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    Recovery

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nickc24, Apr 7, 2007.

  1. nickc24

    nickc24 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi

    I have put all my files I want to keep on the D Drive partition of my machine. I am just about to use the recovery option as Ive finally got windows vista, and would prefer it to go over a fresh copy of windows xp. Been waiting 3 weeks for windows vista upgrade after they eventually shipped it!

    My question is, will the recovery option erase all files on the d drive partition? This partition was already here when I got it and is called acerdata, thanks
     
    nickc24, Apr 7, 2007
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  2. Tsar Aleksandr III

    Tsar Aleksandr III Notebook Guru NBR Reviewer

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    If you're using eRecovery from Acer, that will only affect C Drive. Any data and D Drive will be safe.
     
    Tsar Aleksandr III, Apr 7, 2007
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    trooper_gs Notebook Consultant

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    it really depends on the software, I had an Acer recovery which also wiped drive D clean. But if vista setup is same as xp then you will be prompted durign setup which partition you want to format and use
     
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