re: reinstalling recovery disk
Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Anne_2
(277 messages posted)
My computer is not a laptop. No msg comes up to press any key - only the msg re
script engine I sent the forum. I realize I have to save and download everything
that's necessary but it's a home computer so nothing really important needs to be
saved and maybe then I can download Norton that will work. I am defragging right
now and it is taking a long time because I had trouble doing it before.
On Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 2:52 pm, Mark wrote:
>From what I can gather you ar trying to use the HP recovery disk. All you need to
>do is insert the disk and boot the laptop. You should get a message to press any
>key in the next 20 secs so that it can boot off the CD-ROM otherwise it will boot
>off the current OS. If the message does not appear then you will need to change
the
>order of booting by going into BIOS. This can be done by tapping either F2, F5,
F8
>or even Delete key, while it is beginning to boot, it depends on your system. You
>will get the BIOS screen and there locate and change the booting order. Save and
>exit. The computer will now boot off your Recovery disk and reinstall your OS to
>the initial state.
>Be aware that when you use the disk, it will restore the original OS and wipe out
>everything that you currently have installed. Consequently, you will need to reinstall
>all your Windows Updates and all the programs that you had installed after you acquired
>the laptop. You will also need to save all your data before proceeding with the
Recovery
>disk.
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