intall frm recovery discs...

[sushantsaurabh]

hi everyone,
i hv vista recovery dvds n i want to install my os frm these dvdd.
i also hv a recovery patition on my hdd. now i want re-partition my drive
can i remove this partition or not. can i create partition frm this rec. disc...plz tell me..
i m planning to install xp n vista to tell me the best solution.

[swatkat]

If you have already made recovery discs, then there is no need for recovery partition. Recovery partition basically contains OS image and is used for "one-touch recovery" (by pressing F11 during bootup). If you wipe out recovery partition, then this one-touch recovery would not be possible (you would need to use recovery discs). See here:
Using HP Backup and Recovery Manager in Vista HP Pavilion Notebook PCs - HP Customer Care (United States - English)