New Asus Laptop 3 Different recovery partitions? Which one?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Cacyclst, Apr 1, 2012.

  1. Cacyclst

    Cacyclst Private E-2

    Hi,
    I recently purchased an ASUS Laptop and their booklet states it is best to use a recovery partition. 3 options are listed not sure which one to use.

    1. Recover Windows in first partition only. Deletes partition and allows u to keep other partitions, and to create a new system partition as drive "c"

    2. Recover Windows to entire HD. Deletes all partitions from your hard disk drive and creates a new system partition as drive "c"

    3. Recover windows to entire HD with 2 partitions. Deletes all partitions from your hard drive and creates two new partitions "C" (25%) and "D"(75%).

    Any help to figure the best way to do this would be greatly appreciated since they do not list pros/cons on any choice.
     
    Cacyclst, Apr 1, 2012
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  2. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Most lilely 3 however IMHO backing up to a partition has a huge flaw. If your hard drive fails then you lose it all. I like to have an image I can use on a second hard drive to be safe, if you can do it then please do that as well.
     
    Major Attitude, Apr 2, 2012
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