Question about harddisk format

Hi,
I have an HP Pavilion 6736 computer. OS is windows ME. Now I am trying
to check and remove some virus maybe in the computer. I plan later to
format/restore the system because I have tried once restore OS which
results restoring programmes is a must. The computer came with several
CDs. When the 1st CD runs, the first choice is format/restore. I have
partitioned the hard disk to C and D two logical drives. There are
some important data on drive D to me. The floppy disk is too small to
make a backup. The CD drive is real-only. I am not sure when I select
format/restore, will it format drive D also?

BTW, there are two selection in the menu after the 1st CD boot the
computer up. One is "Shell to dos", the other is "go to dos"(I
translate it to English, because it is not a English version OS).
Under both of the above selections the system does identify drive C
and D.

Thanks in advance.

Jeff,

You need to read the documentation that came with the computer as each OEM
configures their recovery CDs differently. These CDs are prepared and made by
the computer manufacturer not Microsoft.
--
Mike Maltby



Jeff wrote:

Hi,
I have an HP Pavilion 6736 computer. OS is windows ME. Now I am trying
to check and remove some virus maybe in the computer. I plan later to
format/restore the system because I have tried once restore OS which
results restoring programmes is a must. The computer came with several
CDs. When the 1st CD runs, the first choice is format/restore. I have
partitioned the hard disk to C and D two logical drives. There are
some important data on drive D to me. The floppy disk is too small to
make a backup. The CD drive is real-only. I am not sure when I select
format/restore, will it format drive D also?

BTW, there are two selection in the menu after the 1st CD boot the
computer up. One is "Shell to dos", the other is "go to dos"(I
translate it to English, because it is not a English version OS).
Under both of the above selections the system does identify drive C
and D.

Thanks in advance.