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    Forgot to make recovery disks

    Discussion in 'HP' started by radopod, Jan 30, 2008.

  1. radopod

    radopod Notebook Evangelist

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    I forgot to make the recovery disks when the system cam in. I have partitioned the HD since then but have kept the partition intact. Could I create the disks now even though I have installed quite a few programs?
     
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    yes you can. Start>Recovery Manager>Recovery Disk Creation.
     
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    radopod Notebook Evangelist

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    I missed a small point above. I would like to create disks that give me the option to restore the system exactly like I got it from HP even though I have installed quite a few programs. Is that possible now?
     
    radopod, Jan 30, 2008
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    yes do what cotton mouth said above
     
    dinapoli, Jan 30, 2008
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    it doesnt matter at all if u have installed a few programs or whatever. the recovery disks are created from your recovery partition in your comp, which is never affected unless u yourself do so by tempering with the files in the recovery partition.
     
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    Thanks for the help guys.
     
    radopod, Jan 30, 2008
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    The only way you wouldn't be able to create recovery disks can happen a few ways:

    1. You delete the recovery partition (which you say you didn't do)

    2. You already burned 1 set of Recovery Disks (which you didn't do)

    3. You did a fresh install of the OS, not a recovery using the recovery partition or recovery disks.

    If it was option 3, unless HP has a program you can install to create them, you have to reinstall using the recovery partition and then follow cotton_mouths first post, which is Start->Recovery Manager->Recovery Disk Creation.

    Also, if you did delete the recovery partition, or you create the disks and lose them, you can always order them from HP.
     
    Envision, Jan 30, 2008
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