Question about new disk partition on dell laptop

[drivers]

sup guys,

i recently made a new disk partition on my laptop so i can store music/pictures... my question is, if i were to do a factory restore on my computer, would i lose all those files? or even the new partition itself?

[Geek-9pm]

Yes. Don't.
Before you do any factory restore, make such you have a suitable backup. Otherwise all your work will be lost.
There are many FREE backup manages that can copy your stuff to an external media.
Or, you can by a portable media device from Se agate or Western Digital that has the software with it.

[drivers]

ok thank you, what if i used the recovery drive? it was hidden but i added a drive letter and it appears now

[patio]

The 2nd partition is untouched when doing a factory restore...provided you do it properly.

[soybean]

With my Compaq laptop, I have no control over how the factory restore works and it will remove any partitions I have created.  Once the recovery process is started, it gives the user no choice about leaving user-created partitions untouched during the restore process.  This may not be true with other brands but I think I'd assume they work this way and I'd definitely want to backup all my important files before starting a factory restore.

[drivers]

i will test it and give an update a little later in the day

[soybean]

i will test it and give an update a little later in the day

How do you "test it" without actually starting the recovery procedure?  My advice is don't test it, backup on all your important files on external media before pulling the trigger that starts a factory system restore.  If you don't take this precautionary approach, you may find yourself in a distressing situation.

[drivers]

what i ment was that i was gonna save all my stuff to cds, but i also saved it to the partition that i created and then do a factory restore..the result was that doing a factory restore doesnt effect any partitions that you create, so you can use it to store data, factory restore only makes changes to the c drive

[soybean]

OK, then your factory restore does not work the same as mine, which is a good thing for you.