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    HP nx9420 issues >:?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by eleron911, Nov 19, 2007.

  1. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Ok ,so :
    1) recovery disk does not work,some people says it`s due to the change of the mbr,well,can`t fix it, no xp cd will boot into repair mode,SATA and all
    2) can`t make recovery disks,though I never made them before. I complained to HP about this,but of course, my product is no longer support.screw their mailing support,like it's that hard to answer as to why i could not make those disks
    3) if i try to double click on C:/ , or d:/ or E:/ ,my primary partitions, a windows pops up with "open with"
    4) even though i set the option to view hidden files, it will NOT reveal them,no matter what

    HELP :D
     
    eleron911, Nov 19, 2007
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    select windows explorer when it says open with
     
    timtravel42, Nov 19, 2007
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Oh really? I did try that / :)
    The thing is, the option for "always use this program" is greyed out.
    I am asking for serious answers,it`s not like I haven`t tried everything else so far. :)
     
    eleron911, Nov 20, 2007
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    Well, still no luck. Have no idea what else to do, I ran a fixboot and fixMBR on it, but the Recovery Console is still not answering :(
    Not to mention the other issues..
     
    eleron911, Nov 23, 2007
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Ok,update..
    I can now open the Local Disks, it seems that there was a virus , autorun.inf which prevented me from opening local disks with double click.
    I still have the issue with the recovery console,it doesn`t work,i can`t make any cds for recovery,even though i never made them,and still , if I set to view hidden files,it automatically resets the option to do not show the hidden files...
    Any suggestions would be apreciated,and also...if I run fixboot in the XP repair console...will it do anything bad? like rendering windows useless...
     
    eleron911, Nov 27, 2007
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    I`ve messed around with TuneXp, CrapCleaner, I`ve defragged the drive, all the basi cleanup...nothing...still no way to get those recovery cds :(
     
    eleron911, Dec 4, 2007
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