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Originally Posted by vc6
BTW, another point where I noticed discrepancy between what you describe in your guide and what happened in my system is the part where you wrote:
I did have a recovery partition, but when I reaced that "Where do you want to install Windows", I saw only one partition and it was partition 2 (about 69GB).
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To see the recovery partition, right click "Computer," click Manage, click Disk Management, and you should be able to see Disk 0 with both the hidden recovery partition and the Primary partition with the OS.
After you have extracted the key code, if you wish, you can go ahead and delete the recovery partition through command "Diskpart." If you're going to delete the recovery partition, it would be a good idea to do this before you go ahead and do a clean install. That way you can delete the partition without having to use a 3rd party software later after the OS has been reloaded.
Edit: Please note that once you have done a clean install, you will not longer have access to the recovery partition without the 1st recovery disk. There seems to be a problem with the MBR sector of the hard disk once you do a clean install.