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    Dell Restore Partition question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Serville, Jun 25, 2010.

  1. Serville

    Serville Notebook Consultant

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    I intend to make a backup of my whole system, incld Win7 & Dell Recovery Partition. As far as I understand, the Recovery media or partition will only restore Win7 partition alone.

    I could use Acronis True Image to make a complete backup of the hd, but my question is :
    - Does the recovery partition depend on the current MBR ?
    What if I restore the backup image to a different-size hd without restoring the original MBR ? Will it still work ?
     
    Serville, Jun 25, 2010
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    codester Notebook Consultant

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    If things haven't changed since late March, when I received my SXPS, you might be able to burn the image that's located on the recovery partition to a bootable disc (or USB thumb drive). I was able to do this with Dell DataSafe that was already installed on my system when I got it. This image contained the ENTIRE harddrive (diagnostics partition, recovery partition, and OS partition). I know this because I have deleted all three partitions and they were restored (to factory state) when I restored the system using the DVD disc I created.
     
    codester, Jun 29, 2010
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  3. vordigan

    vordigan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea..i was wondering the same thing..i got my dell 1558 last week and i'v made the 2-disc recovery dvd set using the dell datasafe local backup software..now i need to install linux and remove all the partitions present on it..and later if i use the discs i created..will it restore all three partitions?
     
    vordigan, Jul 21, 2010
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  4. codester

    codester Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, it will restore all three partitions. It did for me when I tested it out.
     
    codester, Jul 21, 2010
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    vordigan Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks mate.. its good to be assured about such facts b4 i start experimenting stuff ;)
     
    vordigan, Jul 21, 2010
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