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Windows XP, what needs saved in order to wipe hard drive, no recovery disk was provided?

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Dick asked: I am running XP on an older HP 751n desktop. I was wondering what I need to do in order to wipe my hard drive and re-install XP. There was never a recovery disk so I'm not sure if it's possible to re-install Windows. I don't want to ...

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how to remove hp recovery patron after removing the hard drive?

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

dalek asked: i took my moms hard drive out of her old pc to use as an external drive but i forgot to remove the hp recovery patron. is there a way i can still remove it even though i already reformated both patrons, i would really like to recombine ...

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IDE motherboard burned up. Can I use any IDE computer to access my hard drive for recovery?

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

harddriveharry asked: Emachine T2893 2.66 Ghz motherboard out. Windows XP. IDE. Can I plug my hard drive into any IDE computer to recover my data? Or.. buy an used T2893 or some other IDE computer, plug my hard drive into it, to access or recover my data? If not, please ...

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What is my Recovery Hard Drive?

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Chris H asked: Is it a second Hard Drive in my computer or a Partition in my mainCaffeinated Content

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Good Company for Hard-drive Data Recovery?

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Shadow asked: My computer's hard-drive crashed and according to a local repair company it won't even spin-up. Has anyone had any experience with sending their drive to a 'data recovery' company? Which one? Were you satisfied and how much did it cost?Caffeinated Content

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