Install Windows 8 fails: too partitions

Hello

I have a hp pavilion with windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit g6.

I also downloaded the preview release of Windows 8 (consumer) and tried to install it in dual-boot.

So I tried to make a new partition on my hard drive, but since there are already 4 primary partitions, the operation failed.

(partitions: RECOVERY, SYSTEM, HP_TOOLS, and 'C')

How can I install Windows 8, now?

Can I delete a partition (as, for example, RECOVERY: I did a system repair disc and stored a file system image on an external hard drive)
?

Or can I remove a (HP_TOOLS?), a logical partition and store Win8 and deleted in that partition?

answer please!

Sorry for the above answer. Hyperlinks do not appear to work today on the forum. Link to Dan guide is here: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Notebook-PC-Questions/How-to-repartition-HDD-of-HP-notebook-with-pre-loaded-Windows-7/td-p/742019

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