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90GT510
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i have a quick question, i have a recovery drive (D:). is that for when i need to reformat my computer in case it fails in the future?
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Stay Sydewayz
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essasin
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Yes, your D drive contains all the recovery files. But to access the recovery drive you use "recover" or "repair" option or Dell's, HP's, etc equivalent at startup. It will bring the computer back to the first day started it up.
Reformatting (wiping the hard drive clean and fresh install) is a different option and it does not access the recovery partition (D drive). The user manually installs everything themselves.
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N8
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Could be.
What type computer is it?
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90GT510
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its a hp. so my main question now is that since i have the d drive i dont need to make recovery discs right? not talkin bout backing up data tho.
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Stay Sydewayz
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cagedblackgt
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Originally posted by 90GT510:
its a hp. so my main question now is that since i have the d drive i dont need to make recovery discs right? not talkin bout backing up data tho.
Most computer now a days are not coming with repair disks, as they use this partition (D:Recovery) as a way to reinstall everything in case of a crash.
Thanks,
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90GT510
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ok i got it. Thanks everyone.
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Stay Sydewayz
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essasin
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I would still have some sort of recovery disc or media in case your hard drive dies.
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N8
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If you contact HP they will send em to you. I have several e1705s here. So if yours is a e1705 I have some you can have.
Also to invoke the restore utility it usually is like cntrl+f11 during start up.
actually ignore my restore disk thing my e1705s are dells.
[ July 13, 2010, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: N8 ]
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