Hi,
I bought a computer from the store about 2 years ago, and by now I have replaced every part of it other than the RAM and HDD. I was wondering if there is a way to format my hard drive without completely losing the Windows 7 that was preloaded onto this hard drive, as I have the key but no disc. What will return to factory settings do since my computer is technically barely close to what it was when I got it? After I replaced the motherboard processor a couple weeks ago, I never completely formatted the drive so I know a lot of my old drivers and such are still on this computer.
Thanks for the help.
If it helps at all, this was originally an HP pavilion PC.
I bought a computer from the store about 2 years ago, and by now I have replaced every part of it other than the RAM and HDD. I was wondering if there is a way to format my hard drive without completely losing the Windows 7 that was preloaded onto this hard drive, as I have the key but no disc. What will return to factory settings do since my computer is technically barely close to what it was when I got it? After I replaced the motherboard processor a couple weeks ago, I never completely formatted the drive so I know a lot of my old drivers and such are still on this computer.
Thanks for the help.
If it helps at all, this was originally an HP pavilion PC.