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    Dell laptop restore

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by wachu13, Dec 19, 2009.

  1. wachu13

    wachu13 Newbie

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    Hello everyone
    I planing to play around with my Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop. I want to delete recovery and mediadirect partitions. But I like to have backup plan if something go wrong or I just decide to go back to factory settings. So my question is what I need to backup? I thinking about Acronis, but is necessary to backup hard drive with all partitions?
    Just in case I like to have full backup of my laptop and I want to have the option to go back to factory stage if necessary.
    So which way to go?
     
    wachu13, Dec 19, 2009
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  2. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Hey,
    Just stick with the restore disk, would be the easiest, forget the restore partition....just my POV..though! ;)

    Cin...
     
    Cin', Dec 20, 2009
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  3. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    As long as you have a Windows disc and license handy, you'll be safe.

    Don't forget to keep your data backed up! Especially if you plan to "play."
     
    Matt is Pro, Dec 21, 2009
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