InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Windows Vista Forumhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Admin@VistaForums.comTue, 30 Sep 2008 19:20:25 GMT20http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic107227-41-1.aspxYou can only have 4 Primary partitions on a single drive. If "D" is a Logical partition, you can make room and create another Primary partition. If you're only looking for room for data storage, you can make room and create another Logical partition. <br><br>If you remove "D", you will not be able to recover the Dell image. Something to think about.Thu, 08 May 2008 07:37:57 GMTWAW8http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic107227-41-1.aspxMy new Dell laptop has C:(140 Gb) and D:(10 Gb). D: is a recovery drive. i want to create more partitions.Disk management shows that four partitions are already created on basic disk.</P><P>can i delete D: and proceed with shrink option or do i need to reinstall vista.Thu, 08 May 2008 05:42:09 GMTrakesh