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I have 4 drives in my HP Pavillion dv6 laptop. I want to reset the Windows 7 to factory condition. But I am concerned about data in my other drives. Its too large to copy. If I reset my Windows7, Will it erase my other drives ?

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Yes.

Factory Reset: Factory Reset removes all partitions, reformats the entire hard drive, reinstalls the original operating system, and reinstalls all the original hardware drivers and software. This option also recreates the required Recovery partition (usually D:) and UEFI partition (usually E:) and reinstalls the required software. The Factory Reset option returns all of the notebook's software to the condition it was in at the time of purchase. All user changes or additions are removed.

source: http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c01867418

I believe you should perform a system recovery. HP

System Recovery: This option reformats the system drive (usually C:), reinstalls the original operating system, and reinstalls all the original hardware drivers and software. System Recovery does not impact user created partitions. If there are two hard drives, System Recovery modifies only the drive with the operating system.

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To clarify... you have 4 separate hard drives installed, not partitions, correct?)

So no, restoring your HP to factory defaults will not affect other drives. I use an external flash drive for storage and running games, it has never been affected by a factory reset of the main OS drive.

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