Samsung MZ-5PA128B User Manual - Page 15

This partition is not detected in Windows Explorer. This OEM Recovery Partition can NOT be copied by Norton Ghost. This is not a problem, however, because the other partitions are the ones containing your data. The "other partitions," in the case above, are the "System" partition and two additional partitions labeled "Win7" and "Data." Tip: If you want to preserve a clean install of Windows to use at a later time, follow these steps: 1.) Backup the partitions that contain your data to an external storage device using Norton Ghost. 2.) Restore your PC to its original out-of-the-box state using the OEM Recovery software. 3.) Backup your newly restored computer to an external storage device using Norton Ghost. Keep this backup file in a safe place. It serves as a clean install of Windows that you can use in the event that you want to start over with a fresh Windows install at a later date. 4.) Install Norton Ghost and restore the partitions you backed up in step 1 using Norton Ghost. Please refer to the separate "Norton Ghost - Data Backup & Recovery" User Manual at www.samsung.com/ssd for complete instructions on how to backup and recover your computer using Norton Ghost. Case 2 In the second likely scenario, there is no OEM Recovery Partition. This is the case if the user has manually deleted the OEM Recovery Partition, if the computer was built by the user from off-the-shelf components, or if the manufacturer of your machine simply does not include such a partition. The other partitions are the same as in Case 1. Attention Windows 7 Users: Windows 7 automatically creates a separate partition that is used to boot your system, called the System Partition. You MUST copy the System partition to the SSD first. Failure to carefully follow the steps below may result in an unbootable system. 15