[scott1978]

Hi,
I have an Advent laptop running vista home premium, now I need to restore the laptop and the files to do this are hidden on a partition on the hard drive, I am supposed to press F10 at startup to start the restore process but guess what? it is not working.

Is there anyway to pull the files off and put them onto a DVD which is bootable so I can restore that way?

is what I am asking possible? I know that I can set the hidden partition a drive letter using partition manager and then view the files on it but thats about as far as I know,

Thanks in advance.

[Noyb]

You should have a procedure to burn your own recovery DVDs using the recovery partition.
If you've messed with the partition ... This may not be possible now.

Here's the procedure in a HP computer ...

[ajaytemp]

how much system + data can i pack onto a 4.7 GB DVD using Windows Backup?
What pluses/minuses do ISV's application offer? I was given PC Angel but I don't know if I should use this or Windows Backup.

[Noyb]

As you originally asked ... You will need the recovery DVDs to restore your computer back to its original factory condition.
You should also have a procedure to do this from the recovery partition ... if the HD is still good.

Acronis True Image and an External Hard drive will let you restore your computer back to its condition when you made the backup.

This will allow you to perform all the updates, load all your programs, and be able to restore your computer back to the way you like it in less time than it takes to read a DVD.

As far as what fits on one DVD ... not much nowadays.