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Windows 8 Restore Procedure Question?
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 3:08 pm
by haryo
My Windows 8, X230 has a 320gb spinning hard drive, with (I think) 3 original partitions. I have made all the recovery discs one can make, and made routine images as well. If the hard drive dies, and I put in a new one with a single partition, will the discs I've made format the new hard drive to a multiple-partition factory fresh state as the original, or will I lose some capabilities that are only accessible on the original hard drive if it is working?
Re: Windows 8 Restore Procedure Question?
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:30 am
by trhbme1
haryo wrote:My Windows 8, X230 has a 320gb spinning hard drive, with (I think) 3 original partitions. I have made all the recovery discs one can make, and made routine images as well. If the hard drive dies, and I put in a new one with a single partition, will the discs I've made format the new hard drive to a multiple-partition factory fresh state as the original, or will I lose some capabilities that are only accessible on the original hard drive if it is working?
The Windows 8 recovery discs should allow you to restore the laptop to its default stage. I however prefer other imaging utilities such as Norton Ghost or True Image. It seems like you have access to a DVD/CD drive, you can use a bootable True Image CD/DVD to make a raw copy (image) of your drive. That way, you restore you drive to your original format as well as transfer the to a newer or better hard drive.
Good luck.