[GRLUG] reformating usb disk with microsoft reserved partition

[Eric Beversluis]

I need to reformat an external use drive (ioSafe) to ext4 for use
backing up files from a ClearOS (based on CentOS) server.

The drive is 4TB and has a 134MB "Microsoft Reserved Partition." Should
I just leave that alone or delete it and make one big partition? Some
reading online leads me to think that if the drive is ever used for M$
purposes it would need that partition. Would there be any other reason
for keeping it? 

Thanks