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I DONT HAVE A RECOVERY DISK AND I DONT WANT TO LOOSE MY WINDOWS XP.

I only have one partition of my hard drive and all my data including windows is in it.

So please someone tell me how do i format my hard drive without a recovery disk but still keeping my Windows.

Best reply by koammudo9:

you need to call your comp manufacturer for a replacement.
can’t be done without it. you also need to back up your data, all of it .you can make a backup of all your drivers on a dvd disk before formating. otherwise backup the rest of your data to disks or an external hard drive. and you will still need the manufacturers disk..sorry!

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How do you format your Hard Drive without a recovery disk?

Cannot get the OS to boot, says primary master drive fails.
Although the primary master drive (hard drive) is recognized by the system bios.
It looks like I will have to use the Windows System Recovery disc to boot the OS. I need to keep the files on the D section of my hard drive… will the recovery disc overwrite all of my files?

Best reply by Jayenen:

Yes, you will lose all your information if you reformat a drive. Make sure you back your files up on a CD, DVD, online or a flash drive. This includes all your settings, programs you downloaded, fonts, themes, images, music, etc.

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If I use the Windows recovery disc to restore Windows, will it delete files on the D drive of my hard drive?

I have Vista Home Premium and am going to reinstall my system.
I have about 5GB free of recovery memory.
How can I put my most important files in there, so I can get them back when I reinstall windows?

Best reply by masteroflul:

lol you don’t. you can’t touch that partition at all. just burn your files to a dvd, retard.

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How do I save my files to the D:/Recovery Hard drive?