"EISA Configuration" partition

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Published on 2009-10-22T23:52:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 7:33 UTC
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I have a new Alienware M17x running Vista x64. I just found out that it came with a misterious "EISA Configuration" partition.

On Disk Management, my Disk 0 tells me that my HD has about 300 GB. The EISA partition has 12 GB. That's big enough to know why is it there.

So, this is more of a bundle question.

What is this "EISA Configuration" partition?
Is it safe to remove it somehow?
If so, how can I delete it? I mean join it with the primary partition, or set it as a secondary small partition.

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