I have a Toshiba laptop and am trying to partition it to install Linux Mint. The issue is that somehow Toshiba laptops already come with 4 primary partitions, making it impossible to create another to put the linux distro on.
The 4 partitions are:
- System
- C: (Windows 7)
- C: (hidden Windows 7 partition)
- HDDRECOVERY
I believe the HDDRECOVERY partition is a Toshiba thing.
I have tentatively decided that the easiest thing would be to delete the HDDRECOVERY partition so that I can create another partition for Linux.
My question is, are there any/what are the risks involved in deleting the "recovery" partition? Could something bad happen? If so, what should I do? Delete a different partition?
EDIT If the recovery partition is important if I screw with the computer somehow, what other options do I have to get linux on my laptop? Windows is unbearable ...