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Will Dual Boot destroy the original Dell System Restore?

post #1 of 4
1/27/08 at 5:35pm
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Hello,

I have two Dell notebooks, a XPS 1210 and an Inspiron 6400.

One runs under Vista, the other under XP. I already have a dual boot system in my 6400, for which I used a new HDD in which I installed both OS. It runs great.

Now I am thinking of having both notebooks with dual booting, using the originals HDD/OS, to which I will add "the other" OS.

I will probably sell one of the notebooks, and therefore I would like to keep and use the System Restore facility/option that came with the machines, to be able to sell it "as new".

Installing XP with Vista already installed requires to shrink the "C" partition and create a new one with the new free capacity available, which will be used to install XP.
After installing XP, what will happen to the other 3 partitions, the "restore", the "Media", the other...? Will they still be functional, work properly? Will I be able to restore to the "as shipped" condition if I want to?

And...if I do viceversa - install Vista in an already installed XP? I have to check the how-to for this one, as I do not know if I have to shrink, format or what.

Appreciate you help.
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post #2 of 4
1/28/08 at 9:35pm
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Anybody ??
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post #3 of 4
1/29/08 at 12:19am
The Dell system restore is in it's own partiton. So no. Dual booting will not destroy that partition unless you delete that partition. Personally, If you have the install discs you can delete that partition. It's wasted space. Most of the time it's corrupted anyhow. Do a search here. Plenty of threads about the corrupted recovery partition.
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post #4 of 4
1/29/08 at 12:50am
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Thanks melshaw.

Somewhere I read (if I remember well..) that when you change/alter the "structure" of the HDD (formating a partition? adding one? changing size?...not sure about what will do) will not allow the restore to work.... and this will be permanently - no way to recover the restore "function".

Can you or somebody confirm - explain?
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