Computer Hard Drive Recovery Disks

Many, if not most, new computers these days do not come with installation or recovery disks.

They have a dedicated partition where these files are stored, including system drivers and some programs. Manufacturers include Toshiba, Hewlett Packard (HP) and Acer.

One of the first things you should do is to create recovery disks from this partition, in case of a hard disk failure. This process typically requires 2 DVDs. Many manufacturers only allow this to be done once, such as HP. Typically this takes up to two blank DVDs. These partitions are all well and good if you can still boot into your system and then you can run the recovery routine. If however you cannot boot into Windows you will need these recovery disks – booting from your CD/DVD drive to enter Windows to either repair the specific problem, do a hard drive recovery or completely reinstall Windows.

Like all backups it is only if you have a problem that having taken the time and trouble to make these DVDs in advance will reduce any heart palpitations that might otherwise have ensued.

When customers purchase a new computer from GJ’s Computer Services, Geejay creates these recovery disks for you or shows you how to do it.