Summary: I was almost sure that Dell hid a partition with all the restoration stuff on it, including drivers and software. But I'm not finding any way to even...
Summary: Hi I want to copy the restore partition so I can run it on another drive that I have set multi partitions to my preference. Problem is the Dell initi...
Summary: Here is the current setup: Dell inspiron 600M purchased a 1.5 yrs ago the 80 gb hhd is partitioned into three drives: 1) a 47MB FAT EISA configuration...
Summary: I have a Dell Dimension 3000 and its about 8 months old. It was starting to get slow so I decided to use the Dell PC Restore to restore my computer t...
Summary: On many Dell PCs, both laptops and desktops, they've include a "Dell System Restore" partition that is hidden on your hard drive. This is the case fo...
Summary: Hi, I would like to create a hidden recovery partition on my HDD after I install a fresh copy of Win XP on it and place a Ghost image file on it kind ...
Summary: http://www.dellcommunity.com/suppor... You need to hit the F-6 key at the appropriate time and install a driver via a floppy; that computer is SATA. Y...
Summary: "I went into BIOS and changed boot order to CD ROM with the result that nothing worked." CD drive may be dead if the boot sequence is set correctly in...
Summary: "So I turned off my PC, ran the BIOS, changed the boot sequence to CD drive first. And tried running the XP install from there, that didnt work. " Can...
Summary: Best bet on a two year old System, Contact eMachines support. They can tell you exactly how to create the Restore CD's or supply Restore media ata nom...
Summary: I suggest you perform a complete system restore from the hidden restore partition. That would restore the Dell back to factory condition. Watch the s...
Summary: Hi Beowulf, The virus might be confined to that one User-Account, so try logging on to another UserAccount. On every XP, there is a Administrator acco...
Summary: After having to re-install Windows, what used to be a hidden "restore" partition has now been allocated drive letter C. The PC boots up OK so far (fro...
Summary: Exactly how you do this with a laptop I'm not sure. Does it even have two connectors/cables for harddrives? What about hidden restore partitions that ...
Summary: You will need to register the new WinXP pro installation. If you are going to spend to money on WPpro then I suggest that you use a utility called De...
Summary: I hope you didn't wipe the drive clean before trying the install. If you did, you probably wiped out the hidden restore partition. You might have to c...
Summary: Hello, I have an HP Pavillion 360n which came with xp home ed. installed. I also have system restore discs (that I had to purchase from HP as they do...
Summary: Well your recovery CD is useless for installing to another machine as it only accesses the hidden restore partition on your laptop to reinstal if the ...
Summary: You cannot reformat the disc through the operating system that is used on the disc. Formating can only be done through the use of another operating sy...
Summary: Are you sure there is not a "hidden restore partition" on the hard drive ?? Otherwise contact ACER who will sell you a Restore Disk which works with y...
Summary: I agree with what jgalty says but at the same time can totally understand what the OP is concerned about...especially if they already accused you of ...
Summary: It appears your laptop is a Toshiba. Post all and any numbers on the outside and any motherboard numbers or model numbers that SIW or Everest has fou...
Summary: I would like to repartition my hard drive in such a way that Windows and my applications are on one partition and all my data is on another. I could ...
Summary: I understand that one can do a complete system rebuild without having an XP CD by accessing a hidden copy of XP which resides someplace on the HD. In ...
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