austin man
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| posted on 13/7/12 at 08:05 PM |
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HP Instalation Disc
I have a HP 6720s laptop which has decided to crash today and says it needs the instalation disc unfortunately when I got the laptop the one off
copy you can make was unsuccessfull, dont suppose any of you guys have a copy at all. Its Vista Basic my other optionis to use my XP disc
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vanepico
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| posted on 13/7/12 at 10:34 PM |
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I've got a DV7-3101 HP, it is windows 7 so im not sure if it is the same but the disc you make is a 'recovery disc' which does not
allow you to install the OS, but just allows you to restore back ups which I thought was a bit misleading!
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blakep82
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| posted on 13/7/12 at 11:14 PM |
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i think there's usually a little message (only appears for like 2 secs, so be quick!) when you first press the power button to start the
computer, and its something like press F4, F5 or F8 (one of those anyway!) to go to the recovery program.
i think its very rare for any computer to come with a windows CD now. all that gubbins is usually stored on a seperate hidden partition on the disc.
as to why it says it needs the installation disc seems to suggest there is one though...
restart it and look for any messages that flash up at the very start though
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austin man
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| posted on 15/7/12 at 02:29 PM |
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I recall that when I first got the laptop it gave you a one time chance to make a tartup / recovery disc unfortunately mine faield part way
through.
Wne the laptop first starts it start to boot then goes to a bur screen asking for the disk. It didn't come with a windows CD
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RichardK
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| posted on 15/7/12 at 02:47 PM |
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Some HP/Compaq computers have a built in recovery partition.
When you first turn the machine on, and see the HP/Compaq logo, begin rapidly tapping the F11 key until you see a white bar with the words Loading
Files.
This should launch you into the recovery partition where you can restore the system back to factory settings.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Rich
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