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I bought a toshiba laptop from bestbuy but it does not have recovery disks

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Anonymous   07-24-2011 at 01:52:37 PM
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Hello,
i bought toshiba but does not include the recover disk,but it has window 7 installed. what if i have to format my hard drive?

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jaguarskx   07-24-2011 at 03:24:04 PM
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Nowadays when you buy a laptop or computer it will not come with a recovery disk. Actually, it has been like this for several years; at least for most laptops/computers. For example, my IBM ThinkPad T40 from 2003 does not have a recovery disk.

The "recovery disk" is on a hidden partition of the hard drive. You need read through the instructions that came with your laptop to find out how to do a fresh reinstall of Windows 7. For example, if I wanted to reinstall Windows XP on my ThinkPad I would have to press the "Access IBM" button, and then to the appropriate option.

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chaorace   07-24-2011 at 06:17:06 PM
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Hmmm... yes, read the manual to see how your specific recovery partition is accessed.

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