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Question posted by Parwelove12 on November 9th, 2011

How Can I Do A System Recovery And My I Drive Can Not See The Recovery Disc

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Answer #1: Posted by Tefik on November 10th, 2011 12:12 PM
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Your computer requires disk drivers to read the disk. There are PATA drivers and SATA drivers. You need to know which drivers you need and install them using a floppy (1.44k) disk. Then, you can insert the recovery disk.

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