[ubuntu-in] four window primary partition problem

[Alok Singh Mahor]

Hi everyone,
I have to install Linux on one friends laptop without wasting time in
backing up or moving data here and there.

the hard disk scene is

/dev/sda
   /dev/sda1  of about 100MB which is part of window 7 installation
   /dev/sda2 of about 300GB which contains window 7 OS, have lot of free
space
   /dev/sda3 of about 10GB which is recovery drive
   /dev/sda4 of about 100MB which is HP_TOOLS

I will use free space from sda2. but 4 primary partitions are already
created so I cant create new partition.

earlier I used to convince people to delete Recovery partition as they had
C/DVD's of window and drivers

but some people dont have CD/DVS's of window and drivers so I have to take
long time to decide what should I do in this case as I dont want to waste
my time in creating recovery DVD's for them.

do anyone have idea how much HP_TOOLS (sda4) is significant? what if I
delete this small partition? does this drive contains something important
for laptop?

or suggest me what should I do in such cases?

or can we convert primary partition to extended/logical partition?
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