Solved If I change my operating system to linux, can I still use windows' system restore?

Setro2

Setro2

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If I change my operating system to linux and delete my old operating system entirely, will I be able to still use system restore to change my old operating system back?
Please help. All help is appreciated. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway M6309
    CPU
    Unknown, sorry
    Motherboard
    Unknown, sorry
    Memory
    1.00 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
Re: If I change my operating system to linux, can I still use windows' system restore

The simple answer is no. If you remove an OS then you can not use it to do a restore because it is no longer there to run the restore program. What I would recommend would be to have a duel boot system.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
Re: If I change my operating system to linux, can I still use windows' system restore

Well, you can actually do this if your hard disk has an NTFS partition on it. If you've wiped the whole drive and made it Linux, then you can't. If you have a recovery CD or USB drive, such as WinPE + Macrium Reflect installed, you can do a full image restore booting from that CD/USB-drive to the NTFS partition.

But Linux doesn't require a lot of space. Better off having two partitions and a dual boot arrangement.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
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