Deleteing factory image and recovering the space

[Viet_Vet]

Hello;
I have a HP desktop running Vista Home Premium 64; it came with a factory restore image (D:/) it is almost 12 gigs with 10.5 used. I would like to delete it and recover the unused space to my c:/ drive. If I delete the D drive in disk management what is the procedure to recover it to the c: drive???

[Earthling]

If it's physically located at the end of the drive then after deleting it you should be able to right click the C drive in disk management and expand it. If it's located at the beginning of the drive you may need a disk management program such as Partition Wizard to do what you want.

[Earthling]

Just a further thought before you charge ahead. It's possible the MS server will require you to activate again if it decides you have moved your Vista to another machine.

[usafveteran]

Do you understand the purpose of the factory restore image (D:/)? It's there to provide a way to restore your system if necessary. If you delete that partition, you'll no longer have that capability. You can still delete the partition of have a restore disc if you create your own restore disc(s) from that recovery partition before deleting the partition.

Another option to provide a safety net against hard drive failure or some other situation where you needed to restore your system is to periodically create a drive image on an external hard drive using software such as one of the programs mentioned at http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ng-program.htm

[Viet_Vet]

Thank you both; for your timely info. I guess I will hold off and let D:/ live.