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    Finally ran into serious trouble with NP8760 notebook from 2010

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by HarryPutnam, Feb 25, 2014.

  1. HarryPutnam

    HarryPutnam Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've mangled my OS hardrive to the point where reimaging with aconis from a recent full image will not make it bootable.

    ..Running win 7 on this hardware:
    ..Motherboard:
    ..CPU Type: QuadCore Intel Core i7 820QM, 2648 MHz
    ..Motherboard Name: Clevo W870CU
    ..Motherboard Chipset: Intel Ibex Peak-M PM55, Intel Lynnfield
    ..System Memory: 8180 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)
    .. DIMM[12]: Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9
    .. ttl: 8 GB DDR3-1333
    ..BIOS Type: Phoenix (05/04/10)

    I'd about as soon reinstall the OS as keep cranking around with acronis or other emergency tools.
    So not going into the mess I've made.

    The trouble is, I've forgotten whatever I might have known about how to go about a rescue reinstall. I don't recall there being a disk with the purchase for that purpose but there could have been. I still have proof of purchase and thats about all.

    My manual tells precious little about trouble shooting and nothing at all about reinstall.

    Is there an emergency hidden partition for that sort of thing? There is a tiny partition of less than 200mb that is a boot partition but that was supposedly overwritten with a recent acronis backup image as well as the OS (C:\) drive during my attempt at undoing a mess I made with Rollback RX.

    A pointer to URLS that walk thru that process would be really handy.
     
    HarryPutnam, Feb 25, 2014
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    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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  3. Prostar Computer

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    There is no "rescue" install (otherwise known as a factory recovery). You can create a system image yourself, but at this point it sounds like your only option is a full reinstall of the OS. You'll need the Windows 7 DVD provided to you and your product key; insert the DVD in the optical drive, boot from it, and follow the prompts. :)

    When you're done installing Windows, you'll need to install your drivers ( starting with the chipset driver) and your Windows updates. Once you're finished with those, consider making a recovery image onto DVDs or a recovery USB drive through Windows. You can then use that recovery in the future.
     
    Prostar Computer, Feb 27, 2014
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