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Using the product recovery CD-ROMs
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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 a recovery with options, proceed as follows:
1
Select the button next to
Option Recovery
.
2
Click
Next
.
You now have three options:
❑
Default System Drive Recovery, (see
Recovering the system without changing partition sizes
).
❑
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
.
4
Click
Next
.
5
Read the summary of the recovery process about to be performed and click
Next
to start the process.
