Can I perform a Windows 7 non destructive System Repair without the Disks, my OS is on a partition on my HP HDD?

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Published on 2012-04-08T17:16:50Z Indexed on 2012/04/08 17:34 UTC
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I own an HP G-62 laptop. My Windows 7 OS is on the Recovery partition, D. I have no Win 7 Disks.

I am wanting to perform a non destructive repair of the system files without losing my data or having to go through the whole routine of reinstalling Windows, Programs, Files, Pics, Music, etc...

Can I perform a Repair on my main, C, drive without the disks, and from the partition? So far all the help I have found refers to using the original Win & OS disks....

Thanks,

Mike0921

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