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    recovery Cds ?????

    Discussion in 'HP' started by BLACKMAMBA123, May 29, 2009.

  1. BLACKMAMBA123

    BLACKMAMBA123 Notebook Guru

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    hi I have a compaq presario c769us....My prob z that i did dual boot and now when i am trying to make recovery CDs, i get the error that recovery partition could not be found, although it is lying there and it works too when i make it active....
     
  2. SL2

    SL2 Notebook Deity

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    1 - Download resetrmc.exe, and run it. I'm 90% sure it won't work, but if it does it's a VERY easy way to solve the problem.

    2 - Contact HP and explain the situation, and ask them to send you discs.

    3 - Read this guide, the section about "WAU" can be useful. The rest of it will help you if you have another Vista disc or can borrow one and want to reinstall (not to make recovery discs, because you don't need them with this guide).
     
  3. petermichaelw

    petermichaelw Notebook Consultant

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    You can easily order your recovery discs HERE and for a price of less than 20.00, and figuring you don't have to mess about to make your own, you are probably going to be saving money.

    As always, recovery discs are the bare minimum, last resort. Ideally, you load a fresh installation of whatever operating system, and remove alot of bloat in the process, but that's another discussion entirely. :)