How recovery function works?

[leonash3000]

Well, in my job site there is a computer that one monday it didin't start
normally, I turning on and I wait like for 30 min. Nothing. The only window
was the hp main window with the option F1, F10 so I choose F10, I did choose
the backup option. Works perfectly. I got in to the computer, I have to
re-install Windos XP, all the software I had before. I am do not if I did
right. I just need to work and fast. Second of all, the old files I can find
them. There is a partition with the word recovery. So my questions are do I
have run something to have access to the old files? if a run it do I lose all
the new information, even the new version of my account software?, Basically
I don't know how the recovery function works.

thank you.
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Autor: Nash

 

[Andrew E.]

Recovery to default of the pc will erase all data on pc.To attempt to locate
old files,once you start pc,tap the F8 key,safe mode,open xp in
administrative
mode,or user mode.