Need feedback regarding the recovery discs

Hi,
I have recently acquired a T61 with Vista Business. It did not come with pressed rescue CDs, therefore I immediately generated the set of 10 recovery CDs using the Lenovo software.
I will have to move some partitions soon (to install BSD and other experimentations). The computer came with 2 partitions, the first one being a 6GB containing the recovery part and the second one being the installed system. If I remove them (or move them), will the recovery CDs recreate these partitions, reformat and reinstall them as initially? Even if I completely wipe the drive and remove all partitions? Or are there differences (do I need to redo the initial partitioning again) ?
Thanks in advance.
Message Edited by zeb on 04-28-2008 11:57 AM

The recovery media should return the machine to the same state you received it in. My TP has shipped and the first thing I plan to do is to create the recovery CD/DVDs AND make sure they work before experimenting.
..."I immediately the set of 10 recovery CDs"...I assume you meant that you made the set yourself, right?
There are some reports of people who ordered VistaBus also receiving XP downgrade recovery discs, but they didn't realize that and neglected to make their Vista recovery discs from the HD before messing with the partitions.

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I don't see any link on your Product Page to order a replacement set of Recovery Discs, but it's always worth calling HP directly and see if you can order them this way.
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If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
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You can order a replacement set of Recovery Discs using the link below.
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As Jimi said Microsoft Office is not preinstalled on Toshiba notebooks. Maybe its a trial version but not the full version and One Note 2003 is not the same as Office 2003.
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