Can this Be Deleted Safely?

sup2jzgte · 02-05-2007, 04:04 AM

What is this 18Gigs on my Hard Drive labeled as BACKUP? It came to brother that way from dell, is there anyway I can delete this and free it up the space?

The catcher is Dell did not ANY Cd's with this PC at all so if I have to format the entire drive I dont have anyway of putting the drivers back in or Windows. I have no clue where my XP CD went I still have my XP code, but my disk is gone. Anyone have any suggestions?

PohTayToez · 02-05-2007, 04:06 AM

Borrow a friend's XP CD and burn it, perfectly leagle. Then you can free up that 18 gigs.

sup2jzgte · 02-05-2007, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by PohTayToez

Borrow a friend's XP CD and burn it, perfectly leagle. Then you can free up that 18 gigs.

None of my friends have an XP disk I asked every single one of them. See half of my friends are to dumb and stoned all the time to care about much and the other half Knows nothing about PC's. It kind of sucks being a jock that knows A LITTLE BIT about Pc's because all your friends turn out to either lack a functioning brain or dont give a damn about to much more than practice. The only reason I even got into computers is because I work behind all day and most of my day is boring to I decided to start a hobby and learn about PC's, so sadly I'm SOL so far.

IF someone has a spare disk to sell or not let me know. I dont need any codes or anything I still have all mine, just not the disk.

What about the Drivers for the MOBO? They didnt send me any disks

PohTayToez · 02-05-2007, 04:21 AM

Drivers for anything probably up to ten years old could be found somewhere online, and I'm assuming you have a relitively newer computer, so it should be no problem.

sup2jzgte · 02-05-2007, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by PohTayToez

Drivers for anything probably up to ten years old could be found somewhere online, and I'm assuming you have a relitively newer computer, so it should be no problem.

Dell 1100

Thank god it is just a storage PC

**Cromewell** · 02-05-2007, 05:50 AM

That is the recovery partition Dell uses so that they can save the cost of shipping a recovery CD. I think the keys are CTRL + F11 during the BIOS screen to access it. I'm pretty sure it's CTRL + F# anyway, try them all, they also have a diagnostic system (I think that one is CTRL+F10)

sup2jzgte · 02-05-2007, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Cromewell

That is the recovery partition Dell uses so that they can save the cost of shipping a recovery CD. I think the keys are CTRL + F11 during the BIOS screen to access it. I'm pretty sure it's CTRL + F# anyway, try them all, they also have a diagnostic system (I think that one is CTRL+F10)

SO does that drive hold my operating files that I use to run windows or can I delete that and still run the PC without having to reinstall everything?

**Cromewell** · 02-05-2007, 09:01 AM

You can delete it but you will be unable to restore your computer to factory defaults.

sup2jzgte · 02-05-2007, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Cromewell

You can delete it but you will be unable to restore your computer to factory defaults.

HMMM so what you are saying is if I delete it and there is an issue I'm SOL because Dell does not send Discs with the PC's Instead they take up 18 gigs of Space on your HD. On my last HP there was a feature that I could make back up disks, do you know if there is anyway I can do that with this?

**Cromewell** · 02-05-2007, 09:27 AM

I don't know of anyway and Microsoft would be of no help getting a windows CD either.

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We called up Microsoft and we were informed by Willow at Microsoft that OEMs are responsible for providing their own CDs, that Microsoft only supports OEM CDs for companies that are currently out of business or that do not provide a disc – you can pay $45 for a replacement CD… except in the case where the company is on a list of multinational corporations. Dell is on that list, meaning Microsoft could not come to our aid. We were told that if Dell would not provide a disc, we would have to purchase the disc at retail

Dell sometimes can be pursuaded to mail you an OS disk as well as a software/driver disk that can restore the system, it can take a bit of work but it can be done (I've gotten a set free of charge even though they charge you $25 or something if you order them with your PC, I also got new RAM free

) When I get home I can take a look at my laptop and see if the ghost image(s), dell system recovery (stripped version of ghost) and the diagnostic tool can be burned to CD/DVDs.

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02-05-2007, 05:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 11,804	That is the recovery partition Dell uses so that they can save the cost of shipping a recovery CD. I think the keys are CTRL + F11 during the BIOS screen to access it. I'm pretty sure it's CTRL + F# anyway, try them all, they also have a diagnostic system (I think that one is CTRL+F10) __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in command here. www.userfriendly.org

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02-05-2007, 04:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 20 Posts: 3,353	Borrow a friend's XP CD and burn it, perfectly leagle. Then you can free up that 18 gigs.

02-05-2007, 04:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 20 Posts: 3,353	Drivers for anything probably up to ten years old could be found somewhere online, and I'm assuming you have a relitively newer computer, so it should be no problem.