sean

thanks again guys.................... i will order discs tonight n also try to remove malware

Pentium 4 - 3.2 GHz RAM: 512 MB 80G HDD

ok................. so if i cant do a system recovery, what can i do to get my machine up to speed again. i have already uninstalled a whole bunch of programs and i downloaded spybot to try and clear out any viruses and i also installed kaspersky internet security 7.......... but it is still running at a snails pace : (

oh dear........... it seems that i dont have the right disc after all : / its very possibly in storage 100m miles away.................. is there any way to continue with a system recovery without the disc??

no........... : /

seth - i looked but could not find hewlett packard in programs. kelly - CD and CD Drive are working, was able to explore cd and view files. i also re-did the bios boot sequence procedure making sure that i saved, and as before just boots to a blank screen with flashing cursor in top left corner. also doulbe checked that i had the right disc - disc reads "application and driver recovery dvd. contains software and drivers already installed. for software reinstallation and repair only."

thanks guys..................... will try again later n let you know : )

thanks guys i am trying to restore my machine to "as new" for a fresh start, i have saved all files and docs that i want to keep to a removeable HDD and want to completely start over - i have done this one time before following the instructions that came with the machine, using the disc described below, and was successful................ this time, however i am unable to do it. i did save the bios settings before exiting, but have now returned them to the way they were. yes, once i returned bios settings to normal i can boot into windows. ref virus, my machine has been running very slowly for a while (30secs to 1minute to open word, for example), also lots of pop up warnings about spyware and the like........ + machine is full of old stuff that i no longer want............. so i decided to save what i wanted and start over. exact series of 8000 - i'm not near it at the mo, but if thats the only model you could find i guess thats it...... was bought early 2005 if that helps? : /

Hi I want to perform a system restore. I have done this one time before successfully. I have a application & driver recovery dvd disc which came with the machine. I have followed the instructions supplied to perform the system restore but have not been successful. After inserting the disc and switching the machine off, I press the power button to switch on and wait for the prompt to “press any key to boot from disc”, but it does not appear. The machine just boots up as normal. I beleive that I have a virus problem which is why I am doing the systerm restore, could this be the reason the boot from disc prompt is not appearing? I have gone into the BIOS settings and checked disc is before HDD in the boot sequence, and it did not work. I then went into the BIOS settings and disabled everything in the boot sequence apart from, from disc, this tme it went to a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the top left hand corner. The light on the dvd/disc drive was also flashing, but nothing happened. I am using an HP Pavilion zd8000 notebook. thanks