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05-16-2008
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| | Partitioned Hard Drive, Want to use Restore Disks I have an HP Pavilion Computer. It came with a HUGE 500 gig hard drive. I partitioned it using the function within Windows, shrinking the C: drive, etc. Eventually, I will need to restore the system. If I use the restore disks that I made when I bought the computer, will my D: drive partition be wiped out? I ask because when I popped the restore disks in as a test, I got the warning that my computer would be restored to factory condition. I am hoping that I can keep my files, documents, etc. on the D: partition so they will be safe if I need to restore the computer. Is there a safe way to do this? A 500 gig hard drive seems too big for just the operating system. Thank you |
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05-16-2008
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| | Re: Partitioned Hard Drive, Want to use Restore Disks "Tom" <kaliedescope@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:O55Q2q6tIHA.4912@xxxxxx Quote: >I have an HP Pavilion Computer. It came with a HUGE 500 gig hard drive. I >partitioned it using the function within Windows, shrinking the C: drive, >etc. Eventually, I will need to restore the system. If I use the restore >disks that I made when I bought the computer, will my D: drive partition be >wiped out? I ask because when I popped the restore disks in as a test, I >got the warning that my computer would be restored to factory condition. > > I am hoping that I can keep my files, documents, etc. on the D: partition > so they will be safe if I need to restore the computer. Is there a safe > way to do this? A 500 gig hard drive seems too big for just the operating > system. > > Thank you The HP destructive restore will indeed undo any changes you have made, returning the machine to exactly the same state as when you purchased it.. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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05-17-2008
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| | Re: Partitioned Hard Drive, Want to use Restore Disks "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx_mvps.com> wrote in message news:O77G0a7tIHA.4848@xxxxxx Quote: > "Tom" <kaliedescope@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:O55Q2q6tIHA.4912@xxxxxx Quote: >>I have an HP Pavilion Computer. It came with a HUGE 500 gig hard drive. I >>partitioned it using the function within Windows, shrinking the C: drive, >>etc. Eventually, I will need to restore the system. If I use the restore >>disks that I made when I bought the computer, will my D: drive partition >>be wiped out? I ask because when I popped the restore disks in as a test, >>I got the warning that my computer would be restored to factory condition. >> >> I am hoping that I can keep my files, documents, etc. on the D: partition >> so they will be safe if I need to restore the computer. Is there a safe >> way to do this? A 500 gig hard drive seems too big for just the >> operating system. >> >> Thank you > > The HP destructive restore will indeed undo any changes you have made, > returning the machine to exactly the same state as when you purchased it.. > > > -- > Mike Hall - MVP > How to construct a good post.. > http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm > How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. > http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc > Mike's Window - My Blog.. > http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx > my time partitioning the hard drive again, and just connect an external USB drive. Thank you again |
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