Does Vista deactivate the recovery partition if you create recovery discs

A customer asked if he created the recovery disc would he still have a
complete working recovery partition. He is in fear of creating the disc then
losing them.

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Randem wrote:
> A customer asked if he created the recovery disc would he still have a
> complete working recovery partition. He is in fear of creating the disc then
> losing them.
>


This would be a question better asked of the computer's manufacturer,
as different OEMs use different recovery methods/mechanisms.


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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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> Randem wrote:
>> A customer asked if he created the recovery disc would he still have a
>> complete working recovery partition. He is in fear of creating the disc
>> then losing them.
>>
>
>
> This would be a question better asked of the computer's manufacturer, as
> different OEMs use different recovery methods/mechanisms.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
> Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot

I can only speak for the HP machines. You will be notified that the recovery
DVDs or CDs can only be created once. You should do so because the Recovery
partition is just that, a partition of the C: drive and will fail at the
same time. The fee is about $30 to have HP send new ones.

Gotcha...

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"Charles W Davis" <newsgroup@anthemwebs.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
> news:eZr%23je%234JHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Randem wrote:
>>> A customer asked if he created the recovery disc would he still have a
>>> complete working recovery partition. He is in fear of creating the disc
>>> then losing them.
>>>
>>
>>
>> This would be a question better asked of the computer's manufacturer, as
>> different OEMs use different recovery methods/mechanisms.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>>
>> Help us help you:
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>>
>> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>>
>> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
>> Russell
>>
>> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
>> killed a great many philosophers.
>> ~ Denis Diderot
>
> I can only speak for the HP machines. You will be notified that the
> recovery DVDs or CDs can only be created once. You should do so because
> the Recovery partition is just that, a partition of the C: drive and will
> fail at the same time. The fee is about $30 to have HP send new ones.

HP have also been known to supply the recovery discs for free if, for
example, the recovery discs cannot be created for some reason. Creating the
recovery discs doesn't affect the functionality of the recovery partition or
the software/driver recovery utility. The recovery partition is probably
most often made inoperable when people repartition the hardrive , change the
installed OS or set up dual-booting without due care. Flashing the
motherboard BIOS with a non-HP update will do it too.

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> "Charles W Davis" <newsgroup@anthemwebs.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
>> news:eZr%23je%234JHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Randem wrote:
>>>> A customer asked if he created the recovery disc would he still have a
>>>> complete working recovery partition. He is in fear of creating the disc
>>>> then losing them.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This would be a question better asked of the computer's manufacturer, as
>>> different OEMs use different recovery methods/mechanisms.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Bruce Chambers
>>>
>>> Help us help you:
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>>>
>>> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>>>
>>> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
>>> Russell
>>>
>>> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
>>> killed a great many philosophers.
>>> ~ Denis Diderot
>>
>> I can only speak for the HP machines. You will be notified that the
>> recovery DVDs or CDs can only be created once. You should do so because
>> the Recovery partition is just that, a partition of the C: drive and will
>> fail at the same time. The fee is about $30 to have HP send new ones.
>
>

Basically he will have it especially when he follow the instruction in the
manual to create recovery disc. He can try restore factory default or use
some tools to see whether recovery partition is there and working fine after
the creation of recovery disc. If something did happen, he can get the
support of the manufacture of the machine to restore it.

"Randem" <newsgroups@randem.com> wrote in message
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>A customer asked if he created the recovery disc would he still have a
>complete working recovery partition. He is in fear of creating the disc
>then losing them.
>
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