My son accidentally ran a backup to the D drive. What are the implications if I delete or uninstall all the data from the HP_RECOVERY D Drive? It's currently 100% full. Help please.
Thank you.
The "Recovery" drive, as it's name implies is usually a small hard drive partition that contains the files required to reset your computer back to it's factory state (clean OS with all default programs that came pre-installed).
If you delete that partition, it simply means that you will no longer be able to perform the automatic restore of your computer using that recovery drive.
If your computer came with the Operating System (Windows XP/Windows Vista) install media (CD or DVD), then you really don't need the recovery partition since you can just re-install the operating system if anything goes wrong.
However, if you don't have the Operating System install disc AND your son overwrote the recovery partition, then you will be unable to re-load the operating system back on.
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The "Recovery" drive, as it's name implies is usually a small hard drive partition that contains the files required to reset your computer back to it's factory state (clean OS with all default programs that came pre-installed).
If you delete that partition, it simply means that you will no longer be able to perform the automatic restore of your computer using that recovery drive.
If your computer came with the Operating System (Windows XP/Windows Vista) install media (CD or DVD), then you really don't need the recovery partition since you can just re-install the operating system if anything goes wrong.
However, if you don't have the Operating System install disc AND your son overwrote the recovery partition, then you will be unable to re-load the operating system back on.
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Well, if he installed a full copy of Windows of that drive then do this:
1. Backup all the data you want on that drive, if any (pictures ect.)
2. Format the drive, to do this go into My Computer, right-click on the drive and select Format. It might take a while depending on the size of the drive and your computers processing power.
3. The drive data is gone, but your computer still thinks that a copy of windows is on it. To fix this, do step 4/5
For Windows Vista, skip to step 5
WINDOWS XP:
4. Strike the Windows Logo key and the R key at the same time. Type "msconfig" without the quotes. Click the "BOOT.INI" tab, you will see the [boot loader] tag, look below that for the defult drive. You will see somthing like this:
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
Note these numbers. Look below that at the
[operating systems]
tag, below that you will see all the operating systems installed, select the drive that is NOT the numbers that you have noted down. When you are sure that the numbers are NOT the same as the default drive above, hit delete. Reboot the computer. It should open your normal operating system, and the other is gone. Problem solved.
WINDOWS VISTA:
5. Strike the Windows Logo key and the R key at the same time. Type "msconfig" without the quotes. Select the Boot tab. Select the drive that you want to delete, look for D:/Windows somewhere in the title. Make sure that that the one selected does not have "Default OS" at the end of the title. When you are sure, hit the Delete button. Reboot your computer.
If you have done everything right, your problem will be solved. I hope I have helped, Liam
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If you want to only delete all the data on the drive, and not delete a full copy of windows on that drive, just do step 2.
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PS: If you screw up your computer, I am not responsible in any way. If you do end up screwing it up, take it to a Computer Repair Center. Its an easy fix, it would not cost tooo much.
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