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How can I disable the dell recovery partition on a Dell optiplex 755 ?

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How can I "DISABLE" the dell recovery partition on a Dell optiplex 755? ...

No. There is no option to DISABLE it, but you can remove it as described by Demos3000 and cincojones.
Disable? Take a (ghost) image first, then remove it as mentioned above. Available then if needed.

Chris B
Actually on thinking about it, I think I may have inadvertently done this in the past, so might be worth a try (after taking an image). If you boot to an XP CD recovery console and fixmbr, I suspect this will remove access to the partition. Using Boot Magic later to set the recovery partition active should allow you to boot into recovery.

Chris B
Partition Magic (and some other partitioning utilities) have an option to "Hide" a partition. That would effectively disable it without removing it.