Guest sgopus Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the restore partition. The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem recovery to reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, wiping out the recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored the recovery partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore partition is marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and logical, I thought these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, NOT even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the system goes to reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor blinking and stays. Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the restore partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows.
Guest RalfG Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's The recovery discs should recover both the recovery partition and Windows at the same time, with the Windows partition as C: and the recovery partition as D:. Formatting/partitioning the drive first could have caused the recovery to fail. Reformatting was unneccessary because a destructive recovery (advanced options) from CDs or DVDs would have wiped the drive and repartitioned/formatted it anyway. A 'standard" recovery would have just replaced the OS and software on the drive without reformatting. Rather than trying to find a way to rewrite partition data to make it boot I'd try doing another destructive recovery. The computer should boot into Windows immediately after the recovery completes. If it does the same thing as before you could try removing all partitions from the harddrive and leave it unformatted before doing a destructive recovery. "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the restore > partition. > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem recovery to > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, wiping out the > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored the recovery > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore partition is > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and logical, I thought > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, NOT > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the system goes > to > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor blinking and > stays. > > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the restore > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows.
Guest sgopus Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's Yes I understand the recovery cd's are supposed to do this, however they are not. I've tried leaving the hd unformatted, the process gets to the point where it's supposed to create the user partition, and it stalls saying it can't create it, so I create the partition and format it, it appears to create the partition and create windows, however it gets to the black screen with the blinking cursor and stalls, no errors, just stalls. I've also tried juct creating the partition and leaving it unformatted, it again stalls, at the black screen and the blinking cursor, no error displayed. "RalfG" wrote: > The recovery discs should recover both the recovery partition and Windows at > the same time, with the Windows partition as C: and the recovery partition > as D:. Formatting/partitioning the drive first could have caused the > recovery to fail. > > Reformatting was unneccessary because a destructive recovery (advanced > options) from CDs or DVDs would have wiped the drive and > repartitioned/formatted it anyway. A 'standard" recovery would have just > replaced the OS and software on the drive without reformatting. Rather than > trying to find a way to rewrite partition data to make it boot I'd try doing > another destructive recovery. The computer should boot into Windows > immediately after the recovery completes. If it does the same thing as > before you could try removing all partitions from the harddrive and leave it > unformatted before doing a destructive recovery. > > > "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... > >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the restore > > partition. > > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem recovery to > > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, wiping out the > > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored the recovery > > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore partition is > > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and logical, I thought > > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, NOT > > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the system goes > > to > > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor blinking and > > stays. > > > > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the restore > > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. > > >
Guest Doug W. Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is provided with the computer. - Doug W. - p.s. HP.com could be of value. - "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the > restore partition. > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem > recovery to > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, > wiping out the > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored > the recovery > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore > partition is > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and > logical, I thought > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, > NOT > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the > system goes to > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor > blinking and stays. > > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the > restore > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows.
Guest sgopus Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's of course I read it. not much help, did you have something specific you wanted me to see? So far I can create the recovery partition, and it does boot to that, but fails when it attempts to create the user partition, so I created that, and left it unformatted, and the recovery partition is currently formatting it and installing windows AGAIN, we will see if it boots to it after it's all done. "Doug W." wrote: > When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is > provided with the computer. > - > Doug W. > - > p.s. HP.com could be of value. > - > > > "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... > >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the > > restore partition. > > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem > > recovery to > > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, > > wiping out the > > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored > > the recovery > > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore > > partition is > > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and > > logical, I thought > > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, > > NOT > > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the > > system goes to > > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor > > blinking and stays. > > > > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the > > restore > > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. > >
Guest sgopus Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's ok, so here is the latest, the recovery partition wouldn't create the users partition, so I created it, left it unformatted, and it installed windows in it, however when it came time to reboot, it went back to the recovery partition, instead of windows, so what now? The recovery partition is marked as active and primary the windows partition is marked as primary and logical "Doug W." wrote: > When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is > provided with the computer. > - > Doug W. > - > p.s. HP.com could be of value. > - > > > "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... > >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the > > restore partition. > > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem > > recovery to > > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, > > wiping out the > > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored > > the recovery > > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore > > partition is > > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and > > logical, I thought > > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, > > NOT > > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the > > system goes to > > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor > > blinking and stays. > > > > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the > > restore > > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. > >
Guest sgopus Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's Well it's a moot point now, as the power supply appears to have died. when I push the on button and release it for a brief second it lights and then oges out, I had the side cover off and the fans briefly go on then off, I didn't get any BIOS sounds to warn of an overheating situation, so I think it's the power supply. "Doug W." wrote: > When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is > provided with the computer. > - > Doug W. > - > p.s. HP.com could be of value. > - > > > "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... > >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the > > restore partition. > > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem > > recovery to > > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, > > wiping out the > > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored > > the recovery > > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore > > partition is > > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and > > logical, I thought > > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, > > NOT > > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the > > system goes to > > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor > > blinking and stays. > > > > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the > > restore > > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's It could be some other component failing that causes the machine to immediately shut down. Some self-testing performed by BIOS might flag a bad situation and tell the system to shut down. Unfortunately, replacing the PWS is the first step in diagnosing the situation. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:36F35101-71E4-4AEF-93E7-C1C233F3D497@microsoft.com... > Well it's a moot point now, as the power supply appears to have died. > when I push the on button and release it for a brief second it lights and > then oges out, I had the side cover off and the fans briefly go on then > off, > I didn't get any BIOS sounds to warn of an overheating situation, so I > think > it's the power supply. > > "Doug W." wrote: > >> When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is >> provided with the computer. >> - >> Doug W. >> - >> p.s. HP.com could be of value. >> - >> >> >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... >> >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. >> > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the >> > restore partition. >> > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem >> > recovery to >> > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. >> > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, >> > wiping out the >> > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored >> > the recovery >> > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore >> > partition is >> > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and >> > logical, I thought >> > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, >> > NOT >> > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the >> > system goes to >> > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor >> > blinking and stays. >> > >> > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the >> > restore >> > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. >> >>
Guest sgopus Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's I was working on this for someone else, and now that the powersupply died, they don't want to fix it, (costs too much), so now the system is mine. I'm debating if I want to replace the PS, so far the costs is $40 bucks, there has got to be a cheaper model available for this 5 year old PC, I can't believe a 250 watt PS is that expensive, then I would still have to resolve what ever issue is causing this thing not to boot. Hmmmmmmmm! Well thanks for the tips, I'll get back to whomever after I think about this some more. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > It could be some other component failing that causes the machine to > immediately shut down. Some self-testing performed by BIOS might flag a bad > situation and tell the system to shut down. Unfortunately, replacing the PWS > is the first step in diagnosing the situation. > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:36F35101-71E4-4AEF-93E7-C1C233F3D497@microsoft.com... > > Well it's a moot point now, as the power supply appears to have died. > > when I push the on button and release it for a brief second it lights and > > then oges out, I had the side cover off and the fans briefly go on then > > off, > > I didn't get any BIOS sounds to warn of an overheating situation, so I > > think > > it's the power supply. > > > > "Doug W." wrote: > > > >> When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is > >> provided with the computer. > >> - > >> Doug W. > >> - > >> p.s. HP.com could be of value. > >> - > >> > >> > >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... > >> >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > >> > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the > >> > restore partition. > >> > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem > >> > recovery to > >> > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > >> > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, > >> > wiping out the > >> > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored > >> > the recovery > >> > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore > >> > partition is > >> > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and > >> > logical, I thought > >> > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, > >> > NOT > >> > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the > >> > system goes to > >> > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor > >> > blinking and stays. > >> > > >> > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the > >> > restore > >> > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. > >> > >> > > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's You don't have a spare one lying around, huh? How about one you can "borrow" from another machine? Of course, you need to make sure it's the right kind and has all the right connectors. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8BE1BB5D-9F9D-4546-BB32-D7C90A82637D@microsoft.com... >I was working on this for someone else, and now that the powersupply died, > they don't want to fix it, (costs too much), so now the system is mine. > I'm debating if I want to replace the PS, so far the costs is $40 bucks, > there has got to be a cheaper model available for this 5 year old PC, I > can't > believe a 250 watt PS is that expensive, then I would still have to > resolve > what ever issue is causing this thing not to boot. Hmmmmmmmm! > > Well thanks for the tips, I'll get back to whomever after I think about > this > some more. > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> It could be some other component failing that causes the machine to >> immediately shut down. Some self-testing performed by BIOS might flag a >> bad >> situation and tell the system to shut down. Unfortunately, replacing the >> PWS >> is the first step in diagnosing the situation. >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:36F35101-71E4-4AEF-93E7-C1C233F3D497@microsoft.com... >> > Well it's a moot point now, as the power supply appears to have died. >> > when I push the on button and release it for a brief second it lights >> > and >> > then oges out, I had the side cover off and the fans briefly go on then >> > off, >> > I didn't get any BIOS sounds to warn of an overheating situation, so I >> > think >> > it's the power supply. >> > >> > "Doug W." wrote: >> > >> >> When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is >> >> provided with the computer. >> >> - >> >> Doug W. >> >> - >> >> p.s. HP.com could be of value. >> >> - >> >> >> >> >> >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... >> >> >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. >> >> > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the >> >> > restore partition. >> >> > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem >> >> > recovery to >> >> > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. >> >> > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, >> >> > wiping out the >> >> > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored >> >> > the recovery >> >> > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore >> >> > partition is >> >> > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and >> >> > logical, I thought >> >> > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, >> >> > NOT >> >> > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the >> >> > system goes to >> >> > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor >> >> > blinking and stays. >> >> > >> >> > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the >> >> > restore >> >> > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest sgopus Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's I do have a supply of SPARE PARTS however, none seem to fit the HP, dang it. I will do some looking before I actually purchase one, considering it's a 5 year old PC, even with xp Home and bundled software, and if I can get the dang thing to boot properly, that baffles me, if the restore cd's are supposed to take care of all that, then why the heck arn't they doing their job?? they should be marking the restore partition as nonactive and invisible, and the users partition as active and bootable after the complete restore is done, all it did when finally done was boot back into the restore partition again. and start the restore process all over. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > You don't have a spare one lying around, huh? How about one you can "borrow" > from another machine? Of course, you need to make sure it's the right kind > and has all the right connectors. > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8BE1BB5D-9F9D-4546-BB32-D7C90A82637D@microsoft.com... > >I was working on this for someone else, and now that the powersupply died, > > they don't want to fix it, (costs too much), so now the system is mine. > > I'm debating if I want to replace the PS, so far the costs is $40 bucks, > > there has got to be a cheaper model available for this 5 year old PC, I > > can't > > believe a 250 watt PS is that expensive, then I would still have to > > resolve > > what ever issue is causing this thing not to boot. Hmmmmmmmm! > > > > Well thanks for the tips, I'll get back to whomever after I think about > > this > > some more. > > > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > > > >> It could be some other component failing that causes the machine to > >> immediately shut down. Some self-testing performed by BIOS might flag a > >> bad > >> situation and tell the system to shut down. Unfortunately, replacing the > >> PWS > >> is the first step in diagnosing the situation. > >> > >> -- > >> Gary S. Terhune > >> MS-MVP Shell/User > >> http://www.grystmill.com > >> > >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:36F35101-71E4-4AEF-93E7-C1C233F3D497@microsoft.com... > >> > Well it's a moot point now, as the power supply appears to have died. > >> > when I push the on button and release it for a brief second it lights > >> > and > >> > then oges out, I had the side cover off and the fans briefly go on then > >> > off, > >> > I didn't get any BIOS sounds to warn of an overheating situation, so I > >> > think > >> > it's the power supply. > >> > > >> > "Doug W." wrote: > >> > > >> >> When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is > >> >> provided with the computer. > >> >> - > >> >> Doug W. > >> >> - > >> >> p.s. HP.com could be of value. > >> >> - > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... > >> >> >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. > >> >> > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the > >> >> > restore partition. > >> >> > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem > >> >> > recovery to > >> >> > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. > >> >> > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, > >> >> > wiping out the > >> >> > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored > >> >> > the recovery > >> >> > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore > >> >> > partition is > >> >> > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and > >> >> > logical, I thought > >> >> > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, > >> >> > NOT > >> >> > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the > >> >> > system goes to > >> >> > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor > >> >> > blinking and stays. > >> >> > > >> >> > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the > >> >> > restore > >> >> > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's Can't help you with HP's restore function. Never personally used it. You can use BootIt NG to view the MBR and determine what partition is Active. You can also change the Active partition there. Maybe that will help you? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5CE58AED-5B77-4E4E-BFF6-CB7E00A0D254@microsoft.com... >I do have a supply of SPARE PARTS however, none seem to fit the HP, dang >it. > I will do some looking before I actually purchase one, considering it's a > 5 > year old PC, even with xp Home and bundled software, and if I can get the > dang thing to boot properly, that baffles me, if the restore cd's are > supposed to take care of all that, then why the heck arn't they doing > their > job?? they should be marking the restore partition as nonactive and > invisible, and the users partition as active and bootable after the > complete > restore is done, all it did when finally done was boot back into the > restore > partition again. and start the restore process all over. > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> You don't have a spare one lying around, huh? How about one you can >> "borrow" >> from another machine? Of course, you need to make sure it's the right >> kind >> and has all the right connectors. >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:8BE1BB5D-9F9D-4546-BB32-D7C90A82637D@microsoft.com... >> >I was working on this for someone else, and now that the powersupply >> >died, >> > they don't want to fix it, (costs too much), so now the system is mine. >> > I'm debating if I want to replace the PS, so far the costs is $40 >> > bucks, >> > there has got to be a cheaper model available for this 5 year old PC, I >> > can't >> > believe a 250 watt PS is that expensive, then I would still have to >> > resolve >> > what ever issue is causing this thing not to boot. Hmmmmmmmm! >> > >> > Well thanks for the tips, I'll get back to whomever after I think about >> > this >> > some more. >> > >> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: >> > >> >> It could be some other component failing that causes the machine to >> >> immediately shut down. Some self-testing performed by BIOS might flag >> >> a >> >> bad >> >> situation and tell the system to shut down. Unfortunately, replacing >> >> the >> >> PWS >> >> is the first step in diagnosing the situation. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Gary S. Terhune >> >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> >> >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:36F35101-71E4-4AEF-93E7-C1C233F3D497@microsoft.com... >> >> > Well it's a moot point now, as the power supply appears to have >> >> > died. >> >> > when I push the on button and release it for a brief second it >> >> > lights >> >> > and >> >> > then oges out, I had the side cover off and the fans briefly go on >> >> > then >> >> > off, >> >> > I didn't get any BIOS sounds to warn of an overheating situation, so >> >> > I >> >> > think >> >> > it's the power supply. >> >> > >> >> > "Doug W." wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> When all else fails...Read the "HELP and SUPPORT" that is >> >> >> provided with the computer. >> >> >> - >> >> >> Doug W. >> >> >> - >> >> >> p.s. HP.com could be of value. >> >> >> - >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> >> news:3F57758D-0A2C-4D6F-A39A-7A15378DFA60@microsoft.com... >> >> >> >I have a system I'm working on Hp pavilion. >> >> >> > I have the restore cd's and have used them to restore the >> >> >> > restore partition. >> >> >> > The problem come in when I try to boot after using sytem >> >> >> > recovery to >> >> >> > reinstall XP, Windows will not get to the welcome screen. >> >> >> > Initially I did the following completely fomatted the hd, >> >> >> > wiping out the >> >> >> > recovery partition and the windows partition, then restored >> >> >> > the recovery >> >> >> > partition, then tried to restore windows, so far the restore >> >> >> > partition is >> >> >> > marked C and active, and the windows partition is D and >> >> >> > logical, I thought >> >> >> > these restore cd's were supposed to do all this automatically, >> >> >> > NOT >> >> >> > even using an XP oem disc and starting the install, when the >> >> >> > system goes to >> >> >> > reboot it just sits there at the black dos screen , cursor >> >> >> > blinking and stays. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Currently the windows partition is marked C and active, the >> >> >> > restore >> >> >> > partition is marked D and hidden, still no boot into windows. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest Airman Thunderbird Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's I've done this before, just connect a standard ATX power supply to test the system. It won't fit the case, just let it hang 'til you get your boot sorted, before you spring for the HP power supply. BTW, I just bought one of those off eBay for 20 bucks. sgopus wrote: > I was working on this for someone else, and now that the powersupply died, > they don't want to fix it, (costs too much), so now the system is mine. > I'm debating if I want to replace the PS, so far the costs is $40 bucks, > there has got to be a cheaper model available for this 5 year old PC, I can't > believe a 250 watt PS is that expensive, then I would still have to resolve > what ever issue is causing this thing not to boot. Hmmmmmmmm! >
Guest sgopus Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: hp pavilion and restore cd's Thanks I'll look into that. I do have partition magic, but I haven't used it all that much,so Maybe it's a function I just can't see yet. I used PM to create the partitions, once the restore cd's gave me the error that it couldn't create them, but once the restore cd's mark the restore partition as active and primary, I can't change the users partition to primary and active, I even once tried to delete the restore partition, and was able to mark the users part as active, but it still wouldn't boot to it. just the black screen with the blinking cursor, I think I'm gonna take this on as a learning project, get the experience just to see if I can get her done. I also tried booting with xp pro install cd and used the recovery console to try and fix the boot track and mbr, no joy! "Airman Thunderbird" wrote: > I've done this before, just connect a standard ATX power supply to test > the system. It won't fit the case, just let it hang 'til you get your > boot sorted, before you spring for the HP power supply. BTW, I just > bought one of those off eBay for 20 bucks. > > sgopus wrote: > > I was working on this for someone else, and now that the powersupply died, > > they don't want to fix it, (costs too much), so now the system is mine. > > I'm debating if I want to replace the PS, so far the costs is $40 bucks, > > there has got to be a cheaper model available for this 5 year old PC, I can't > > believe a 250 watt PS is that expensive, then I would still have to resolve > > what ever issue is causing this thing not to boot. Hmmmmmmmm! > > >
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