Questions about the Factory Default Backup USB drive

Christopher_D

Hi. I have a few questions about the factory backup I created with the Acer Care Center software. My laptop is an Aspire VN7-791 with two HDs, a 128 GB SSD and a 1TB storage drive.

 

This is what I have done:

1. The laptop came installed with Windows 8.1
2. I upgraded to windows 10, no problems.
3. I created a recovery USB stick with the Acer Care Center.
4. At the end of the recovery creation wizard, I chose to delete the original recovery partition on the hard drive.

These are my questions:

1)  The recovery partition was 18.1GB large and was on the 1TB storage drive. There are still 2 recovery partitions on the SSD, what do they do?

2)  Is it possible to replace my SSD with a larger drive and then use the recovery USB stick to re-install windows? If so, will the storage drive be affected?

3)  I'm guessing that the recovery USB stick I have created with restore my laptop to windows 8.1, so I will then have to upgrade to windows 10 again. But what if I need to recover after 29/07/15, which is when Microsoft's free Windows 10 offer ends? Will I still get Windows 10 for free, because I have already claimed it, or will I have to buy it?

 

Thank you.

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IronFly

1) windows default recoveries, one was from windows 8.1 installation, the other from windows 10 installation; honestly...leave as it is;

2) yes, you can; about your data.....not sure at 100% if will be touched or not but normally a factory reset will restore everything as your laptop was at day one....so probably yes, it will be affected;

3) i don't know