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    Recovery Partition

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by compaquaeuser, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. compaquaeuser

    compaquaeuser Newbie

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    Hello,

    I have 2 partition in my Laptop C and D. D is a recovery partition and its almost full. Does is mean that all my files are backuped there automatically and in future If I have to format Laptop can I restore all my file from there. Please tell me how to do it?
     
    compaquaeuser, Feb 25, 2009
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  2. grbac

    grbac Notebook Deity

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    No, on recovery partition are only files that were on the laptop when you first bought it, so that means OS, drivers and software from the laptop manufaturer(bloatware).
    BTW. how big is that partition?
     
    grbac, Feb 25, 2009
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