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| 27 Aug 2012 | #1 |
| | Question about recovery and formatting I bought a dell laptop 2years back. It was shipped with Windows Vista in C drive and a Recovery drive. I split C drive into C, D and E drives according to my requirements. Now I want to format my laptop. Question: If I install windows again from dell recovery drive, will it combine erase data from all drives and combine them or it will erase and re-install windows on my C drive keeping rest of them as it is. |
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| 27 Aug 2012 | #2 |
| | As far as I know, you will revert to the condition as shipped from Dell: C and recovery partitions. So, you would need to separately back up your personal stuff from C, D, and E beforehand. Better yet, don't do a recovery. Do a clean install. |
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| 27 Aug 2012 | #3 |
| | Same basic steps for Vista as here: Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 Dell Restoring Your Computer´s Software to the Factory Settings Last edited by gregrocker; 27 Aug 2012 at 01:34 PM.. |
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| 27 Aug 2012 | #4 |
| | Hello coolprateek2007, welcome to Seven Forums! This tutorial linked below goes into detail on getting a clean install with a Vista factory PC.
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