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HP Factory Setting Restore
by Tronman161 - 5/22/09 5:57 PMHi there,
I have an operating system partition and a data partition (and a recovery partition). I'm wondering if I use the "Factory Setting Restore" option on the recovery partition to reinstall Vista on my Pavilion laptop, will that destroy my data partition, or just format/reinstall on the operating system partition (which is what I would want?)
Thanks!
On my HP dv6000 model if did.
by R. Proffitt
- 5/22/09 6:16 PM
In reply to: HP Factory Setting Restore by Tronman161
But since I have 3 copies (that's backup!) it was a non-issue and non event.
There are some that will not backup until they lose it all. What will it take?
Bob
Haha
by Tronman161 - 5/23/09 6:00 AM In reply to: On my HP dv6000 model if did. by R. Proffitt
Well I tried it. Curiosity and boredom are a dangerous mix. The data partition was left unchanged. Now I have to go reinstall software though, haha. I hope my Office licence lets me reactivate, lol.
Oh well at least now I know.
Oh good
by Tronman161 - 5/23/09 6:07 AM In reply to: Haha by Tronman161Office activated no problem. I assume it's becaues it's the same hardware it previously activated on. All my other software is free so should be no problem, just a little bit of time.
What many can't understand
by R. Proffitt - 5/23/09 7:02 AM
In reply to: Haha by Tronman161
Is that the next time it may wipe out that data. Will they be ready?
Well
by Tronman161 - 5/23/09 7:35 AM In reply to: What many can't understand by R. Proffitt
If it didn't wipe the data partition this time, it won't next time. You just have to remember to keep things on that partition.
Unless you mean the data partition getting damaged from something else. I try to keep anything imporant on my external/discs/etc. I plan to set up a file server soon. Fun stuff, haha.
Well that is a deep thought.
by R. Proffitt - 5/23/09 7:48 AM
In reply to: Well by Tronman161
Here's the deal. Your test showed it worked this time. Over in our storage forum and this one you find posts where people take the gamble you did and lost.
Let's say you hand out your advice and someone loses their data. This will happen.
-> What's the right advice here?
Bob
Do you mean
by Tronman161 - 5/23/09 12:25 PM In reply to: Well that is a deep thought. by R. Proffitt
Do you mean:
1) On this specific computer, rather or not it overwrites the data partition during recovery isn't consistent? or
2) For different models of computer, rather or not it'll over write partiton isn't consistent?
Because I'm pretty sure on this specific computer if I run restore again it won't clear the data partition. But I agree on other computers it could.
I think keeping data on a seperate partition is a good security procaution, but no, it definately shouldn't be your only precation, nor would I tell someone its sufficient. Right?
(BTW: I wouldn't have done that gamble on my other laptop. This one is less then a month old and really didn't have anything I couldn't risk losing).
Exactly.
by R. Proffitt - 5/23/09 12:56 PM
In reply to: Do you mean by Tronman161
We have plenty of folk posting here with lost data when they thought it would be safe to use that feature.
Imagine what my advice is going to be every time?
I'll try
by Tronman161 - 5/23/09 1:16 PM In reply to: Exactly. by R. Proffitt
Someone once told me if an asteroid destroyed your house and you couldn't get your data back you weren't prepared enough.
Something along those lines? 
I'm ready.
by R. Proffitt - 5/23/09 1:20 PM
In reply to: I'll try by Tronman161
What I want to save exists in more than one place and across the country. If having a copy on both coasts and AK isn't enough then whatever happened then I'm sure it was more important than my files.
Bob
Not about backup but the advice.
by R. Proffitt - 5/23/09 1:21 PM
In reply to: Do you mean by Tronman161
While your test passed it can't be used to hand out advice to others "Sure, go ahead, it will be fine."
That's what I'm saying. It won't always be fine.
Bob
True
by Tronman161 - 5/23/09 1:31 PM In reply to: Not about backup but the advice. by R. Proffitt
My recovery partition asked me to back up data first. It even let you mount an external hard drive to copy, I think there was a disc burn option too, so that's nice. So that's probably the better option in that case.
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