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The user plans to install Windows 8 on a new Acer Aspire V5 and asks if it's safe to delete existing recovery, system, and reserved partitions. They later confirm they deleted the partitions and that the installation proceeded without issues. A responder suggests that these partitions likely contained the original OS and removing them means the user cannot revert to the factory setup. Overall, the thread indicates a cautious but successful attempt at a clean install, with advice on potential consequences.
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joakim1

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So I'm going to install a fresh Windows 8 on my new Acer Aspire V5 laptop. When I come to the drive/partition window it asks "Where do you want to install Windows?". The following partitions already exist:
  • 1: Recovery | Type Recovery
  • 2: ESP | Type System
  • 3: (no name) | Type MSR (Reserved)
  • 4: Acer | Type Primary
  • 5: Push Button Reset | Type Recovery
Is it safe to delete all these partitions?
 

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kemical
I would imagine that they contained a version of whatever os was installed on your laptop previously. It just means that now that you've removed them you obviously cannot go back to that original operating system.
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I would imagine that they contained a version of whatever os was installed on your laptop previously. It just means that now that you've removed them you obviously cannot go back to that original operating system.
 

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