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    Restoring Windows 8 to factory state, without deleting secondary partition

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Moish, Aug 13, 2014.

  1. Moish

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    Hi ya'll.

    I have a 3-months old Dell laptop, which I need to do a factory reset for, using the recovery partition.
    Since I don't have an external hdd available, in order to backup everything I needed (roughly 95 GB), I shrunk my C drive by 100 gig and created a secondary partition, and just moved my files there.

    Now, if I remember correctly, unlike windows disc-installation, it won't let me choose which drive to format and install the new OS on, it'll just delete everything and restore it to the state it was in when I first got it.


    Since both drives are on the same HDD, will it actually be deleted? (the secondary drive).
    If yes, what can I do to "tell it" not to touch that drive?


    System:

    • Inspiron 15 3537
    • I5-4200U
    • 6GB DDR3
    • 1TB 5400RPM
    • AMD RADEON(TM) HD 8670M 2GB DDR3



    Thanks!
     
    Moish, Aug 13, 2014
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