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    Recovery Drive

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by disco, Mar 6, 2007.

  1. disco

    disco Notebook Guru

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    ok should i keep it?

    im so used to dekstops...

    and do i really need this?

    i plan on getting an external HD to back up my data...

    but i only know how to reformat XP (is it the same?)

    i didnt want to risk it ..but yeah i dont think i will need that recovery partition

    and is there a tutorial on this site that shows me how to reformat VISTA on a dell? so i can get a clean install

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    disco, Mar 6, 2007
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  2. colonelclutz

    colonelclutz Notebook Geek

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    Up to you. But before you delete the partition, make sure you make recovery cd's and/or make sure your recovery cd's are good, not coasters.
     
    colonelclutz, Mar 6, 2007
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  3. disco

    disco Notebook Guru

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    well i dont wanna mess anything up...so maybe i'll leave it alone


    but how do i actually use that recovery section if something does go wrong?
     
    disco, Mar 6, 2007
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    shinji257 Notebook Deity

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    You press Ctrl+F11 when the PBR part starts before it goes to windows. It should spit out messages about PBRcheck and such then bring up a screen to start the recovery.
     
    shinji257, Mar 6, 2007
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  5. disco

    disco Notebook Guru

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    does the recovery space hold a backup to all my stuff on my harddrive..software,pics,music,etc

    or just the OS and drivers?
     
    disco, Mar 6, 2007
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