yosser_huges Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Hi guys, I have been reading abou pc manufactures having a restore partition on supplied pcs. Is there a way I could create a partition on my hdd, to restore windows? I generaly do a full reformat every couple of months or so, how would i make such a partition on my drive. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dardandec Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 There are programs out there to create partitions without losing your operating system and data but have never used them. I don’t tend to split my drives up anyway, but when I have in the past I've always used fdisk. Doing it this way would mean losing your data and operating system though, as the drives have to be formatted afterwards. As for making a recovery partition, there are disk image programs out there but have no recommendations as I have never used one Norton ghost maybe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePolo Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 If you clone the system onto a spare HDD when you have finished re-installing everything, then it's quicker to clone that drive back to your original than re-installing again. Plus if your HDD goes down when you use a restore partition, the partition is useless as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenthack Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 i allways run 2 partitions or even 2 drives the first partition/drive i make smaller and just load the main stuff on it the second i use for everything else that way if your operating system gets screwed up you just reinstall that plus you can drag owt off first drive onto second that you want to save ive seen ghost used before but never used it myself but it does look a good idea (but i just never get round to it) ps on xp the disc will set up partitions for you if you do a full install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosser_huges Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 I already have my hdd partitioned, But wanted to do a full install on my first partition, and the make a full backup on another drive/partition, so i dont have to install everything again, and without the need for dvds/cds. any recomendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 i believe you create a partition using a creation program i use PartitionMagic by powerquest then i believe you can copy some cab files off your windows cd to there. i have my xp partition and various other partitions so i can just reformat xp if needed. although i always fancy ghosting my fresh install but always start using it before everythings set up and then dont bother lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosser_huges Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 it seems then that a ghost image is the way to go. Is there a tutorial floating around or some free software to do this. Thinking about it, It would probably be more convenient to do a fresh xp install, and then install all the hotfixes, and necisary programs, the copy absolutely everything to a dvd or two, and restore that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 it seems then that a ghost image is the way to go. Is there a tutorial floating around or some free software to do this. Thinking about it, It would probably be more convenient to do a fresh xp install, and then install all the hotfixes, and necisary programs, the copy absolutely everything to a dvd or two, and restore that way. to get a working windows install youd actually need to use an actual ghosting program (or whatever theyre actually called) just copying to dvd i dont think would actually work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenthack Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 yep have a look for norton ghost (this wont be free) and then see if theres any freeware stuff thatll do the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosser_huges Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 I have done a total reformat now, and installed all the prgrams that i required. And have made a backup dvd with "nero backitup" And then reformated with said disc, and it works a treat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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