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22nd Nov 2008, 06:44
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 Restore to original settings Hi just got myself laptop from a m8 and would like to restore it to its original shop condition (before or if i decide to partition hard drive and install xp) have asked for recovery disks but he cant find them, so the question is can i do it and how? have a recovery partition on hard drive and have tried to make a bootable dvd from it but it too large to fit on a norm blank dvd, have looked on the online manuel for the laptop but theres nothing about making a recovery dvd there also, so is there a way i can do it? if not no worries info on laptop MAKE - medion MODEL- NO mam2100 O/S - vista home premium CPU - amd turion x64 x2 1800mhz RAM - 2gb HDD -160gb split into two c boot: 130gb d:recovery 20gb OPTICAL DRIVE - dvd cd rewrite also if there is no way to make a recovery disk would it be better to wipe vista and install xp pro on this laptop rather than split the hard drive and have a duel boot as ive noticed that vista is rather slow?
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If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. A computer once beat me at chess But it was no match for me at kick boxing.  My System: redden137
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22nd Nov 2008, 06:51
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| Restore to original settings Normally, with a recovery partition, you press a key on boot to get into it, not make a CD/DVD.
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22nd Nov 2008, 06:55
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| Restore to original settings but wont i need the disks to restore it back to original settings?
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22nd Nov 2008, 07:10
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| Restore to original settings A recovery partition is instead of discs, it is a separate partition to your OS partition, you boot into it much like a CD and then follow the on screen instructions and just the OS partition gets restored, no CDs. That is what a normal recovery partition is, how are you tying to make the CDs? Maybe you do not have a recovery partition but a recovery CD maker. |
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22nd Nov 2008, 11:25
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| Restore to original settings Sony's are normally the only ones who make you create CDs. But I am not up to date with it.
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22nd Nov 2008, 14:20
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| Restore to original settings have tried pushing the f12 and f2 button but get prompted to insert recovrty disk each time so am sure it needs it
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