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    Are recovery disks the same for models in the same series?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ATC, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. ATC

    ATC Notebook Deity

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    I have an HP Dv6663ca and my sister has the Dv6608ca and both came with Vista home premium.

    For some reason, she's unable to burn the recovery disks. She gets errors at the disk verification stage. She's tried 4 different brands of disks and I also gave her one of my Verbatim DL disk and all the same.

    I was thinking I would just make her a copy of my own recovery disk for her to keep but I was wondering if it would work on her machine.

    A somewhat related question; does anyone know whether this sounds like it might be a drive/hardware issue or recovery disk application problem?
     
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    mp3lll Notebook Enthusiast

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  3. orev

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    Discs need to be +R discs, not -R discs for a successful burn. But otherwise, those 2 systems are so close that the discs are probably the same.
     
    orev, Jan 10, 2008
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    zukiki Notebook Guru

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    I am a little bit confused by your statement :confused: .
    Since I am waiting for the delivery of my notebook in the coming days to make a clean install, a clarification would be appreciated.

    Today you wrote that the recovery dics need to be +R.
    In your very valuable "Clean Vista install with no Activation", item :"Things you need" you say: "2 DVD -R to make your recovery dics".

    HP, in the Support section of its website, mentions to use DVD +R or DVD-R for creating the recovery dics :( .
     
    zukiki, Jan 10, 2008
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    Theres a glitch in the recovery cd creation. -R's subsequently kept failing on me like you described above. I used +R's worked like a charm. HP drives are retarded, it doesnt like certain type of cd's mostly -R's
     
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    Good catch, fixed in the guide.
     
    orev, Jan 10, 2008
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