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    Reinstalling Vista question

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by josmol, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. josmol

    josmol Notebook Consultant

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    For those of you that have reinstalled Vista using the included DVD and did NOT delete the Recovery partition, if you press F8 during boot up is the Repair option still available so that you can, if you want, restore to factory defaults?
     
    josmol, Feb 13, 2008
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  2. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Yes, I believe that puts the original image back on the C: partition junk and all. Recheck your manual.
     
    hydra, Feb 13, 2008
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  3. Zeon

    Zeon Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes it will restore the original factory image to the C: drive with all its junk if u used the recovery partition on the c: drive. better to get all drivers from Gateway site and do clean install using the OS cd that came this ur laptop.
     
    Zeon, Feb 19, 2008
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  4. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    I agree, it's better to do a clean install.
     
    crash, Feb 19, 2008
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