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    Format C drive Only & Reinstall XP on ACER 5502 Laptop, with recovery CD only

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by prashanthn, Jul 18, 2008.

  1. prashanthn

    prashanthn Newbie

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    I have a acer aspire 5502 laptop, which has 2 partitions c & d, i want to format only the c drive and reinstall xp into it. i do not have any xp install cd. what i have r 4 recovery discs which i created at the time of installation. my D drive has a lot of data which i do not want to touch. How do i get c formatted and reinstall XP on it using the recovery disks without touching the d drive.

    Does using the recovery disks remove data on drive also. ?

    Please help. Thanks
     
    prashanthn, Jul 18, 2008
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  2. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    bigozone, Jul 18, 2008
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  3. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    go for it, just read the screens at every stage of the install.

    Phil :D
     
    hoggie, Jul 18, 2008
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  4. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    Tis true. D is safe.

    Recovery will leave D intact. With all your valuable files etc.

    Recovery plays with the C partition only (your OS).

    Cheers,
    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Jul 18, 2008
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