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Beest · 03-08-2013, 10:17 AM

does it have a backup partition?

Last few computers I have bought, dell and HP, even a laptop old enough to have XP, have had a partition on the drive with the reinstallation stuff on it, you just have to go somewhere in control panel, possibly 'recovery' and it will wipe and set up like new.

If you look in 'My Computer' there would be a D drive which may be labelled recovery, about 10 - 20 GB.

03-08-2013, 10:17 AM	#3
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	does it have a backup partition? Last few computers I have bought, dell and HP, even a laptop old enough to have XP, have had a partition on the drive with the reinstallation stuff on it, you just have to go somewhere in control panel, possibly 'recovery' and it will wipe and set up like new. If you look in 'My Computer' there would be a D drive which may be labelled recovery, about 10 - 20 GB.