Recovery will remove both my hard drives?

The title says it all.

I'm hoping to be able to reinstall vista on my Pavilion dv7-1170eo. Because it's what seems like two disks hard - one to drive D:, and then for C: and E: drive (reprise) - I was wondering if the factory settings recovery would remove all data on the D: drive.

Specifications: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01588744 : say that it's 2 x 250 GB, so I think it should not delete the D: drive, but this whole factory settings thing was a little worried.

So, please help.

That is a good question. It shouldn't because the operating system is installed on the primary drive, not the hard disk secondary or detached.  I'm not going to just and say that it will not.

If you're really worried, it's a very simple procedure to remove the secondary hard disk, and then insert it after the resumption.

http://h10032.www1.HP.com/CTG/manual/c01918142.PDF

Unplug the adapter and remove the battery. Make sure you complete your self statically before opening your laptop.

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