System restore and formatting from the recovery dvd
initially i had only one drive but after partioning it to one more drive. i had along with the onekey recovery probelm i had system restore unsuccessful problem and also with the recovery dvd, it doesn't give option to choose drive to format, it start formatting the whole system. any solution to these?????
rajesh,
The recovery DVD you use makes the default partitioning scheme that your system obtained from the factory.You cannot make custom partitions with the recovery dvd set
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