16MB cache or WD Scorpio Black 1600BEKT w 16MB cache. Both priced about $50 @newegg. The upgrade to 7200rpm would be ideal for the
speed factor, but I am concerned about heat. I know HP dv9000's have a rep for getting hot (I do leave it on most of the day though). I use a cooling stand and I try to
keep my vents clean. My PC does get hot on occation, but I rarely use it as a true portable device anymore since the battery is just about dead, so it pretty much stays on
the stand 99% of the time.
Type of drive question is not as important as the HP recovery question.
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