Hi,I recentally built my 1st machine,just to see if I could.Never thought about making a recovery partition like my Compaq/HP,which is still young and very dependable.I did make up a back up DVD disk for the home built.Kind of like the crap these"BIG COMPANIES"are giving us these days.So,do I really need to create a recovery partition? I do have a 250 gig external drive that I also use for back up,more than enough for my needs.
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Partitioning-Recovery
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Not sure what you want to do. A recovery partition, usually D:, is a partition on the internal drive (sata) and can be either empty (as with an original MS Vista) to store your file back-ups, or contain a system recovery folder (which in fact is an image of a recovery disk) as provided by the OEM's. If you do not have that, there is nothing from where to burn a recovery DVD. If, however, you want to create recovery images on an external drive, you have to use programs like Norton Ghost (currently release 14) costs $69.99 plus S&H $8.75.
@whs,I had a raw,brand new everything.I installed win xp pro first.Then I decided to install a full version of win vista home premium.After that I burned dvd recovery disk.And I remember some time back,there was no such thing as a recovery partition.If I'm wrong,please correct me.
I am really confused. If you installed Vista with an installation disk, why did you burn a recovery DVD. You have the installation DVD which is the same thing. And if you have an installation DVD, you need no recovery partition - UNLESS your DVD reader breaks down as has happened to me and I had to wait 1 month for a replacement. The whole story is confusing because you did not tell me what you used to install Vista - a Microsoft Vista Installation disk?
Well, essentially your recovery DVD and the installation DVD are the same. But now back to your original question. I would keep the recovery partition around. It should be only about 10GB's and the day you need to reinstall and your DVD reader is on the blink, it may come in handy. All file backups I would make to the external disk.
Appreciate your input,I have a few dvd writers and other parts.I basically built this to see if I could.It's a toy to tinker with,I still love my 3 year old,and has never given problems.And I do back up to the external.I new there was something I liked about you.You seem to like AMD, so do I.My cpu is a 5600+ with an Asus MOBO,can't go wrong.
Great CPU and MOBO. How hot does it run because I know the 6000+ runs very hot (and the TL58 in one of my laptops runs hot too). My 4800+ runs at 10 to 35 degrees Celsius, real cool. Run CoreTemp once. I bought mine from HP with 3GB's of RAM and 350GB sata, AND a 22 inch HP monitor included - the whole thing for $480 on black Friday. Normally the monitor alone is over $300.
I have a neat feature from Asus that allows me to check quickly.It fluctuates a lot,and the average was around 35 Celsius.That's with a cheap heat sink fan.Check out Zalman fans,I hear they're the best,and affordable.Cheers my friend.Bye the way,you almost stole that stuff you told me about,good for you.
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