Reformat Hard Drive

[Rod]

I plan to reformat my C drive using my HP Recovery Disk.
I have a fair amount of data to backup prior to
reformatting. If I partition my hard drive and move the
data to the new partition, will this new partition be
reformatted or only the "C" drive?
When I bought the system, it was already partitioned with
a C and D drive (the d drive containing system recovery
disk data), so I plan to make an "E" drive.
My other plan was to buy an external drive for backup,
would would like to save that money if possible.

Thanks,
Rod

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

A HP Recovery CD will return your hard drive to the same partition
layout as the day it left the factory. Don't attempt to manually partition
your drive and save your data to another partition because the HP CD
will wipe it out. Using an external hard drive is the best solution for backing
up your data.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I plan to reformat my C drive using my HP Recovery Disk.
| I have a fair amount of data to backup prior to
| reformatting. If I partition my hard drive and move the
| data to the new partition, will this new partition be
| reformatted or only the "C" drive?
| When I bought the system, it was already partitioned with
| a C and D drive (the d drive containing system recovery
| disk data), so I plan to make an "E" drive.
| My other plan was to buy an external drive for backup,
| would would like to save that money if possible.
|
| Thanks,
| Rod

 

[Rod]

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
If you plan to reinstall all the applications and have

the look and feel to your PC, it may be a quicker process
to use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.

Windows will craete a single large file with all your

personal data, everything from your installed
applications, including email, address book etc. You can
choose to create this file in the non Windows Partition
and for extra security, copy that to a CD or DVD [if you
have one].

Once you have reinstalled Windows XP into the C Drive,

plus any applications, run the Wizard to import those
files etc. It will save you the problem of searching,
copying and filing all those files.

 

[Rod]

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
If you plan to reinstall all the applications and have

the look and feel to your PC, it may be a quicker process
to use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.

Windows will craete a single large file with all your

personal data, everything from your installed
applications, including email, address book etc. You can
choose to create this file in the non Windows Partition
and for extra security, copy that to a CD or DVD [if you
have one].

Once you have reinstalled Windows XP into the C Drive,

plus any applications, run the Wizard to import those
files etc. It will save you the problem of searching,
copying and filing all those files.

 

[Mike]

Burn your data to a cdrw.. recover your system back to 'factory'.. use the
cdrw to re-instate your data..

 

[John R Weiss]

I plan to reformat my C drive using my HP Recovery Disk.
I have a fair amount of data to backup prior to
reformatting. If I partition my hard drive and move the
data to the new partition, will this new partition be
reformatted or only the "C" drive?

My HP recovery disk has an option on startup to reformat C: only. This
option will not re-partition the drive.

It worked just fine when I reloaded my laptop.