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I've searched the archives and cannot find my question or answer.
I have Norton Ghost 10, Norton System Works and I'm running XP.
I recently ran the Norton PC Checkup and I'm nearing the point of HD space becoming an issue.
I have used Ghost at least twice to recover my PC. Can I delete 'D:' the recovery portion of my HD and simply rely upon Ghost? Further, I have never been able to successfully clear a problem using XP's recovery points, ever.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Thanx for the input. I also have a Compaq/HP 2630 and I’m sure you are correct after reading your reply.
Glad I mentioned it!
Mine was a $299 version I got from one of the chains with a $99 upgrade to 1GB of RAM, VISTA Home Premium and a DL DVD Burner plus something else ... larger hard drive maybe <g>
You can buy factory made recovery disks too for a very modest sum so I did that as well as make the ones from the system so I could keep one set here and the other went to Wyoming with the laptop.
Don't be tempted to "tidy up Windows" and delete stuff you don't need! I see so many do that and then post "My computer doesn't work; what shall I do?" <g>
Windows Recovery System (XP) is the worst joke there is! Every time I've even created my own recovery points, then had to restore because of a problem, it never works after all the rebooting. I always get an error message saying it can't restore back to that point.
I forgot to add that computer manufacturers used to supply a restore disc and even manuals. Now you can usually create it from a hidden image on your hard drive using your own discs. Manufacturers have gotten so cheap now that they don't supply the discs anymore and make you pay for them. I paid over $2,500 for my Sony desktop several years ago and you'd think they'd give you a 50 cent DVD backup on disc.
You aren’t dual booting XP and VISTA are you? If so every time you switch it deletes the VISTA restore points …
danramaudio wrote:
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Can I delete 'D:' the recovery portion of my HD and simply rely upon Ghost?
It may depend on your PC but I would say NO for two reasons of which the second depends on specific makes and models and whether you get or can get recovery media like CDs or DVDs for system recovery:
- The recovery partition on your drive contains a method of restoring your hard drive to the state it left the factory in so that although you would have to start all over again with installing applications and data from backups, but it gives you a clean installation if things have gone badly wrong. Recovery from your backup is going to be only as good as that condition was when it was made.
- Some PCs (I recently bought and set up an HP Compaq laptop for a family member which is like this) have in their recovery partition a disk factory that will make a set of media for you on CD or DVD and while having done that you could delete the partition and rely on the media HP recommend against this for two reasons: firstly that the recovery partition system also includes the ability to repair the copy of Windows and secondly it contains copies of the third party applications supplied with the PC and auxilliary files like drivers etc.
Because of this I have not deleted the partition since the space was not needed.
Just my POV