I bought a toshiba laptop from bestbuy but it does not have recovery disks

[Guest]

Hello,
i bought toshiba but does not include the recover disk,but it has window 7 installed. what if i have to format my hard drive?

 

[jaguarskx]

Nowadays when you buy a laptop or computer it will not come with a recovery disk. Actually, it has been like this for several years; at least for most laptops/computers. For example, my IBM ThinkPad T40 from 2003 does not have a recovery disk.

The "recovery disk" is on a hidden partition of the hard drive. You need read through the instructions that came with your laptop to find out how to do a fresh reinstall of Windows 7. For example, if I wanted to reinstall Windows XP on my ThinkPad I would have to press the "Access IBM" button, and then to the appropriate option.

 

[chaorace]

Hmmm... yes, read the manual to see how your specific recovery partition is accessed.

 

[maxwellmelon]

also check though ur start menu for something that says "create recovery disk" which should make a bootable manufacture specific reinstall disk set. could be under the assist program or manufacture specific info/help section