Re: HP Recovery discs
- From: "RalfG" <itsnotme@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 12:44:43 -0400
"Jim537" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cb17f7a2eb752bc23a3f8af29c562a94@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Background;
I have a HP Pavilion dv5-1004nr laptop that failed and was set back to
HP. The fix was system board and hard drive replacement and of course,
they re-installed the OS.
Since getting the device back I have had issues getting it back to
where it was before it failed.
The last issue was a problem getting my Samsung SyncMaster external
monitor to display properly.
After several emails with HP Tech Support and updating the BIOS and
ATI, the monitor still does not work properly, so they suggested sending
me a disc set to re-install my OS.
My Question is - I have the HP Recovery disc set I created about 3
months after I bought this device. Will this recovery set re-install my
OS AND ANY DATA that was on the system when the discs were created (I'm
hoping to recover my Contacts)?
Thanks....
--
Jim537
No user data at all is included in a system recovery. It will only reinstall the OS and HP supplied software. If you run the recovery in destructive mode it will also reformat and partition the harddrive, which will destroy all existing user data, before reinstalling the OS, software and recovery partition. More specific details about what you are trying to do could help in sorting this out.
Getting an external monitor to work shouldn't require such extreme measures in the first place. Install a Samsung monitor driver for your model and set an appropriate resolution in the Display settings. Provided you aren't trying to use settings that are out of range for either the monitor or the graphics adapter that should be the end of it unless there is a problem with the graphics adapter drivers or the graphics hardware. Make sure that the graphics adapter driver you install is the correct version-- graphics chipsets integrated on motherboards often require different drivers than a regular video card with the same graphics chip would use.
Check that the way you want to use the external monitor is actually possible with that computer. A graphics chipset may be theoretically capable of a wide range of resolutions which is however limited by the amount of memory set aside for graphics use. If there is a BIOS setting to adjust the amount of graphics memory make sure you have allocated enough of it.
Some graphics chipsets can operate only in an 'either-or' mode between internal and external monitors, others can run two monitors simultaneously. Apart from a physical switch to enable an external connector there might also be a BIOS setting to check. The video driver may allow both clone and extended modes of operation, with the latter placing desktop icons and taskbar only on the primary monitor. With the ATI driver a simple checkbox enables/disables extended display mode. Display resolutions should be the same on both monitors in clone mode but each can be different in extended display mode.
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