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    Do the recovery discs work on a new hard drive?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by R4000, Jun 21, 2007.

  1. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just ordered my HP lappy this morning with the cheapest hard drive, so when I get it I will burn the recovery discs. My plan is to immediately put in a new unformatted 7200.1 Seagate and let the recovery discs install everything to factory once again. Can this be done?

    If it matters, the factory hard drive is 80GB and the replacement will be 100GB (as I don't know if the size difference will mess up the "recovery").

    Thanks,

    Mike
     
    R4000, Jun 21, 2007
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  2. Redneck_Randy

    Redneck_Randy Notebook Geek

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    Yes, the restore disk will work on another hard drive.

    Randy
     
    Redneck_Randy, Jun 21, 2007
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  3. kickace

    kickace Notebook Deity

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    you really dont want to use the restore disks, i would do a fresh install because HP and all manufacturers but ALOT of crap on there computers - it will run much faster with a fresh clean install
     
    kickace, Jun 21, 2007
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  4. Sid1

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    yup the recovery discs will work
     
    Sid1, Jun 21, 2007
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  5. R4000

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    If I get mine with the Anytime Upgrade DVD, I might go the clean install route instead (or buy oem Vista Premium from NewEgg).

    Anyway, I have a while to wait reguardless. My lappy is not estimated to ship until July 19th.
     
    R4000, Jun 21, 2007
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  6. Fant

    Fant Notebook Evangelist

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    Question...is the recovery partition equivalent to the recovery discs? IE: Can one restore their system from either the recovery partition OR the recovery discs? Or are both needed?
     
    Fant, Jun 21, 2007
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  7. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    From my understanding, if you have the recovery discs then you can delete the recovery partition to save space.
     
    R4000, Jun 21, 2007
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    Either should work, only one is needed for restoration.
     
    kubel, Jun 21, 2007
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    I created the recovery dvd's after i got my 6500t. Then, I formatted the entire hdd and installed xp pro, and also got rid of the recovery partition. Today, I needed something from the SWSETUP folder and realized that the files I had backed up had become corrupted, so I used the recovery discs to restore my 6500t to vista. What I noticed was that the recovery discs also re-create the recovery partiton apart from putting the system back to how it was when I first turned it on.
     
    Sid1, Jun 21, 2007
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