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Answer» I have an older PC with all kinds of crap and a partition on the HDD. Can I copy the required windows files to reinstall after I format the HDD?What type of PC and is it still working? IF it's still working you could use many types of media storage to backup your files,program installer,drivers or personal info. by a CD/DVD(requires an optical drive), Flashdrive, PORTABLE EXTERNAL Drive, Hardrive with Enclosure on the condition that your PC is running and is virus free. Another type is also using a software to back-up files like Acronis(free or paid) or via network sharing folders(requires internet connection) on another PC. Quote from: isitme on March 22, 2011, 08:15:28 PM I have an older PC with all kinds of crap and a partition on the HDD. Can I copy the required windows files to reinstall after I format the HDD? When you state and a partition this may be the recovery partition. More and more manufactures are no longer sending disk to restore COMPUTERS it is now being stored on the HDD. To answer the copy the required files for windows. Would be less stressful to buy a copy of windows and go to the computers manufacture web site and download the drives. But then again there is always the possibility that the partition you are talking about may be the system recovery.You cannot copy an installed version of Windows and be able to re-install it...this is by design. You could however use a disk imaging app to transfer it to a new drive... Or as SUGGESTED above find out if the other partition is in fact a recovery partition.http://www.restoredisks.com/ About $26.00. Will restore to factory fresh of the date of manufacture. It is the most simple way (you get all the original programs, too.) John |
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