Can I format the HARD drive without losing data?

Hi all
I used the restore CD to solve a problem on my system (blue screen) and everything was formatted... including the partition where I had music etc...

Is it possible to format my hard drive without losing the data on the partition?

Hi guys

To my knowledge it s any recovery procedure, you would use; in both cases the drive HARD will be formatted!
Using the disc using the Toshiba HDD recovery procedure and recovery HARD drive will be formatted and you will lose the data on the second partition too.

As far as I know both put the laptop and HARD drive on the same State as on the first day of purchase!

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