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June 3rd, 2011 15:00
Restore with Dell Datasafe
On day one I created a B: partition and loaded many programs there, having been told it would be easier if I ever had to restore the operating system in C:. However, when I preview the Dell procedure using datasafe, it says the drive will be formatted in step 3. If that means the whole drive, I will lose B and C. That seems odd, since Dell's Datasafe recovery file Is on the same physical drive in the D: partition. Does a Datasafe restore replace C: only or am I going to lose everything in B: also? How about programs and data installed on a second disc drive. Will they be affected too?
I'm doing this because I can no longer view contents of the recycle bin, even though I replaced the $recycle:bin folders. (the "don't move" option is OFF.) Is there any other fix? The system was getting slow too, but if I have to do a complete rebuild, it isn't worth it.
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RockSt☆r-Rick
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June 4th, 2011 01:00
tcbiker,
When you use Dell Data Safe Disks, it usually prompts you for what files and folders that you want to save. It puts the computer back to the way it was when you first recieved it. I still have my recovery partition, so I would guess that it formats the C: drive.
As a good practice, you should always have copies of files and folders that you cannot afford to lose.
Rick
jdboone
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June 14th, 2011 13:00
i have over 900mb of data on Dell DataSafe Online and can't seem to get it back, what is one suppose to do? this data is important...