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    System recovery failure

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ricksaint, Dec 21, 2009.

  1. ricksaint

    ricksaint Notebook Consultant

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    I attempted to do a system recovery on my laptop from the recovery partition, but it failed. Everything was going all right: formatting, software installation, etc, and all of a sudden, I got the message: Recovery attempt failed!. I think that maybe the recovery files got corrupted somehow. I am doing a second attempt with the recovery discs and crossing my fingers. I guess it's going to take a lot longer!

    I am typing this on another computer.

    Anyone had that happened to them? Any advice?

    Thanks.
     
    ricksaint, Dec 21, 2009
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  2. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    I'm guessing this is on your HP, using HP recovery disks? :)

    if so, yes i got that before. It turned out my HDD's format was corrupted and Hp's retarded recovery disks couldnt fix it. So i used a real OS disk (well actually a Dell recovery disk, but its basically the same thing) and that worked fine. ;)
     
    ahl395, Dec 22, 2009
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  3. ricksaint

    ricksaint Notebook Consultant

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    I used the recovery DVDs and it worked, but what a long night!
     
    ricksaint, Dec 22, 2009
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    Hmm... strange... but good, congrats! :)
     
    ahl395, Dec 22, 2009
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