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    Hp booting Recovery Partition

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Vanko, Aug 13, 2009.

  1. Vanko

    Vanko Notebook Consultant

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    I want to boot my vista, and I cant make it do that, all it wants to do is boot the RP. Can anyone help? :confused:
     
    Vanko, Aug 13, 2009
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    The recovery partition boots since I Put in the recovery cd. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO SO IT BOOTS VISTA AGAIN.
     
    Vanko, Aug 13, 2009
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    I havent formated, started reinstalling or anything. I just cant boot vista
     
    Vanko, Aug 13, 2009
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  4. bobthenailer

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    try safe mode maybe?, why is it not booting to vista what is it saying, or does it say nothing and just keep booting to the recovery manager. Try hitting cancel in the Recovery manager and see if that helps on the next reboot.
     
    bobthenailer, Aug 14, 2009
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    It doesent say anything, it just boots into recovery manager. No safemode option. Iv hit cancel, finish, and anything that seemed ok. I realy need the files, and it wont let me do anything. Please help me. :confused: :confused:
     
    Vanko, Aug 15, 2009
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  6. rief

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    Maybe someone has set recovery partition as an active partition. BIOS will first look for active partition.
     
    rief, Aug 15, 2009
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    you do have a option to run a backup from recovery manager right before you actually do the recovery (it uses windows backup and restore center) but I can't really recommend it. If worst comes to worst and the files are that important you may need to use a Linux live CD to try to access the HDD or even take the HDD out and hook it to another machine to try to pull the files off.
     
    bobthenailer, Aug 15, 2009
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    He can use a UBCDWin to boot to a win environment then set the C: as the active partition, then retry booting.

    Search for UBCDWin to obtain, then after burning onne boot to CD and then select a drive tool to change the active partition.
     
    RW-One, Aug 16, 2009
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