HP recovery discs..

If anything happens to the notebook, do the recovery discs act as the actual Vista OS or a recovery specific to the notebook...I mean, if i accidentally mess somthing up with the bootloader, will booting from the discs restore the computer?

 

No, they are restore DVD's only. As in restore the system back to factory state. They do not have the restore boot functionality as the regular Vista discs.

 

I was going to do a recovery about a month ago on a relatives laptop and when I booted with the recovery disc it took me to the recovery window/mode, then prompted me to do a restore, which I did and it fixed the problem, that was lucky because we didn't have to reinstall all his files.

So you must be able to do a restore from the recovery disc!

 

I am asking this as a question. Isn't that restore the same as doing a System Restore to an earlier time from within Windows? Or, does it actually try to repair and restore the original system files?

 

The Recovery Disks is just that - a recover not a restore to previous configuration. It'll will bring your laptop back to when you took it out of the box from a software perspective

 

I have never had to actually use the Recovery Disks but I do know from inserting one before that there are two levels. It has been a long time but I seem to remember a restore function of some sort then another deeper advanced function that does the complete Recovery back to original.

I guess I will have to insert one of my discs to actually see the interface again. I am curious but I don't want to actually perform any tasks by mistake

 

Yes it must be, but the reason I was going to do a recovery is because we lost some of the registry and the system restore was some of what was lost, there was no system restore in accessories and the control panel had gone MIA as well.

 

just move ur documents to another partition and do a complete recovery to factory

u can partition the drive using the shrink function or acronis disk suite (that's what i used) and make like a 40gb partition for vista and do the recovery man all ur imp files will be safe and u will have a new vista .


afterwards do regular backups of vista just in case

 

So, like i said, even if the computer is completely dead coz of a software problem...i can boot up from the recovery disks? i'm sorry i'm asking again but it's really important that i get a straight answer to this question..

 

Dude I don't think your laptop is the problem.

When computers are built they don't have an O/S but you are still able to load them with one aren't you?

 

If the notebook or hardware itself is dead then it needs to be sent for repairs.

If the OS is corrupted or destroyed, then you can use the discs to bring it back to its factory state.

 

Exactly.
What the DVDs do is that they recover an image of the harddrive and restores all the files, settings, OS, etc that was on your harddrive right when you took it out of the box.
So any games, pics, programs, etc will be lost.
However, if this is a hardware problem, then you will need to repair the hardware.
If it is software problem and you are not able to boot to Vista, there are ways to save your data.

And yes, if your OS is completely dead, and you cannot boot into your OS, you should be able to boot using the DVD
This is only if your laptop turns on, passes the self-test, shows the "hp" screen, your DVD drive works, you have boot from DVD enabled, etc etc.

You are not being specific with your problem.... what is the actual problem? Any error messages? Is your laptop turning on?

 

Yeah, you can but what you cant do is restore the mbr or the boot like it would be possible if you had a Vista disc. The discs dont have any repair feature but will restore the system bac to factory state.

 

i can't tell u exactly what i'm doing coz it's against forum rules......will the recovery disc restore that to factory settings along with the OS?

 

If you put it like that, we can't help you!

 

loool ok dude, i'll take my question sumwhere else

 

Yes, for example, if you were to install a new hd, not even formated, the Recovery Discs will restore all your original HP files along with the OS just as shipped from the factory.

 

lol thats funny.
but yes, the recovery disc will restore everything along with the OS.

 

lol well that's enough of that..i've got my answer thanks very much to everyone who took part in this highly illegal activity

 

noooo i gotta hide now :ninja:

 

Bottom line is, the restore dvd's will work as long as your hardware is fine. Software can be erased and re-written onto.

You got your answer so ill be closing this. Dont want further discussion of your plans.

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