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    Avoiding breaking recovery partition

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by RichStant, Jan 23, 2012.

  1. RichStant

    RichStant Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I've just taken delivery of a Dell XPS 15, and it has a recovery partition. I've not used a laptop with a recovery partition before, so I wanted to check what will stop it working before I do that accidentally! Will any of the following stop the recovery partition working:

    Installing linux,, and putting the bootloader at the beginning of the drive.
    Doing an in-place upgrade to a different version of windows.
    Formatting the windows partition (but not the recovery partition) and re-installing windows with either a vanilla version of windows, or the dell recovery media.

    Thanks!
     
    RichStant, Jan 23, 2012
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    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Best advice would be to create the recovery disks using DataSafe and store them in a safe place.
     
    booboo12, Jan 25, 2012
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  3. dave-p

    dave-p Notebook Deity

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    You can also download a legit copy of Windows and use your Key on the bottom of the laptop to activate it should u ever lose your hard drive
     
    dave-p, Jan 28, 2012
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    RichStant Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the replies - I've made the recovery disks, but I'm still interested in what will or will not break the ability to use the recovery partition.....
     
    RichStant, Jan 30, 2012
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  5. dave-p

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    if your hard drive fails you could lose the recovery partition, depending on the type of failure.
     
    dave-p, Jan 31, 2012
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