The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Reinstalling Windows on a partioned drive

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dloreski, Jan 14, 2009.

  1. dloreski

    dloreski Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hi everyone.
    I got sloppy with the antivirus on my desktop and now I have some bugs.
    My desktop is an HP with the HD divided into the regular section and a partioned recovery section.
    If I buy a new copy of windows, will it let me reinstall and reformat the whole drive without too much difficulty? (I'm not real good with some of this stuff)
    Thank you.
    - Dave
     
    dloreski, Jan 14, 2009
    #1
  2. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    6,926
    Messages:
    8,178
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Why do you want to buy a new copy of .Windows? If you have the recovery partition, why not simply do a system restore from the recovery partition?
     
    Shyster1, Jan 14, 2009
    #2
  3. nisar6788

    nisar6788 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Why to install from new copy, why not from recovery or backup CD. It is shortest possible way to restore your system to company configuration.
     
    nisar6788, Jan 16, 2009
    #3
  4. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

    Reputations:
    1,654
    Messages:
    5,955
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    why, oh why ... and 3rd why :)

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 17, 2009
    #4
  5. nisar6788

    nisar6788 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Your recovery partition is effective, so restore from that partition or recovery CD in a shortest possible time
     
    nisar6788, Jan 27, 2009
    #5
  6. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

    Reputations:
    2,869
    Messages:
    1,831
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Well to answer your question, yes, you will have the option to repartition your drive and install Windows where you like. Early in the installation all your partitions will be displayed. At this point you can chose which one to install Windows on. Alternatively, you can delete all of them and use one large partition. It's very easy, just read the instructions displayed on the screen at that point of installation.

    However, I'm the crowd, asking why? Your recovery partition already has a copy of Windows. Unless you're looking to upgrade to a newer or more suitable version of Windows, it is a little pointless.
     
    Gregory, Jan 27, 2009
    #6
  7. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    6,926
    Messages:
    8,178
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Wow! I don't know if I've ever seen so much unanimity on one thread! :D
     
    Shyster1, Jan 27, 2009
    #7
  8. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    792
    Messages:
    2,708
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    ^X2.

    something i miss in Everything political section
     
    Nocturnal310, Jan 27, 2009
    #8
  9. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    6,926
    Messages:
    8,178
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Well I'm doing my part (for now) by avoiding that section (for now). :D
     
    Shyster1, Jan 27, 2009
    #9