[URGENT] Minimal restore disabled?

So my computer is screwed shortly after a minimal restore
( http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-pavilion-notebooks/612059-graphics-drivers-how-update-2.html)

Now I though I'd do another restore and try again. But if I boot from my recovery disc, it says that that Minimal restore is disabled! The only option I have is to do a factory reset which would erase my entire HDD!

Please help...

 

You should be able to do a Minimal Restore by pressing F11 when you boot up (or one of the function buttons).

If you do another Minimal Restore, it will wipe your HDD though.

 

I hope you backed up. You will probably need a wipe. You should back up anytime you do a minimal restore incase it goes bad.

 

Wait, I don't get it. Why would I have to wipe! Whyhas HP disabled minimal restore AND even normal system restore if I boot from the recovery disc? Doesn't make sense .

 

Both restores require you to wipe the hard drive. That's what restoring does. The minimized image restore simply restores to factory settings without the preinstalled bloatware. Full restore includes the bloatware.

Do you a Windows restore point you can roll back to?

 

The MSI does not wipe the entire HDD. Only the partition containing Windows. The RECOVERY and any other user-created partition should remain unchanged/unmolested. A factory reset/restoration, however, does wipe the entire HDD clean before restoring to it's original factory-shipped, software condition (bloat included) as well as replacing the RECOVERY and other partitions with fresh copies.

 

@Izagaia: Exactly. I don't want to wipe my other partitions, why should I?

Why does the tool show Minimal Image Recovery and System Recovery as disabled? I find it very weird...

 

You probably hosed up your system pretty bad.

 

Well.. a complete system wipe and factory restore, followed by a minimal system installation would provide the best, cleanest and most reliable solution to the problem, IMO. But I understand your reluctance.

Perhaps another route may be explored if you are certain that the original issue first came about due to a graphics driver installation. Maybe the solution is as simple as obtaining a retail version of a Windows 7 installation DVD and using the "repair my computer" option. From there, hopefully running System Restore from the DVD would revert your laptop back to a previous restore point before this issue occurred. Worth a shot...

 

I'm still trying to find a way to fix this problem. Because if there's no way out I should probably do a factory reset right now before I customize my computer too much.
But I don't see why I'm having this problem in the first place. Google gives no results.

 

Have you tried uninstalling and wiping clean your current ATi driver package via safemode? Provided that this may not solve your problem with the MSI disabled issue. For which, the only alternative, I could see is to perform a complete factory reset (which would replace a possibly corrupt RECOVERY partition) followed by the MSI. Another option is to order a set of the recovery DVD's from HP to ensure that what you are using is the best media possible. I just do not see any other alternative unless you have any error codes, warning messages or any other means for troubleshooting.