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‎08-06-2018 12:10 PM

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Product: pavilion g6 1336 sa
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi

 

If I carry out clean reinstall of Win 10 do I need to keep these folders

 

HP_Tools

 

SYSTEM

 

Thanks

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‎08-06-2018 12:37 PM

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Hi,

 

No, you don't need to keep these partitions - the System partition will be automatically re-created when installing Windows 10 on a mbr partitioned hard drive and the HP_Tools partition ( which provides the diagnostic utilities and the ability to flash the bios outside of Windows ) can be re-created by installing the HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI software on the link below.

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp76001-76500/sp76284.exe

 

Regards,

 

DP-K

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‎08-06-2018 12:37 PM

HP Recommended

Hi,

 

No, you don't need to keep these partitions - the System partition will be automatically re-created when installing Windows 10 on a mbr partitioned hard drive and the HP_Tools partition ( which provides the diagnostic utilities and the ability to flash the bios outside of Windows ) can be re-created by installing the HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI software on the link below.

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp76001-76500/sp76284.exe

 

Regards,

 

DP-K

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