Re: Satellite A65 will start not because of recovery CD formats the HARD drive?

1. my Satellite A65 WinXP seems to be corrupted and does not start.
2. my system is dual-boot, Windows XP (16 GB) and Xandros Linux (24 GB)
3 Xandros boots. Windows XP has been removed from the start menu.
4. If I run the Toshiba Recovery CD, it will enter and reformat the whole disc or only the first partition WinXP?
5. are there instructions online for the recovery CD?

> 4. If I run the Toshiba Recovery CD, it will seize and reformat the whole disc or only the first partition WinXP?

Well, if you have an older version of recovery which provides two options; standard recovery and recovery expertise, so you could choose the partition on which the operating system must be installed and ONLY that partition is erased and formatted.

But if you, recovery CD doesn t contains options then the recovery CD will format the entire HARD drive!

So be careful

> Are there instructions online for the recovery CD?

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