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    Recovery Disks

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by REGGACE, Jun 1, 2009.

  1. REGGACE

    REGGACE Newbie

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    hey guys.
    i just wanted to ask, if i make my recovery disks after one year of usage, will it wipe out all my files?
     
    REGGACE, Jun 1, 2009
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  2. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What do you mean, the act of making the disks themselves, or using the disks to recover your OS?
     
    Shyster1, Jun 1, 2009
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  3. REGGACE

    REGGACE Newbie

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    no the act of making the recovery disks themselves after a year. will it wipe out all my data?
     
    REGGACE, Jun 1, 2009
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  4. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    No, when you make recovery disks, the files from the separate "recovery" partition are burned to the disks. Your personal files will remain untouched. :)
     
    booboo12, Jun 1, 2009
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  5. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nope; as better said by booboo12, the files stowed away in the recovery partition are used to make those recovery disks, so none of your personal data will be touched. Of course, the downside is (as far as I know) that you're basically getting a factory-fresh reinstallation when you use those disks, meaning that all of the updates and tweaks you might have done to the OS in the interim will be lost.
     
    Shyster1, Jun 2, 2009
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