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    *urgent*HP Dv6000: How to Reformat disk/System recover from BIOS???*

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Rosati, Jan 7, 2009.

  1. Rosati

    Rosati Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello guys,

    I picked up a laptop on ebay (doh!) and not only am I screwed w/ not being able to boot up (because im an idiot), but the screen is flickering too and will prob need a new backlamp :sigh: How much is that going to cost??

    But, What happened was, I restored the system , it was restoring at about 20% and I shut the notebook , figuring it would be ok....

    So eventually it went to sleep and did not finish the system recovery process , therefore it cannot boot itself into XP...

    So now I am stuck and do not have a windows boot CD, although I am going to install vista, i do not have 2 gb free to download it....

    Can I reformat my hard drive from bios? I cant find the option to...

    I am stuck , the computer is missing a "system32/hal.dll

    I will try to get my buddy to give me a vista install cd and maybe run it from there....


    What should I do???? Thanks for your help........

    -Rob
     
    Rosati, Jan 7, 2009
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