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Making a recovery disk for Windows Vista

Anonymous
2011-01-22T00:41:44+00:00

I am wanting to make a recovery disk for Windows Vista and I'm not sure which set of instructions to follow. I have found several different ones. I have also found information saying that all personal files will be deleted during the making of the disk. I have had my HP Pavilion since April of 2007. Can someone please point me in the right direction and advise about the deletion of personal files. Sorry, if I have not given enough information. Thanks for your help!

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-01-22T01:50:29+00:00

    Hi,

    Making a Recovery Disk or a Repair Disk should not affect your Windows, Programs, or Data.

    Using one can affect those depending on what you are doing though most operations are designed

    help fix any issues. If you use a Recovery Disk to revert the system back to how it was when you

    received the computer that would wipe all programs and data off the machine. Again, its not in

    making one which is not difficult, its all in how they are used.

    Check with HP Support, their on-line documentation, and ask in the HP forums.

    HP Support & Drivers

    http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

    Contact HP

    http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact\_us.html

    HP Forums

    http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/

    How to Create a Vista Recovery Disc

    http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html

    If you need to make repair disks - these help repair Windows not re-install.

    How to Make a Bootable Disk in Vista

    http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/7050.aspx

    Download: Windows Vista 32 bit (x86) Recovery Disc and Windows 7

    http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/

    Download: Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc and Windows 7

    http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/

    How to Make a Windows Vista Repair Disk If You Don’t Have One

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-make-a-windows-vista-repair-disk-if-you-dont-have-one/

    WINDOWS VISTA RECOVERY DISK STEP  BY STEP GUIDE - another method and USB as well

    http://xtreview.com/review207.htm

    How to Make a Windows Vista Recovery Disk - a video and another method

    http://www.ehow.com/video\_4994420\_make-windows-vista-recovery-disk.html

    How to create a Vista recovery disk and rescue Vista

    http://www.techhandbook.com/windows/3080-How-create-Vista-recovery-disk-and-rescue-Vista.html

    Hope this helps.

    Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP - Windows Expert - Consumer : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-01-22T01:54:43+00:00

    I am wanting to make a recovery disk for Windows Vista and I'm not sure which set of instructions to follow. I have found several different ones. I have also found information saying that all personal files will be deleted during the making of the disk. I have had my HP Pavilion since April of 2007. Can someone please point me in the right direction and advise about the deletion of personal files. Sorry, if I have not given enough information. Thanks for your help!

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    contact hp for instructions on how to make recovery disks to reinstal vista if necessary in case of hard drive failure

    if recovery disks were not supplied you would press F11 at boot to start the process to put your machine back to how you bought it

    that process wipes the hard drive clean of everything

    you make the recovery disks from that partition

    files will not be deleted during the making of recovery disks

    http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html

    and do NOT confuse startup repair disks which are wrongly called recovery disks with the true manufacturers recovery disks

    and read this link about creating hp recovery disks to put your machine back to how you bought it

    http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Recovery-Discs-for-Windows-Vista-in-HP-Recovery-Manager

    Walter, The Time Zone Traveller

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