Re: The effects of a clean install

"Dave T." <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:h6se1b$8fj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
When doing an install of Win 7, Does the entire drive get wiped, or just the C partition? I'm thinking of course of maintaining the recovery partition.

Dave T.


Why? The correct and safest route would be to contact the manufacturer and for a nominal cost get the recovery disks for your make, model and serial number. You are asking about something that may or may not happen three months down the road. (Windows 7)

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