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    Virus Wiped out Recovery partition...

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Kozbaug, Jun 22, 2013.

  1. Kozbaug

    Kozbaug Newbie

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    Hello,

    I have a Gateway NE71B series laptop. A virus wiped out the recovery partition, I hired a tech to retrieve my files, but now I have to format the drive and re-install Win 8 (which was pre-installed from the factory).

    Gateway says I have to purchase a recovery CD. I want to try to find a free download, ie: utorrent, etc. I don't have a blank CD/DVD and can't afford to buy any right now. My question is this... If I'm able to find said download, is it possible to use a USB HDD as a recovery disk?

    -Kozbaug
     
    Kozbaug, Jun 22, 2013
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  2. Idarzoid

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    You should be able to, if the download is in .iso format, you can use something like unetbootin to create a bootable USB HDD.

    You probably would have better chance of getting it to work with CD/DVD though.
     
    Idarzoid, Jun 22, 2013
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  3. Kozbaug

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    Thank you!
     
    Kozbaug, Jun 23, 2013
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    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    hydra, Jun 24, 2013
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