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    How to make recovery disk DV6500T

    Discussion in 'HP' started by PA-Woodchuck, Oct 26, 2007.

  1. PA-Woodchuck

    PA-Woodchuck Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just got it today and stumbling around with vista and trying how to make the recovery disks? Also my 120g HD is split beteen C:110mb and D:8.5MB... why was it done like this? Can the disks be double-layer type? I'm new at this so type slow(lol)!
     
    PA-Woodchuck, Oct 26, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    The recovery disc program prompts you at startup, but if you ignored it, you can search for it in the start menu. Once it's running, it prompts you through step by step.

    The 8.5 GB split is the recovery partition.
     
    Lithus, Oct 26, 2007
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  3. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    the program is called "recovery disc creation wizard"
    yes, you can use 1 double layer dvd instead of 2 single layer dvds
     
    timtravel42, Oct 26, 2007
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  4. PA-Woodchuck

    PA-Woodchuck Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks found it. I'm at the point where it informs how many DVD's or DL-DVD are needed... if I cancel now can I restart tomorrow once I get a DL-DVD? Or, should I just leave notebook on at this point until I get the DL?
     
    PA-Woodchuck, Oct 26, 2007
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  5. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah, you can cancel it safely and restart the process once you get the DL DVD's.
     
    miner, Oct 26, 2007
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