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    plz suggest, should I backup Recovery Partation or not on external HDD.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mahrumer, Mar 24, 2008.

  1. mahrumer

    mahrumer Newbie

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    HI,
    I bought a new HP Pavilion laptop (DV6735), it comes with 160GB HDD, and its HP_Recovery size is 11 GB (2.23 GB free). I haven't yet created Recovery Disks (on DVDs).
    I've an external HDD of 320 GB, My question is:
    If I copy all the data of HP_Recovery Drive to my external 320G HDD, and in future If I need to restore my laptop to a factory settings then can I use Recovery data on my external HDD?

    I also have another questions, I know, after recovery everything will be lost. So, is it good idea to keep use HP_Recovery or to make C Drive's image using any famous HDD imaging application in case of system instability.

    Thanks in advance.

    HP DV6735
    Core2Duo 2 GHz
    2 GB RAM
    128 GeForce Graphics Card
    160 GB HDD
    320 GB External 2.5" HDD
     
    mahrumer, Mar 24, 2008
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  2. deputy963

    deputy963 Notebook Evangelist

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    Burn the Recovery DVDs, Setup Windows as you like it (along with your programs), use a "famous" drive imaging tool like True Image to make an image, delete the recovery partition, and expand the remaining partition.
     
    deputy963, Mar 25, 2008
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  3. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    I agree with deputy, it's probably better to backup to optical media whenever possible. But he beat me to it. :p
     
    talin, Mar 25, 2008
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  4. mahrumer

    mahrumer Newbie

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    Thanks guys,
    I really like your solution. I'll do as deputy says.
     
    mahrumer, Mar 25, 2008
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