Actually when I got my dell the first thing I did was blow away the recovery partition. To me it just eats up hard drive space that I paid for. But then again I know how to rebuild the OS and install all the drivers from scratch.
To the person who doesn't have a recovery CD. It is possible that you can contact your manufacturer and get one that way. They'll usually be happy to send you out one though sometimes there is a nominal cost (about $15) to cover the media and shipping cost). Even if the system is not in warranty they should be able to send you recovery media (or at the very least the OS media). |