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| Thread ID: 45898 | 2004-06-06 12:26:00 | Partition Question | csinclair83 (200) | Press F1 |
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| 242246 | 2004-06-06 12:26:00 | As requested earlier we asked for readmes for Partitioning...I found some :D but heres another question... After making the 4 partitions he wants, he has one for the OS hes gonna install which is XP home and the rest are just storage drives.. The question is...If he uses the recovery CDs to format the computer and restore it to its state when he received it from the shop..does that mean it would also delete the made partitions??? |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 242247 | 2004-06-06 12:29:00 | Id say its highly likely, Ive not found any software that wouldnt, but heard of it.... Pretty sure it would though :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 242248 | 2004-06-06 12:30:00 | yes the recovery CD will put all the partition info back to the way is was from the shop. one way might be that once the system is setup exactly the way you need it you make a image of the system with ghost and put that on a CD. this will become his NEW recovery CD. do you follow? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 242249 | 2004-06-06 12:31:00 | so making the partitions was a complete waste of time?? | csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 242250 | 2004-06-06 12:34:00 | but its not possible because he has 7gig of work stuff on the computer, and his company budget is not willing to purchase dvd writers till end of the year so partitions was a idea and yeah it minimises loss if the OS becomes stuffed... but he mentioned he has a cd of the OS which isnt required when using recovery cds... can he use that to install the OS without removing partitions? which brings the question..what about drivers etc.. |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 242251 | 2004-06-06 13:26:00 | would this work.. he format C: and then use the Operating System CD to install the OS then if required he or me go online to find the drivers to run whatever needs drivers...he ran the OS cd and it has keyboard modem drivers etc on it... If yes...then whats the command to format the drive when he get the C: up with black screen whatever u call that? |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 242252 | 2004-06-06 20:21:00 | get 'windrivers backup' or a similar prog that'll save ALL the drivers to a folder of your choice........... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 242253 | 2004-06-06 22:54:00 | not all restore disks will pchange the partions. a lot will just format c drive. back up all the data to a spare hardrive and try the restore disk :) | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 242254 | 2004-06-06 23:37:00 | > If yes...then whats the command to format the drive when he get the C: up with black screen whatever u call that? Just put the CD in the drive and reboot the computer. If the computer is set to boot from a CD first then it will do its thing and eventually you can ask it to format and reinstall Windows. It is very straightforward. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 242255 | 2004-06-06 23:45:00 | You've gotta be careful though because if it is one of the CD's that formats the entire drive, and you've not backed up the 7 gigs, then you're in trouble.. But Im gathering you want the partitions so you dont have to do a backup til the end of the year? You're in a real pickle here arent you :-( |
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