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Loosing data while reinstalling Vista on HP laptop or not!? (776 Views)
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Loosing data while reinstalling Vista on HP laptop or not!?

‎07-27-2009 11:49 AM

Dear ALL!

 

Owning HP laptop I'm wondering: there are  two partitions installed: D - Recovery and C - partition which contains my files and installed programms (including Windows Vista itself).

 

Question is: If my computer would have any problem and I have to reinstall Vista, Am I gonna loose all my data on drive C!?

                   If, YES, than is it a sollution to devide drive C on two partitions!?

 

Thanks in advance for your answers! And a good day!

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‎07-27-2009 01:09 PM

Yes, you will lose ALL Data stored on drive C.  The best way to protect your data is to perform regular/incremental backups to an external hard drive or online storage company.
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‎07-29-2009 04:13 PM

@Sailordpo,

 

How to repartition HDD in Vista informations here.

 

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