how to restore comp to factory setting

[Guest Angela]

i thought u press f12 when u turn on the computer and it loads the restore

screen. but that is not working for me. and i don't have the disk. so what

am i doing wrong? i have a hp pavilion, windows xp, thanx

[Guest kim]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

Try pressing F8 on statup then select "last known good configuration" or

words to that efect.

 

"Angela" <Angela@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CF349A03-5547-4782-B2E7-F057C20BCF28@microsoft.com...

>i thought u press f12 when u turn on the computer and it loads the restore

> screen. but that is not working for me. and i don't have the disk. so

> what

> am i doing wrong? i have a hp pavilion, windows xp, thanx

[Guest Bill Sharpe]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

Angela wrote:

> i thought u press f12 when u turn on the computer and it loads the restore

> screen. but that is not working for me. and i don't have the disk. so what

> am i doing wrong? i have a hp pavilion, windows xp, thanx

 

My HP Pavilion didn't come with much documentation, but there was

information on how to restore to original factory setting. See the PC

Troubleshooting Guide that came with your machine.

 

If you don't have the guide, you should be able to obtain a PDF copy at

HP's support site.

 

I don't see any mention of pressing F12 to bring up the restore screen

in my HP Troubleshooting Guide.

 

Bill

[Guest OldDuke]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

On Thu, 22 May 2008 19:41:00 -0700, Angela

<Angela@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i thought u press f12 when u turn on the computer and it loads the restore

>screen. but that is not working for me. and i don't have the disk. so what

>am i doing wrong? i have a hp pavilion, windows xp, thanx

This has NOTHING to do with the OS. If you need to figure out how to

do it, then read the documentation that came with the system or

contact the manufacturer of the computer. In other words...

 

Ask elsewhere

[Guest Bill Sharpe]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

OldDuke wrote:

> On Thu, 22 May 2008 19:41:00 -0700, Angela

> This has NOTHING to do with the OS. If you need to figure out how to

> do it, then read the documentation that came with the system or

> contact the manufacturer of the computer. In other words...

>

> Ask elsewhere

>

 

You're a little late, OldDuke. And I thought my answer was more

specific, although it essentially said the same thing as your second

sentence.

 

Bill

[Guest C.Joseph S. Drayton]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

Hello Angela,

 

Hewlette-Packard nnormally puts an image that is used for restoration

either on a hidden partition or the 'D' drive. If you used a pardtition

manager that removed the partition containing the restore image, then

pressing the {F12} key will not restore your hard disk.

 

If the partition is there, then quite possibly you are not pressing the

{F12} key fast enough. On my HP dv8100cto, I have to press the {F12}

within 3 seconds of powering on the computer for the keystroke to be

recognized by the BIOS.

 

If the partition has been destroyed, you will need to contact

Hewlette-Packard. The version of Windows on your computer is referred

to as an OEM version of the operating system and is the responsibility

of the OEM (original equipment manufacturer). Microsoft will NOT assist

you in this matter! as I recall the last time I had to get such an

image from HP, they charged about $10.00 which is just a shipping and

administrative fee.

 

--

 

Sincerely,

C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

 

CSD Computer Services

 

Please excuse the TEMPORARY web site

 

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

[Guest PD43]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

"C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@tlerma.com> wrote:

>Sincerely,

>C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>

>CSD Computer Services

 

Surely a Ph.D can learn to quote what is being replied to.

[Guest C.Joseph S. Drayton]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

PD43 wrote:

>"C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@tlerma.com> wrote:

>

>>Sincerely,

>>C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>>

>>CSD Computer Services

>

>Surely a Ph.D can learn to quote what is being replied to.

 

Actually, you will have to complain to XanaNews. Sometimes it grabs the

quote sometimes it doesn't (I do have it set to ALWAYS grab the whole

quote). I don't tend to notice since I am not reading the previous

article as I am typing the response.

 

And no I do not want to drop XanaNews because of one little quirk. For

me it is the best 'portable' news reader with filtering out there.

 

--

 

Sincerely,

C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

 

CSD Computer Services

 

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

[Guest Bill Sharpe]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

> PD43 wrote:

>

>> Surely a Ph.D can learn to quote what is being replied to.

>

 

I've got Thunderbird set to thread messages, so the presence or lack of

the original post never bothers me -- in fact, with multiple replies the

messages sometimes become ridiculously long.

 

Bill

[Guest PD43]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

Bill Sharpe <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote:

>> PD43 wrote:

>>

>

>>> Surely a Ph.D can learn to quote what is being replied to.

>>

>

>I've got Thunderbird set to thread messages, so the presence or lack of

>the original post never bothers me -- in fact, with multiple replies the

>messages sometimes become ridiculously long.

 

I've got my reader set to purge articles I've read when collecting new

ones.

 

I either have to re-collect to get older ones, or go to Google Groups

to see what's going on.

[Guest Anna]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

 

"C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@tlerma.com> wrote in message

news:xn0fqn5fe1l172t003@news.sunsite.dk...

(SNIP)

> Sincerely,

> C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>

> CSD Computer Services

>

> Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

> E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

 

 

C.Joseph...

Since the thread has obviously gone OT, I trust the OP won't mind this add'l

tangent. (I trust he or she has rec'd sufficient responses to resolve

his/her problem).

 

Having the opportunity of communicating with you through this source, I

wanted to again discuss with you the ExpressCard topic we had previously

discussed a few weeks ago.

 

To refresh your memory...

 

As you may recall we were interested in using the ExpressCard/34 device (in

a laptop/notebook setting of course) equipped with an eSATA port

specifically with the view of using that device to provide boot capability

with a SATA HDD (containing a potentially bootable copy of the XP OS) in a

SATA external enclosure having SATA-to-SATA connectivity.

 

(Our extensive experience with the older CardBus device equipped with a SATA

or eSATA port convinced us that this device would not provide SATA boot

capability)

 

I recall you had indicated that you were routinely able to boot to an

external SATA HDD connected through an Addonics ExpressCard/34. Do I have

that right?

 

We've been experimenting with a variety of ExpressCard/34 devices and we

have not been able to achieve that boot capability. We've used four

different cards - two different "no-name" generic types, a Vantec, and a

Syba. While we experienced no significant problems re data transfer rates or

connectivity issues with these devices, the boot capability has eluded us. I

might add we used a number of different makes & models of laptops/notebooks

in the process. You will note, of course, that we didn't use the Addonics

model you had mentioned.

 

So...

 

1. Did I correctly understand you in that you were able to boot to an

externally-connected SATA HDD through the Addonics ExpressCard? And do so

reliably in the XP OS environment?

 

2. If so, could you provide me with the Addonics model number?

 

3. Did you achieve this capability with different makes/models of

laptops/notebooks? Could you let me know which ones?

 

4. Always using the same SATA HDD and external enclosure?

 

Greatly appreciate your response.

Anna

 

P.S.

If you do respond to my query it might be wise to change the subject-line to

"ExpressCard issue". I'll be on the lookout for it.

[Guest C.Joseph S. Drayton]

Re: how to restore comp to factory setting

 

Anna wrote:

>

>"C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@tlerma.com> wrote in message

>news:xn0fqn5fe1l172t003@news.sunsite.dk... (SNIP)

>>Sincerely,

>>C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>>

>>CSD Computer Services

>>

>>Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

>>E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

>

>

>C.Joseph...

>Since the thread has obviously gone OT, I trust the OP won't mind

>this add'l tangent. (I trust he or she has rec'd sufficient responses

>to resolve his/her problem).

>

>Having the opportunity of communicating with you through this source,

>I wanted to again discuss with you the ExpressCard topic we had

>previously discussed a few weeks ago.

>

>To refresh your memory...

>

>As you may recall we were interested in using the ExpressCard/34

>device (in a laptop/notebook setting of course) equipped with an

>eSATA port specifically with the view of using that device to provide

>boot capability with a SATA HDD (containing a potentially bootable

>copy of the XP OS) in a SATA external enclosure having SATA-to-SATA

>connectivity.

>

>(Our extensive experience with the older CardBus device equipped with

>a SATA or eSATA port convinced us that this device would not provide

>SATA boot capability)

>

>I recall you had indicated that you were routinely able to boot to an

>external SATA HDD connected through an Addonics ExpressCard/34. Do I

>have that right?

>

>We've been experimenting with a variety of ExpressCard/34 devices and

>we have not been able to achieve that boot capability. We've used

>four different cards - two different "no-name" generic types, a

>Vantec, and a Syba. While we experienced no significant problems re

>data transfer rates or connectivity issues with these devices, the

>boot capability has eluded us. I might add we used a number of

>different makes & models of laptops/notebooks in the process. You

>will note, of course, that we didn't use the Addonics model you had

>mentioned.

>

>So...

>

>1. Did I correctly understand you in that you were able to boot to an

>externally-connected SATA HDD through the Addonics ExpressCard? And

>do so reliably in the XP OS environment?

>

>2. If so, could you provide me with the Addonics model number?

>

>3. Did you achieve this capability with different makes/models of

>laptops/notebooks? Could you let me know which ones?

>

>4. Always using the same SATA HDD and external enclosure?

>

>Greatly appreciate your response.

>Anna

>

>P.S.

>If you do respond to my query it might be wise to change the

>subject-line to "ExpressCard issue". I'll be on the lookout for it.

 

Hi Anna,

 

I am starting a new thread since there has been some discussion of

booting WindowsXP from an external drive anyway. The new article thread

will be called;

 

Booting WindowsXP from an external drive (using ExpressCArd)

 

--

 

Sincerely,

C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

 

CSD Computer Services

 

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com