Will files of D: & E: drive also be deleted?

Question

Required urgent help, guys:-(
Actually I'm having some virus problem in ma laptop. So I decided to restore it through recovery disk or system restore disk (I don't know what's it exactly called)
At the time of boot, when I insert d disk, it says "all data will be deleted, continue?"
so whats my question is if data of D: & E: drive also be deleted Or just data of C: drive will b deleted?
Answer me only and only if you're sure, please:-(
cuz I haven't taken backup of drive D & E... & I dont wanna loose ma valuable data...
Thank you.

Answer 1

If it is a system recovery disk from the manufacturer of the PC as opposed to a regular Windows installation disk, it will delete all your data...it will format your entire hard drive to as it was when you bought it...the same partitions and partition sizes as there were when you bought the computer. You will lose all data on the hard drive.



A Windows installation disk will give you options as to how to install, a system recovery disk has no options. I'm pretty sure you have a system (factory) recovery disk if the first message you get is "all data will be lost". Back up your files, they will be lost.

Answer 2

Well that is a bit of a loaded question. Sometimes a user will set up multiple partitions on a single drive. So three partitions could result in C, D& E. If there are in fact 3 drives then the restoration will restore the OS and the drive containing that OS to factory condition. It will not reach past that drive. There is no need for it to restore storage drives. Only the drive that contains the relevant information which is the C: drive. If you are truly worried then just take out the drives in question OR simply remove the other drives if you find out they physically exist and not just created due to a partitioning of the single drive . It doesn't need slave drives to do a restoration. I would also make sure the C: drive has the OS on it. Verify the size and the serial number of the drive by checking that info in your BIOS( F2 or delete or F1 when the computer is powered up ). A user does have the option of changing the drive letters. The drive that is mounted er active can't be changed BUT just in case you need to be 100% certain the C: drive is the drive with the OS. You can also copy files that you want to save and copy them to D or E. Just right click the file and then access D or E and right click and paste into a new or existing folder or onto your desktop. It absolutely means ALL DATA WITHIN THAT DRIVE!!!!!! When I install an operating system on a drive that contains an OS whether it is Linux or Windows I need to go through that process. I have to press D then enter then L. As i do this I am informed all data will be erased. This is telling me that all data on the drive that I am accessing will be erased. I am 100%certain and not pretty sure about this. Do NOT ASSUME. I have installed probably over 1000 operating systems on multiple computers in the 15 years that I have been using and helping with and repairing computers. This is all a MOOT POINT if you simply remove the drives. Because you have a laptop I would absolutely make sure you have E: and D: because it seems doubtful you have 3 hard drives installed.

Answer 3

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