replacing laptop hard drive

[accordztech]

Here is my issue. Im upgrading my laptop hard drive in my HP.

I did the program that it had built in and backed up my hard drive to 2 dvd discs. They said that in cause of failure these discs will be used to restore my system.

But im wondering, HP does something with their backup system where they partition the hard drive so that drive D is the backup drive.

If i change the hard drives, and load the recovery discs...will that program create the drive D partition? and if it doesnt do i even need to create one?

[ric3rboi23]

wat?


isnt drive d your dvd drive?

[baracuda]

you could just get an enclosure and swap the drives out. load operating system on new installed hard drive then just plug in the old one once its been placed in the enclosure and transfer off you files over. enclosures are cheap too.

and i think that the hp's come with another built in recovery drive and i think thats what you are thinking about.(used to have one till it fried twice....suck it hp i hate you now.) when you load up the new hard drive should just be basic install like the way the 1st one was.

[accordztech]

nah hp creates a backup partition as D.

but since im replacing the hard drive, I kind of want that there just incase. but i dont even know whats on it. I created backup discs though.

[ExplodingCake]

You don't need another partition since your OS System Files are on the discs you created. If you want another partition , Windows will prompt you creat one before the system will install the files on your computer.

[mj213]

That partition is a recovery partition that subsitutes for using discs. If you're replacing/upgrading your hard drive there's not really any way to get that back unless the recovery software you have from HP does it, which I'm fairly sure it does not.

[Tippey764]

That disc will remake the partition and set the hard drive up the way it should be from the factory. So no you dont have to remake it yourself.

[accordztech]

there is a few discs that hP talks about. One is that these comps dont have any cause they have built in software to make them.

But the ones from hp will restore back to origional settings, but im not sure and there is no documentation that putting my new hard drive in and running the discs will do so.

[Dhsmokymcpot]

are u talking about the d: drive in this pic??



if so that is a partition on all vista computers. Ive got a dell and i have that partition. So basically if u install a new HD with vista u will still have that but it will be empty other than the basic backups.

[accordztech]

yeah I have that.

So with the new hard drive, vista automatically makes that drive? If so I dont and never did have the vista disc, do you think these discs that i made has it in its backup?

[NutBucket]

The discs you burned should restore the computer to a configuration exactly the same as the day you first took it out of the box. You could always swap in th new drive and run the discs to verify; before erasing the old drive.

[Dhsmokymcpot]

yeah I have that.

So with the new hard drive, vista automatically makes that drive? If so I dont and never did have the vista disc, do you think these discs that i made has it in its backup?

well from what i understand HP puts their backup discs on the computer so u can burn them if you like. My dell came with one. I would burn it and keep so if something does happen u have a backup disc. Dont rely on that drive to backup your info, because if you cant get to it, it aint going to help you.

The discs you burned should restore the computer to a configuration exactly the same as the day you first took it out of the box. You could always swap in th new drive and run the discs to verify; before erasing the old drive.

I would do this just to make sure everything is in working order.

[Ander]

As long as you have a disc to reinstall windows if your computer takes a shit, you're fine. No partition needed.

That's the bottom line.