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    Transferring the recovery partition to a flash drive?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Laxxi, Sep 24, 2011.

  1. Laxxi

    Laxxi Notebook Evangelist

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    Basically, can I transfer the recovery partition on a functional hard drive onto a USB flash drive and use it to recover a hard drive with a corrupt recovery partition? I hope that didn't come out in an overly confusing way... I'm basically trying to reinstall Vista on a computer WITHOUT Vista disks because I'm really not in a position to buy something (Windows Vista) that I have already paid for and should have unlimited access to...

    Thanks in advance!!
     
    Laxxi, Sep 24, 2011
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Greg, Sep 24, 2011
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  3. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    No, but you can always try creating a set of recovery disks for emergency

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Oct 27, 2011
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