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    Vista System restore

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DOlogunde, Apr 2, 2008.

  1. DOlogunde

    DOlogunde Newbie

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    Hello,

    I recently sent in my HP laptop for repair and they erased all my data and installed their hp suite. I managed to back up my hard drive twice using the vista backup and status configuration twice, as a full automatic backup, and once using windows xp's system restore backup (it was running a dual boot). But now when I tried to retore Vista, it displays an error saying that my restore did not complete succesfully, and that the volume doesn't contain a recognized file system. The drive is a Seagate Freeagent set as NTFS. Any suggestions on what I should do from here?
     
    DOlogunde, Apr 2, 2008
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  2. davron

    davron Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry I can't tell you how to fix it, but I do believe that the root of the problem it having xp/vista dualboot (as I do). I think it erases your system restore files every time you restart.
     
    davron, Apr 2, 2008
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