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Using the product recovery CD-ROMs
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Recovering the system with modified partition sizes
To have the option of changing the partition sizes before completely restoring the original software, drivers
and settings on your computer, choose
Option Recovery
.
Changing the partition sizes of the two hard drives means that you will lose all the data stored on both your
C: drive and your D: drive.
You should allow one hour for the recovery process.
To perform an Option Recovery, proceed as follows:
1
Select the button next to
Option Recovery
.
2
Click
Next
.
You now have three options:
❑
Default System Drive Recovery, (see
).
❑
Change Partition Size and Recover.
❑
Recovery To Originally Shipped State.
Manually changing partition sizes
Choosing
Change Partition Size and Recover
allows you to manually select the size of your C: drive,
leaving the remaining gigabytes to the D: drive. Meanwhile, all current partition sizes are deleted, the hard
disk is reformatted, and all the original software is restored as with a standard system recovery.
You should allow one hour for this process.
To manually change the partition sizes and perform a system recovery, proceed as follows:
1
Select the button next to
Change Partition Size and Recover
.
2
Click
Next
.
3
In the following screen, set the size of your C: drive in gigabytes, or choose to restore the default size by
pressing
Default
.
