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what is dell utility partition on my harddisk partition table meant for

i am planning to install Linux freshly into my laptop, removing the windows, so as i was planning to do this cleanup i saw the output of fdisk -l

Quote:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000080

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 7 4530 36338300 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 4531 7141 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 7142 38913 255208590 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 7142 7574 3478041 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 * 7575 10185 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 12797 25854 104888353+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 25855 38913 104896386 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda9 10186 12796 20972826 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

i am very much curious abt this dell utility partition on my laptop, that /dev/sda1 partion. can anyone tell me what and why is it for. Will it create any problems if i delete this partition??

i am on DELL XPS M1530 laptop.

It is probably used for the system restore. If you delete it, you will probably not be able to reinstall Windows..... Oh Darn!

Nah, get rid if you want, first thing I do with a new Dell. When you boot and hit the 'boot from' menu you'll see an option to start the Dell Utility stuff, just provides basic hardware diagnostics stuff.