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    Recovery DVD: one or two?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jbachandouris, Jun 2, 2008.

  1. jbachandouris

    jbachandouris Notebook Geek

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    I am about to do a clean install. I seem to only be able to find 1 recover DVD. I thought I had made 2. Obviously, if all goes well it won't matter. Anyone know for sure?

    DV6375 Pavillion
     
    jbachandouris, Jun 2, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Theres 2 discs. I suggest you try and find it

    It probably wont matter. Ive never used the recovery disks on any of my notebooks before. I just have it at hand just incase i need to sell the laptop or something. Clean install always beats the recovery install.

    You can always order it from hp for a small fee if all else fails.
     
    flipfire, Jun 2, 2008
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  3. jbachandouris

    jbachandouris Notebook Geek

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    That's what I was thinking. I assume this process will work.


    BTW what is a good Vista back-up/imaging solution?
     
    jbachandouris, Jun 2, 2008
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Acronis (better) or Ghost (okay).
     
    Greg, Jun 2, 2008
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  5. jbachandouris

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    How much is Acronis?

    Off topic- do you use HP wireless assistant after clean install. I'm thinking without would be better.
     
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    Acrons true image trial is free for 30 days

    HP wireless assistant is only useful if you wanna disable BT seperately from Wireless.
     
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  7. jbachandouris

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    I guess I don't need it then because I'm pretty sure I don't have bluetooth.
     
    jbachandouris, Jun 2, 2008
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    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    I was looking for a good solution myself. I havent done any backups yet but Paragon Drive Backup looks like a good software for the purpose too. Do Share your opinions abt whatever HDD imaging software you try on the forums.
     
    prabhg, Jun 3, 2008
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  9. Tecknikal

    Tecknikal Notebook Consultant

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    Acronis works like a charm ... ! :)
     
    Tecknikal, Jun 3, 2008
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    seasalt29 Notebook Consultant

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    Do these backup programs have any affect the HP recovery partition? Can you still use the HP Recovery Manager to restore to a factory image once you have installed of them?
     
    seasalt29, Jun 3, 2008
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  11. deeastman

    deeastman Notebook Deity

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    The simple answers to your question are: The backup programs do NOT affect the recovery partition and YES HP Recovery Manager still functions as normal.

    Installing the software on your PC only allows the backup software to perform its tasks which involve copying various data scenario’s to a file(s), preferably on an external HD such as a USB hard drive for obvious reasons (if the backup is to your primary drive and that drive fails, the backup does you no good).

    The backup programs allow various functions to be performed on your PC depending on what your want to do.
    - Backup just your Data
    - Backup your complete HD (partitions, data, and format). In case of HD failure you can do a complete restore to a new HD, or just restore to your current HD if your system became corrupted.
    - Clone your working HD to a new HD (possibly larger capacity)
    - The software will allow other functions as well.

    I happen to use Acronis and it does what I want quite nicely.
     
    deeastman, Jun 3, 2008
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  12. seasalt29

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    Thanks deeastman. That's good to know.
     
    seasalt29, Jun 3, 2008
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