Re: SP2 Paranoia
From: joust in jest (jest_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/16/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:27:48 -0700
Jupiter:
FYI: for HP it is six (6) CDs and cost my brother-in-law $23.00 (to
cover shipping and tax).
The recovery CD set wipes the drive, re-creates the hidden partition,
writes the OS , application, and HP utilities to the hidden partition, then
inititates the recovery process from the hidden partition.
[hope this data-bit doesn't bush a data-bit out the other end of the
bit-bucket] :-))
steve
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:e2ixwACnEHA.1800@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Stan;
> Depending on the model of computer, HP may, for a cost, send a
> recovery CD, not to be confused as a Windows CD.
>
> HP also normally has a hidden partition for recovery purposes.
>
> They MUST provide some way to recover the computer to original
> settings.
> Many furnish CDs, some including HP use hidden partitions.
>
> Contact the manufacturer and/or check the manual for details.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "Stan" <No@no.noo> wrote in message
> news:23cb01c49bf7$a9cbf540$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >I may be 100% wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure I read
> > in one of these newsgroups that if you contact HP and
> > insist on getting a Windows XP CD, they'll send you one
> > for a few bucks shipping charge.
> > Another thing I may be wrong about but I also think I read
> > this, that there's a hidden partition on your hard drive
> > that contains all the files that are on the Windows XP CD,
> > and you can burn these files onto a CD and use that as a
> > Windows XP CD and use that CD in case you ever need to
> > reinstall XP.
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Mr Jones-
> >>Thanks for responding. After sitting through the burning
> >>of 10 CDs I'm a bit reluctant to try installing Ghost
> >>again, plus I'm not worried about my data because I back
> >>up all my data regularly. The thing I'm really not keen
> > on
> >>is rebuilding my system from scratch (original XP
> >>version). I had to do that once and it was a real pain in
> >>the you-know-what. Microsoft's instructions for repairing
> >>a failed SP2 install calls for the WinXP CD (which I
> >>didn't get with this computer.) <sigh>
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>Norton Ghost works well with many.
> >>>You may try reinstalling it.
> >>>
> >>>In any event you should always have back-ups of
> > important
> >>data, not
> >>>just when installing a Service Pack.
> >>>If you can not get Ghost working a real basic way to
> > back-
> >>up data is
> >>>simply copy the data to CD.
> >>>
> >>>Contact HP BEFORE installing a Service Pack, depending
> > on
> >>the age of
> >>>your computer, there is a fix you should use.
> >>>
> >>>Also see the Service Pack Installation Checklist:
> >>>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >>>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Nobody Special" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >>wrote in
> >>>message news:03e301c49ab7$624813c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>> I'm really paranoid about doing the SP2 update. All the
> >>>> Microsoft Knowledge Base articles I read tell me that I
> >>>> will need my Windows XP CD ROM if I need to do
> > something
> >>>> or other to my system. I have serious problems with
> >>that.
> >>>> First off, my HP Pavilion Desktop computer didn't come
> >>>> with a Windows XP CD. It came with a system restore
> >>>> utility instead. Couple of problems with that - what
> >>>> happens if my computer won't boot to Windows? How do I
> >>get
> >>>> to that utility? Plus, the last time I had to do that,
> >>it
> >>>> reinstalled Windows XP alright - the ORIGIONAL system
> >>that
> >>>> came with the computer. All my programs and data were
> >>>> gone! and it took me four months of headaches to get my
> >>>> system back to where it was, and that was because some
> >>dll
> >>>> file or whatever someplace went capoots. With almost
> >>>> 100,000 files presently on my computer, you can
> >>appreciate
> >>>> why I'm just a tad paranoid about doing anything that
> >>>> might make it unusable, especially reading all the
> >>horror
> >>>> stories out there regarding problems with SP2. So, I
> >>guess
> >>>> my real question is whether or not there is some
> >>>> relatively painless way to back up my system. I have
> >>>> Norton Ghost and yesterday decided to do the backup
> >>>> process with Ghost. Well, everything went just fine
> >>until
> >>>> the last (10th) CD when Norton Ghost crashed and
> >>wouldn't
> >>>> restart from where it left off. As you might imagine, I
> >>>> was just a tad more than pi**ed off. I proceeded to
> >>>> uninstall Norton Ghost and lo and behold, this morning
> > I
> >>>> noticed that all my System Restore points had gone
> >>>> byebyes. Would one of you highly informed tech types
> >>>> please help me out here with some good advice? I'd
> >>really
> >>>> really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >>.
> >>
>
>
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