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Recovering the Restore Partition
I have an Inspiron 6400, and recently had a virus that made my recovery partition unusable. I have since ordered the recovery discs from Dell and restored my system (Win XP SP2). Now my question is... what do I do with this wasted 3.3 GB of space on my hard disk? Is there a way for me to use the Dell CDs to restore the recovery partition? Can I delete and append the partitioned space to an existing partition? I know it is only 3.3 GB, but it really bothers me.
@GreyMack wrote:
Delete the partition and merge the space with an adjacent partition if you want. Partition Magic is pretty good for this, but there may be other non-destructive options.
Use imaging software to create a complete backup of the Windows partition and save it on a set of CDs, DVDs, and/or another hard disk drive if your new installation is good and you want backup reliability that exceeds the Dell PC Restore option. Acronis TrueImage is pretty good, and if you have a Seagate or Maxtor drive you can use a free version of ATI re-branded as Seagate DiskWizard or MaxBlast.
GM
Exactly, Also you could donwload it from Acronis Homepage.
Trial version is free and you'll be able to backup, but not restore.
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Use imaging software to create a complete backup of the Windows partition and save it on a set of CDs, DVDs, and/or another hard disk drive if your new installation is good and you want backup reliability that exceeds the Dell PC Restore option. Acronis TrueImage is pretty good, and if you have a Seagate or Maxtor drive you can use a free version of ATI re-branded as Seagate DiskWizard or MaxBlast.
GM