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  1. ThrashZone
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    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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    ICIT2LOL said:
    MuckAfee.
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  3. TrustMe
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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    It looks like you have a recovery partition on your hard drive. I followed the instructions in this video to get my Dell back to its factory state.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ECjkiGFYM

    Just remember you will lose all your personal files so back up everything you want to keep.
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  4. bigmck
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
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    The System and Active files are in the Recovery Partition. Does anyone else see this as strange?
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  6. essenbe
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    bigmck said:
    The System and Active files are in the Recovery Partition. Does anyone else see this as strange?
    Some OEM setups do it that way.
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