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    Hp Laptop Problem recovery Partition

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by punk, Mar 29, 2007.

  1. punk

    punk Notebook Enthusiast

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    I Got V4435Nr Hp Pressario. I Burnt The Recovery Discs. Recovery Discs are lost but Recovery Partition is still In my Pc.. Now I Cant Restore it by Acting on Instructions mentioned in the Manual Provided. Any Hp Authorzied People Around!
    I Made Partitions of C: Drive. But The C Drive has not been formatted. I Did it using Partition magic. Now Any Solution?
    Please!
     
  2. LFC

    LFC Ex-NBR

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    :confused:

    a) So you made recovery discs, but have now physically lost the discs?
    b) The recovery partition is still on your HD
    c) You tried to do a reformat using the recovery partition, but it failed?
    d) You made new partitions with 'Partition Magic'? Which btw should be inconsequential
     
  3. Thibault

    Thibault Banned

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    I'm not sure I understand...
    You made a copy of the partition on a CD? You lost the CD and formatted the recovery partition?
     
  4. alynch75

    alynch75 Notebook Evangelist

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    you may be out of luck... but first if you can recover from the partition go ahead and do the recovery. You won't be able to create new recovery cd/dvd so you will have to order them from the HP site. Or if you have the Vista Express Upgrade just boot from the Upgrade Disc and install Vista
     
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    some people just asked question and then leave the members of this forum wondering what they are trying to say.....LOL
     
  6. punk

    punk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh Sorry If I Left You Confused!
    Now Anwsering Each Other`s Questions one By One

    @LFC
    a)So you made recovery discs, but have now physically lost the discs?
    True And Unable to Find them. They Could Be Created Only Once.
    Can order Them From Compaq Site But they ship Only to USA ANd I Am Out Of USA. The Sytem has been Bought From USA from bestbuy store[Physical Store]


    b) The recovery partition is still on your HD
    Yes Its Still Their.. I have not done any Changes to it..Even C Drive Got The ORIGINAL Files too. Only the Free Space Was Re Adjusted and I made new partitions out of it.

    c) You tried to do a reformat using the recovery partition, but it failed?
    Yes I Pressed F-11 But It didnot had any effect.. In The Manual its written that F-11 Should Be Pressed As Soon As I Boot But It Didnot Workerd. Even I Tried It Using The Option Available In The Start Menu But It Restarted And Windows Booted In A Usual Way.

    d) You made new partitions with 'Partition Magic'? Which btw should be inconsequential
    I Created Partitions as soon As I Recived The System. The System Now Need A Reinstallation. I Used Version 8.0 Of Partition magic.

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    @ThiBault
    I'm not sure I understand...
    You made a copy of the partition on a CD? You lost the CD and formatted the recovery partition?
    No, I Made Recovery Discs Using The Porocedure Mentioned On The Manual. It Could Be Made Only Once. Yes I lost The DVDs of Recovery Discs. I Didnot Formatted The Recovery Partition. Its Still Their.. Only C: Empty space has been relocated to made Some Partitions..
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    @alynch75
    you may be out of luck... but first if you can recover from the partition go ahead and do the recovery. You won't be able to create new recovery cd/dvd so you will have to order them from the HP site. Or if you have the Vista Express Upgrade just boot from the Upgrade Disc and install Vista

    Not Exactly Out Of Luck. Can Install Plain Windows Xp And Download Drivers online But I Want the Original Windows And Features.. Plus Every Thing Like I Bought Brand New.. Their Are Some Features that Are Specifically For Laptops.. Dont Want to Into Hassle Of Downloading/Installing Drivers Again.. Want The Things As Before.. Hp/Compaq Dont Do International Shipping Of Discs. Any Other Site From Where i Can Get It? Their Might be some dealers who would be dealing with it..Can Download the Whole Dvd As Well Since I Am On High Bandwidth. But Who Will Upload It Online..Its Around 7-8 GB.

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    @qohelt
    I Am Extremely Sorry But You Guys Are Too Quick . I Check The Replies After 24 hours.. Extremely Sorry!
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    @All
    If You Got Still Any Questions Do ask.. I Will Anwser.. you Guys Are Great.. Gurus of Laptops!
    Welldone!
     
  7. LFC

    LFC Ex-NBR

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    No no no :D

    Start > programs > system recovery* > pc recovery then follow on screen instructions (* or whatever it is called)

    It is done from your desktop to restore using the partition. Unfortunately, even if you reformat, the laptop will still think you have burnt recovery discs, so will not let you burn any more (if it is like mine). You can copy discs with Nero to get around this, but since you lost them... I'd look into getting some shipped to you somehow
     
  8. punk

    punk Notebook Enthusiast

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    @LFC
    I Will Try Doing Some Real Tricks Today. I Can get Pirated Windows But why Shud i Use Pirated If i have paid For The legal One..
    I Would Be Thankful If You Can Send Them To me.. I Can Send U Money Through Westren Union!
    Will Merge The Partitions and Try Using uit Or Running Setup From i386 Folder present In The C: Drive
     
  9. punk

    punk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyways The Virus Which I Am Annoyed With is That I Cant Open Any of The Drives By Clicking it. And When I Right Click On The Drives Some Ambiguos Kinda words Appears on it... Like Some ASCII Codes...
    Using Daily Updates Of Symantic But Still It has Niot Worked...
     
  10. punk

    punk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Now WHere Is Every 1?
     
  11. alynch75

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    where are u if you want i can chat with you on aim or yahoo or msn do you have a messenger and screen name
     
  12. punk

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    what are you talking about virus?

    What is your issue man?
     
  14. punk

    punk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah My Computer has been infected by a virus. I Cant See My Folder Options And When I Click To Open My Drives It Doesnot Opens.. It Opens Open With ... Dialogue. Now I wanted To Restore Windows But Its Not Working