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April 20th, 2010 21:00
Norton Ghost and windows 7
Hello im new here so please go easy.
Well i am a very strong lover of XP but with the new games and graphics cards coming out i see how xp is going to be out of the loop of direct x and the best gaming experience so i bought windows 7 havent installed it yet tho. i have a few questions when ever i had a crash on my computer for what ever reason i could just use the ctrl f11 to boot back to factory if i do a clean install will that partition be removed and i was not given OS CDs so in case i dont like windows 7 i would like to go back to my old OS and yes i know about windows.old but i would like for my partition to be there its been more reliable for me thank you in advance sorry if i sound a little noobish with this my first jump to a new OS in a LONG time
RobinBredin
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April 21st, 2010 05:00
Hi, If you do an upgrade and retain the windows.old, then it is possible to return to your former OS. However, if you intend to an clean install, which means formatting your HD, then chances are you stand the chance of damaging your recovery partition. To do an factory boot, just Press CTRL + F11, when you see the dell boot screen. See here on how to order an set of backup disc's if you live in the US.
fireberd
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April 21st, 2010 05:00
Another option is to buy a new hard drive and install Win 7 on that hard drive. That way you do not disturb the XP drive in case you want to fall back (or maybe even dual boot with XP and Win 7 (I have that on my PC - Win 7 on one hard drive and Vista on a separate hard drive).
betg1492
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April 21st, 2010 09:00
Oh so a clean install of win 7 ult from XP wont delete the recovery partition?
fireberd
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April 21st, 2010 13:00
USUALLY (actually in all cases I've seen posted on this forum) if you install a different OS than what was originally on the PC the Dell Recovery Partition is corrupted and a manual install (using discs) is required if you wanted to install the original OS.