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Old 31-01-2008, 01:36 AM
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Do anybody knno anything about the recovery D: partition on dell laptops,i got a second hand laptop (vista HB) and was full of virus and stuff,i formatted the c: with xp,the d: partition is 10 gig with about 5 gig filled,no i want to switch back to vista,ive tried looking at advanced boot options but it wont give me recovery options,is it possibe that i can restore vista again on the c: if i dont have cd/dvd? any help will do so fire away guys
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Hit Ctrl-F11 at boot.
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im finished work at 6 so i'l check it out,think i tried that but nothing came up,if i installed xp with sp1on to the c: will that change the bios/advanced menu?
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Old 31-01-2008, 04:28 AM
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Wait, are you absolutely sure it has a recovery partition? Vista laptops usually don't.

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PNY 8800GTS 320MB OC 660/951MHz GPU/VRAM
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