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    DVD recovery Disk

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Ballplayer0240, Mar 17, 2006.

  1. Ballplayer0240

    Ballplayer0240 Newbie

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    I have read on other forums about Dells and such that some recovery disks dont fully reformat your hard drive and erase everything and I was wondering if the Toshiba Disks complely wipe, reformat, and reinstall windows for you.
     
    Ballplayer0240, Mar 17, 2006
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  2. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    They do a format of the hard drive and then reinstall the OS and all of their junkware as well as some neat utilities.

    Matt
     
    Jenson, Mar 17, 2006
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    Ballplayer0240 Newbie

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    Thank you for your help.
     
    Ballplayer0240, Mar 17, 2006
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    mikeybc Notebook Consultant

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    Yes it does format but does not wipe the drive, formatting merely "prepares" the drive to be written over as if there was no data there...but in reality the data still is there and can be recovered.
     
    mikeybc, Mar 17, 2006
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