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Last edited by delisle; 02-09-2010, 10:44 AM."Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."- Henry Lewis Mencken -
so are you trying to restore the laptop back to factory settings?Comment
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f11 will bring the laptop during boot up to restore factory settingsComment
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You may want to just bight (bite?) the bullet on this one. Depends on how much you value your time. The straight Vista disc won't have all your HP drivers and such touchpads, memory readers, etc. etc., and you will have to spend a ton of time finding what is working, what isn't working (like having your DVD playback license...) downloading them as well, and installing them, etc.
$23 for the full good to go reformat recovery is pretty reasonable and will save you a ton of headaches."If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature,
but by our institutions, great is our sin."
-- Charles Darwin
NRA Life, CRPA Life, SASS Life, NRA Certified Pistol Instructor & Range Safety Officer, FSC InstructorComment
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"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."- Henry Lewis MenckenComment
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Will it boot into safe mode? F8 during bootup then choose safe mode.
BradComment
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Do you have access to another PC? If so take a trip to Fry's or similar store and look for a USB external HDD adapter. I picked one up a year + ago for $20, has connections for laptop drives, SATA and IDE drives etc. Pull your hard drive out of your laptop (if you can change a light bulb you can do this) and plug it into the USB device. Copy your data off the drive (it will show as e, f, g etc. drive) to the C of the PC you are on. Rebuild your laptop then copy your data back.
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what JB said, remove the HD, take files off of it, or copy the WHOLE thing just to be sure you dont miss some other drivers or hidden backups.
Then replace the drive in the computer, insert VISTA torrented disc, or the reinstallation discs and start fresh.
I do this about once or twice a year with my laptop.
EDIT, also just did this for a client, buy a NEW hard drive, install that sucker, then use the discs. That way should you still be missing some file, your original drive is still there with all files intact, forever.
One thing I have learned is that a 2TB external is worth every penny. Data is tough to get back and easy to cry over.C-130Herk and AK-loverComment
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some really good ideas. I will get over to frys and get an adaptor"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."- Henry Lewis MenckenComment
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Just buy the backup disc. It's a good thing to have in case your hard drive takes a dive and you need to reinstall the system or for problems like this. Keep it in your laptop bag, like I do.Comment
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I actually had a HD adaptor from an old external HD, I opened up my laptop, hooked up the adaptor, and then plugged it into another computer and copied it to my external hard drive. Still have the same issue once hooked the HD back to the laptop but I have ordered the recovery discs from HP. Just standing by to get this resolved to get this laptop sold and outta my hair."Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."- Henry Lewis MenckenComment
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Time for an update!
I recieved a Vista disc from a fellow calgunner and reloaded my laptop before finding out that the wife had already ordered the recovery discs from HP
So in a few days I will load those discs and put the laptop up for sale! or trade, which ever tickles my fancy"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."- Henry Lewis MenckenComment
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BTW, thanks again to all those who took the time to give me great ideas and tips to fix my problem. Never met a bad calgunner!"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."- Henry Lewis MenckenComment
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