Re: Windows ME system recovery disks ~will not recovery Windows
- From: KarinP <KarinP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:26:02 -0700
Thanks, I'll need it!
"D.Currie" wrote:
> All the drivers you need should be on the HP disk if you want to reinstall
> ME, or you should look for them on HPs site if you want to install XP.
>
> Good Luck
>
>
> "KarinP" <KarinP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3BCCA0F9-B912-4725-8D82-5A466651CB6C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks so much~I am ok with doing the reformatt option if that is the
> > solution. You think that will work? I did that once before, for another
> > reason before my XP~seems like there was some driver maybe to an ethernet
> > card I had to reinstall right after. Does that sound right? Is there a
> > link
> > to those drivers that I can locate from my other/work computer to save
> > myself
> > confusion?
> > thanks again, this is very helpful
> >
> > "D.Currie" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "KarinP" <KarinP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:A40A0D9D-7050-4DF0-B5D9-5D105FD8D96D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >I have a pavilion 7920 with a XP upgrade. Thru my attempt at cleaning
> >> >out
> >> > unneeded/unused files, I must have deleted stuff I actually needed.
> >> > Rebooted, and It was ok for a short while, then the screen went to
> >> > black.
> >> > Ran disks 1 and 2 of system recovery(that came with the computer), and
> >> > the
> >> > HP
> >> > screen came backup, started to boot up the Windows ME, then it went to
> >> > a
> >> > "sorry, something happened, try last know good config"with three
> >> > options:
> >> > Last good config, safe mode and safe mode with network.
> >> > None worked, wouldn't go in safe mode, just kept circling from the HP
> >> > screen
> >> > to the windows screen to the "open in last good config/safe mode
> >> > screen"
> >> > which doesn't work. Shuting completely down does nothing.
> >> > I have the 3 system recovery disks, my newer XP disks, and that is
> >> > about
> >> > it.
> >> > The 3rd Application recovery disk (3 of 3) does nothing and trying to
> >> > run
> >> > the
> >> > XP disk does nothing
> >>
> >> If you tried to run the Windows ME recovery on top of Windows XP, you've
> >> probably corrupted the whole thing to a point where the best option is to
> >> start over.
> >>
> >> Hopefully, you have all of your important files saved somewhere, because
> >> if
> >> you start over, you're going to end up losing everything. At this point,
> >> you
> >> may have lost it all anyway, but there's no way to know for sure.
> >>
> >> If you do have files you need to save, I'd suggest that you stop now and
> >> get
> >> some hands-on help from someone who's really, really good with computers.
> >> The best way to go about it may be to take your hard drive out and put it
> >> into another computer, and copy the files to cds or whatever. Then you'll
> >> need to wipe the drive and reinstall the operating system. You may need
> >> help
> >> with that as well, considering what you've done so far.
> >>
> >> Since you have HP recovery CDs, you can't simply run the upgrade for XP
> >> on a
> >> clean drive, unless you have some other qualifying media (which would be
> >> the
> >> fastest and easiest way to do this). If you do have alternate qualifying
> >> media, you should be able to boot from the XP cd, delete existing
> >> partitions, and start clean. If you're doing that and having problems,
> >> you
> >> need to be more specific than "doesn't work" like listing any error
> >> messages, etc.
> >>
> >> If the HP restore CDs aren't doing what they're supposed to do and your
> >> plan
> >> was to go back to Windows ME, you may need to contact HP for specific
> >> help,
> >> as their CDs are nothing like normal Windows installation CDs, and normal
> >> installation instructions aren't going to help you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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