With no factory reinstall discs, how do I partition a Compaq Presario's hardrive to be a backup for disasters?
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If you don't have factory reinstall discs, and don't want to re-install windows then you need PowerQuest Partition Magic 8.0.\n\nUsing this software you can partition hard drive and format the new partition in any format you want without any risk to your files provided you have enough hard drive space left.\n\nYou can download trial version by searching on google. This is what I did with my Compaq laptop to install linux OS without re-installing windows XP.\n\nOnce the new partition is ready, copy your personal files as a backup on it.\n\nP.S. In case of hard drive failure, you won't be able to retreive anything from any of the partitions.
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hi there,\nwell,u'r situation isn't as hopeless as above was described.\nAcronis Disk Director should be ur solution.\nit's Recovery Expert feature , predestinated for just ur situations (when partition is deleted accidently).\nAnyway if it won't help Acronis company gives 30 day money-back guarantee.\nso,u can get ur money back.
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okay you first need to format your drive erasing everything off of it. Then restore it from a CD. I would recommend using a program like Symantec Live State Recovery and make a base backup of it after you have say your basic progs installed or things you're always going to want. It will basically make an image of your HD and you will be able to backup from that.
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There is a software called Easy recovery that has tools for testing the mechanical and logical functions of any hard drive.  You need another hard drive if you are going to attemp any data recovery though.  Check the website.
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take the c-mos batt out for a few days , put back and boot up using an os disc (ie if win98 on laptop boot up with with 98 disc)
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you should use a laptop coverter to install as a slave on a nother computer.\n\nhttp://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD\n\nthen you might need a data recovery software. here is a good free one it is called PC Inspector File Recovery\n\nhttp://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html
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download a trial of partition magic. very easy to use.
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i do not think so,but make a back up disk just in case
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just reformat everything.  the windows o/s you have should boot automatically from your CD-ROM.  there are free utilities from majorgeeks.com to retrieve your lost data, even if you've reformatted the drive(s).  good luck, you're NOT an idiot.  everyone has had their computer woes.  how'd your Vista go?
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Use file recovery softwares...
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Use Alcohol 120 (http://www.alcohol-soft.com/) or Daemon Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/) to load the file which is a cd image and you can use it like a normal hard disk partition
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back up data and format install windows plus software to protect your system avast and noadwre will help
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Have you got any data on the drive you want to keep ?\n\nIf not just make a boot disk ( www.bootdisk.com ) and use fdisk to partition the drive and then install windows.\n\nIf you do have data then I suggest you connect the hard drive to another machine as a slave and back it up and then put it back into the machine and format it and re install windows.\n\nThere are other ways of backing up the data, please post back and let me know if you need further help.
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If the drive doesn't have a partition on it then you might need something better than scandisk, like seatools Desktop\n\nhttp://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/\n\nSeatools although it's written by seagate will check any harddrive for bad sectors, or other problems. Download and burn the iso.
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Latch onto an external hard drive...shove all your important files in it. then basically wipe the whole damn hard drive, and reinstall the operating system. and when you do...partition your hard drive
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I can recommend you Acronis True Image. Using True Image you can create a hidden partition on your pc for backup purposes only. This partition will be inaccessible for any software including malware. But I strongly recommend you to backup whole your system on the CD/DVD in case you'll encounter with a total hard drive failure.\nYou can purchase the latest version of ATI here:\nhttp://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/\nOr download a free version here:\nhttp://www.acronis.com/mag/vnu-ati7
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format the hard drive, clean install windows