Treat others like you self would like to be treated.
It might be so that I misunderstand your question.
If you have more than one computer and your warranty has passed then you can lift out the HDD and place it in the other computer as a slave.
Then startup your other computer and get your files and documents to the other computer as a backup. Then you can format and use your recovery CD on your HDD.
Regards
Lennart Lindkvist
Sweden
