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    dv2700 recovery dvd's lost

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ALi____, Oct 7, 2008.

  1. ALi____

    ALi____ Notebook Consultant

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    hi thr guys, well this time i need help for my friend. he has a dv2700-40ee
    he never created recovery dvd's (yes, he's an idiot) and now when his windows crashed, the recovery partition doesn't seem to work either. it's all messed up now.
    what options does he have to get his notebook fixed? as we're in pakistan, it's a bit hard to order the dvd's from HP. anything that can be done at home?
    help would be really appreciated.
     
    ALi____, Oct 7, 2008
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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  3. ALi____

    ALi____ Notebook Consultant

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    ^ thanx for the link. but i don't get it, the recovery disk that we burn ourselves is almost like of 8GB in size, it's just 120MB
    also, how would it restore/install all the HP utilities/drivers etc?
     
    ALi____, Oct 7, 2008
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  4. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The link tinderbox provided will allow you to try and repair the Vista installation. If successful, you can then boot and burn the recovery discs. Otherwise his only other course of action would be to either order the recovery DVD's from HP or use a retail Vista DVD, install from scratch(drivers and some of the software is available online on HP's website) and then acitvate using the key stuck to the bottom of the laptop.
     
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  5. ALi____

    ALi____ Notebook Consultant

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    got it. thanx a bunch :)
     
    ALi____, Oct 7, 2008
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