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georgesky01

georgesky01 Posts: 181 Forumite

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18 October 2006 at 11:16AM in Techie Stuff

hi i have a dell desktop PC that has the hidden partition with all the drivers and such on it
i would like to do a windows xp repair
so do i just put a xp disc in and follow the instructions for repair
if so would this interfere with the hidden partition and any of my settings and folders

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Seagull Posts: 286 Forumite

18 October 2006 at 5:01PM

Are you wanting to reinstall everything back to how the pc was at purchase or just rectify something ? Have you tried doing a system restore ?

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georgesky01 Posts: 181 Forumite

18 October 2006 at 6:42PM

just rectify something
i did try systen restore but no good

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Browntoa Posts: 49,597 Forumite

18 October 2006 at 6:49PM

CTRL F11 on boot up accesses the restore partition on new ones, but you will lose all your files etc as it restore to "as factory" state

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19 October 2006 at 2:31PM

Take a look here.

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