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    Help on dv4000 system recovery

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Mazinalawi, Nov 3, 2007.

  1. Mazinalawi

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    Well my laptop shut down while i was logging on, the AC Power got accidentaly got cut off, so now when it starts up and goes on the bootscreen, suddenly a blue screen appears, I think its called the BOSD, so they said i have to use the system recovery disk, but i've lost the manual, can anyone please tell me how to recover my system?
     
    Mazinalawi, Nov 3, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Well you need the system recovery disk/dvd. If you lost your own, you have to call HP and hopefully they'll be able to hook you up.
     
    adinu, Nov 3, 2007
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  3. Mazinalawi

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    Well I found the system recovery dvd, but i still havent lost the manual, now could anyone tell me how to recover my hardrive?
     
    Mazinalawi, Nov 4, 2007
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  4. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Just boot from those DVDs and follow the on screen instructions.
     
    adinu, Nov 4, 2007
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  5. Mazinalawi

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    thats the thing, there is no on-screen instructions, when I put the dvd in, it doesn't start anything, maybe ill have to format my hardrive, how about I tell you what happens from when I start my computer until I get the BOSD error:
    1.Turn on the computer
    2. Asks me to choose whether I want to run it in safe mode, or to start windows normally etc.
    3. Goes on to boot screen.
    4. the BOSD appears when its progressing.
     
    Mazinalawi, Nov 4, 2007
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  6. adinu

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    You need to set the boot order to boot from the cd-rom drive first before the hard drive, otherwise it will keep bypassing the disk and keep going to the messed up OS.
     
    adinu, Nov 4, 2007
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