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    Does your F11 for recovery work after Clean Install?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jmFightSpam, Aug 21, 2008.

  1. jmFightSpam

    jmFightSpam Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I did a clean install of Vista Ultimate x64 on my dv5t --- it came with Vista Premium x64, but I have a legit retail copy of Ultimate. I installed Ultimate on the Windows partition, leaving the recovery partition in tact.

    After the clean install, I, as a test, rebooted and pressed F11 to see if the recovery module would come up. It wouldn't. It would just boot normally into my Windows Ultimate install.

    If I put my recovery disk #1 in, and rebooted, then the recovery module would boot and I could choose to recover from the hard disk or the recovery DVDs.

    Does anyone else have an F11 problem after clean install?

    Thanks.
     
    jmFightSpam, Aug 21, 2008
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  2. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    It does not work since the master boot record has been reset.
     
    Harper2.0, Aug 21, 2008
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  3. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    I did a clean install to mine and F11 didn't come up either. I'm sure it can be set, but I was lazy to try further.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Aug 21, 2008
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    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    I was wondering what if you backup MBR before the clean install, and then restore the MBR after clean install, would it bring the F11 option back??
     
    prabhg, Aug 21, 2008
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    jmFightSpam Notebook Consultant

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    Is there a way to set the MBR to make it work? I have already done the clean install. Thanks.
     
    jmFightSpam, Aug 21, 2008
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    I am sure there must be. If someone could figure out how to edit the MBR and what to add to it, it can be made to work. HDHacker is a tool to backup and restore the MBR. If someone could interpret the pre-clean install backed-up MBR and add the same entry to MBR after clean install, F11 could be made to work again. I am not an expert on this, so I would wait for someone to correct me, but I dont see a reason for it not to work. I havent yet got time to do the clean install, so until i dont do it, I can provide a pre-clean install MBR backup if someone is willing to do the work.
     
    prabhg, Aug 21, 2008
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