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PC reset to factory default
This is my first time doing the recovery for my PC. I have 4 hardrives in my PC and I don't want to unplug the cables for the hardrive. So I do a recover to the factory default, will it affect all my hardrives or just the one that has the OS. In other words, will it erase the data of my 4 hardrives. Thx
Don't forget to take the backup of the hard drive where the Operating System is installed and keep that backup on other hard drive
Most factory resets will only affect the OS drive and nothing else.
Unless your computer came with 2 drives and there was data installed on the second drive i wouldn't worry about it.
Unless your computer came with 2 drives and there was data installed on the second drive i wouldn't worry about it.
I agree with the comments above. if your Pc came with one hard drive, restoring it back to a factory default should only affect your first drive (c:)
Agree as well. Bottom line is backup anything that is important to you first because things that are not supposed to go wrong more likely do when you are not prepared. Backup Backup Backup !!
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the PC came with one hardrive. I added 3 more that contains only data.
Then you should not have a problem. If you have data on the C drive you want to keep or restore, it should be backed up first.
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I disconnected the drives to be safe. Thx
Did u add the other hard drives other than the OS hard drive