Damaged hard drive. I am unable to use the HP recovery partition to reinstall Windows.

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• Can I use the HP Recovery partition after formatting and partitioning the rest of the hard drive?

  I recently had my HP Pavilion dv4 2145dx laptop (Windows 7 64-bit) go kerput.  The Geek Squad said that the motherboard is dead.  I bought a laptop and I use this one for now, and I use the former dv4 as external hard drive.

  I intend to continue to use the hard drive from the old dv4 as an external unresolved for now, but I wish we could fix the dv4 at some point in the future.  Here's the problem: to get the most out of the former dv4 as external drive, I want to repartition it so that there is an NTFS partition and one HFS partition +.  This way I could easily use it with my Mac and Windows machines.

  But if I do that, I'm not sure if the image of HP recovery would continue to operate.  If it does not, then if/when I get the old dv4 a new motherboard, I couldn't restore the operating system from the recovery partition.  It is a problem, because I have not create recovery disks (stupid, I know - I'm definitely making them for the new machine).

  So, I want to do these two things:

  (1) create my dv4 recovery disks.  Can I do this if the dv4 drive is mounted in an external enclosure?

  (2) format and partition the drive dv4 (the leaving intact recovery partition) and later to recover the system from the recovery partition.  The recovery partition would continue to operate in these conditions?

  Thanks for any help that anyone is obtained.

  Hello:

  What you do to the C:\drive will make the ineffective recovery partition.

  You will not be able to create a set of recovery discs unless the drive is usable in Notepad.

  Can you still read all 25 characters of your product key of W7 on the bottom of your laptop broken?

  If so, you can do this...

  If you can read the Microsoft windows 7 25-character product key, you can download simple Windows 7 ISO files to burn on a DVD for the version of windows that is installed on your PC, and which is listed on the Microsoft COA sticker on your PC case.

  Burn the ISO with the option to burn the ISO on your DVD burning program and burn it at the slowest possible speed that will allow your program. This will create a bootable DVD.

  Or use the installation of Windows 7 USB/DVD tool to compile the ISO file that you download from Digital River. Link and instructions below. You need a 4 GB flash drive to use the USB compilation method.

  http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/HTML/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

  Use 25 characters on the PC product key to activate the installation.

  The key will activate a 32 or 64 bit installation.

  Then go to the support of the PC and driver page to install the drivers you need.

  Link to downloads ISO of W7 is below.

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-Windows-7-SP1-ISO-from-Digital-River/

  Or, you can probably still order a set of recovery disc for your HP laptop.

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/bph07143

  Paul

• Limit of 2 TB on 2nd HARD drive, how to change without affecting the system reserved Partition?

  I have 2 drives - 240GB SSD where Windows is installed and a HD in Toshiba 3 TB of data.

  After installing Windows 7 for the SSD, it creates a system reserved 100 MB Toshiba hard disk partition. I now want to create a single data (d) on the Toshiba partition but disk management only limit myself to create a partition of 2 TB and a 746 GB partition. Past posts to dig suggests it's the MBR problem - then what can I do now to break this limit, without deleting or play with the 100MB system reserved partition?

  

  Hi YT :)

  You're right, that this problem is caused by the fact that your hard drive is cut using the style of partition table MBR, which allows only to create partitions to a maximum of 2 TB size each. In order to 'break' this limit, you must convert your hard drive in a GPT partition table, which does not have this limit (well, the limit to 128 TB then there it doesn't matter much). You can convert your hard disk from MBR to GPT without loss of data. Follow the instructions in the tutorial below:

  http://www.thewindowsclub.com/convert-MBR-to-GPT-disk

  Method 2 and 3 explain how to perform the conversion without loss of data, method 3 is the easiest.

  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Yoan

• Going to replace my hard drive, I'm unable to use my OEM of Windows Vista 32 - bit with the new drive copy?

  I plan to replace my current hard drive (which is functional, but not surprising in the first place) with a Solid State drive, which will help to my Alienware Area-51 m9750 notebook.  I find a reader fully compatible solid state, but I'm not there purchase Alienware.  I'm currently under Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit), and I still have the recovery DVD used to reinstall the operating system.  I reformatted my hard drive several times using this disc, each time that the deletion of the whole score and starting from scratch.  Every time I did it, I'm never asked to activate my copy of windows, mysteriously turned on when I boot on my new install of Windows for the first time, without even plugging the cable Ethernet first, and my house has no wireless network.

  I wonder, if/when I install a new hard drive, will have a different experience somehow in regards to Windows activation?  I'm unable to use my OEM of Windows copy at all?  Alternatively, my windows mysteriously will activate itself without ever seeing the internet as it does now?

  I love installing Windows and then do not need to activate it, and I hope I have that experience when I install my new hard drive.

  I just want to know what to expect in terms of my ability to use my copy of Vista OEM, and what process I have to go through to make it fully functional.

  Thank you very much!

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  I plan to replace my current hard drive (which is functional, but not surprising in the first place) with a Solid State drive, which will help to my Alienware Area-51 m9750 notebook.  I find a reader fully compatible solid state, but I'm not there purchase Alienware.  I'm currently under Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit), and I still have the recovery DVD used to reinstall the operating system.  I reformatted my hard drive several times using this disc, each time that the deletion of the whole score and starting from scratch.  Every time I did it, I'm never asked to activate my copy of windows, mysteriously turned on when I boot on my new install of Windows for the first time, without even plugging the cable Ethernet first, and my house has no wireless network.

  I wonder, if/when I install a new hard drive, will have a different experience somehow in regards to Windows activation?  I'm unable to use my OEM of Windows copy at all?  Alternatively, my windows mysteriously will activate itself without ever seeing the internet as it does now?

  I love installing Windows and then do not need to activate it, and I hope I have that experience when I install my new hard drive.

  I just want to know what to expect in terms of my ability to use my copy of Vista OEM, and what process I have to go through to make it fully functional.

  Thank you very much!

  The physical hard disk (solid state or record) is not serious for the operating system that is installed on.  As long as the drive is a standard interface and does not require special drivers not work (and most don't), you should have no problem.
   
  The recovery disks you are using are set to read specific information about the motherboard and as long as there is this particular information, that it is looking she will be triggered and doesn't have to go online to activate as the retail of Windows is required to do.  The only problem with this type of activation, it's that if the motherboard fails ever it should be replaced with a similar brand and model or autonomous activation fails and the operating system is an OEM version that is related to this motherboard and cannot be enabled on a newer replacement.

• The OEM Win XP OS can be installed on a hard drive to another PC to use the OEM PC?

  Hello

  I have a problem. My PC has only one hard disk, I could not format a new HD.

  I need to rely on someone to get in shape for me.

  If I give him my XP OEM installation disc to install this hard drive for the sake of practice, will it work?

  If it works, I get this hard drive on my OEM PC and install it to start and use?

  Or is it necessary for the installation will take place from the DVD on the PC OEM itself drive after formatting by a third party?

  Thank you

  Low

  Hello

  In addition to problems of licenses with the OEM licenses, you cannot install XP on a different computer and then swap disks as bad hardware drivers (motherboard, etc.) would then be included when installing.

  "Or is it necessary for installation will take place from the DVD on the PC OEM itself drive after formatting by a third party?"

  You don't need to get into shape by a 3rd party.

  This should be done during installation

  "How to perform a new Installation of Windows XP"

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/OperatingSystems/SS/instxpclean1.htm

  See you soon.

• My home edition vista is continually updates configuration and then close. I can't stop it. I want to slate and wipe the hard drive but are unable to restore the system.

  How do I do a system restore with Vista Home basic when it is stuck on configuring updates?

  Hello

  You shouldn't have a system restore to fix this.

  You can use the solutions in this KB - 3 methods and I listed a little help for them below

  The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to
  install an update in Windows Vista and Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/949358

  Method 1: Start Windows Vista/Windows 7 with the Windows installation media and use the repair feature

  How to do a startup repair in Vista and Windows 7
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/91467-startup-repair.html

  You can also do a safe mode startup repair to access the Recovery Options If you have them available
  or use the DVD as described above.

  This tells you how to access the system - Vista Recovery Options
  http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/326b756b-1601-435e-99D0-1585439470351033.mspx

  This tells you how to access the system - Windows 7 Recovery Options
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Startup-Repair-frequently-asked-questions

  Try recovery options Startup Repair

  How to do a startup repair
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/91467-startup-repair.html

  Method 2: Start the system in safe mode and then use the system restore feature

  How to do a system restore in Vista and Windows 7
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-System-Restore-how.html

  You can also do a restore of the system of starting with a disk of Vista or Windows 7.

  Method 3: Use the downloads at the end of this article - note for Vista x 86 versions 32 bit and Vista
  x 64 64-bit.

  The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to
  install an update in Windows Vista and Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/949358

  ------------------------------------------------------

  Once you are in Windows I was running once again reset here as a precaution.

  How to reset the Windows Update components?
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058

  Hope this helps sort it out for you.
  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• The product key is not valid for this installation. Please use the correct installation cd to reinstall Windows. Error code 0 x 800040509

  Oh I'm so angry.  I just went through the whole process of formatting a hard drive and reinstall XP Pro.  It worked just great, but she needed ALL the updates since something like 2002.  So, I went through the whole process which took ALL DAY yesterday... excluding the svc pak updates because the error above already happened once.  I assumed it was because all the other updates were missing, where my decision to make all others updated first.  Now I'm here, after every single update, the computer was working FINE until I installed 2 Pk Svc.  Now I'm just at the beginning.  Please tell me there is a way to remove it without having to reformat and spend another day fixing this bloody nightmare.  I mean really... the program should not be designed to not install if it is the wrong program to start?  What outrageous.

  Please go to http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on the button to validate Windows, and then restart your computer.

  If you were not able to validate, follow these steps:

  1. Download this diagnostic tool, save it to your desktop: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

  -Online Windows XP: double-click the executable file to run the tool.

  -Online Vista & Win7: right-click on the executable and select run as administrator to run the tool.

  2. after running the tool, click the Windows tab as appropriate and then click on copy (to the Clipboard).

  NB: You can open a new file in Notepad, paste the contents of the Clipboard in it & keep for future reference.

  3 start a new post in the next Microsoft Genuine Advantage forum and paste the results of the WGA diagnostic data in a detailed post: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinewindowsxp/threads

  4 Troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend an appropriate solution.

  ===========================

  After a clean install, you will have the equivalent of a "new computer" in order to take care of everything on the next page before connecting the machine to the internet or a network and before using a USB key that is not brand new, or has not been freshly formattedotherwise:

  4 steps to help protect your new computer before going online
       http://www.Microsoft.com/security/pypc.aspx

  Other useful references include:

  HOW to get a computer that is running Windows XP Gold (no Service Pack) fully patched (after a clean install)
  http://groups.Google.com/group/Microsoft.public.windowsupdate/MSG/3f5afa8ed33e121c

  HOW TO get a computer that is running Windows XP SP1 (a) or SP2 fully patched (after a clean install)
  http://groups.Google.com/group/Microsoft.public.WindowsXP.General/MSG/a066ae41add7dd2b

  Tip: After getting the computer fully patched, download/install KB971029 manually: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029

  NB: No matter what Norton or McAfee free trial which is preinstalled on the computer when you bought will be reinstalled (but invalid) when Windows is reinstalled. You MUST uninstall the trial for free and download/run the removal tool before installing updates, Windows Service Packs, or updates IE and before installing your new anti-virus application (which will require WinXP SP3 must be installed).

  Norton Removal Tool
       FTP://ftp.Symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

  McAfee Consumer product removal tool
       http://download.McAfee.com/Products/Licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Spend the SSD HARD will I be able to use the same used the window license key?

  Original title: switching C drive.

  Hello

  I want to spend my HARD drive C drive to the SSD. I'll be able to use the same license key of window used that was once installed on the HARD drive window.

  Yes, you can use the same product key for reinstalling Windows.

  Please note that you must install the programs you have installed currently, after what the reinstallation of Windows is filled. In addition, you must install the device drivers before you can start working with the PC after reinstalling.

• New hard drive, Elements 9 continues to lose the image location

  Several months ago, I installed a new larger hard drive.  I had problems with it's partition table after using it for only a month and replaced by a similar drive.  I still had the old drive more small with almost all my files on it so I cloned these are partitions to my new work properly in the car.

  The operating system on the C: drive, my photos are on the old drive D: partition smaller non-corrupt is always in the computer and appears as drive I: I: dirve has more photos on it I backed up the addition.

  I discovered that items think my pictures can be found on the i drive: path is correct in the properties except it appear as I:\My Pictures\etc instead of D:\My Pictures\etc, if I'm trying to recconect in items when I navigate to the correct folder location he finds the picture but does not connect to give an error "the file is already in the catalog.

  I removed my catalog existing, made a new catalog and then get all the photos of my D drive.  At the beginning he showed all the files in the correct location, but the next day he still thought once the photos were on the I: drive.  I tried this twice and each time he returned finally to the I: drive.

  Anyone knows how I can get items to realize where my photos are really?

  I also tried to move all the photos on the i drive: reproduce the structure of folder, I then did a backup of the items and a restoration of items on the d: drive, when I've done that elements immediately said that the photos are still on the I: drive.

  Could drive cloning have confused elements?  I don't think that my hard drive for a short time with the problems of partition table is related to this.

  Thank you.

  Yes, the cloning is done.  PSE uses the volume as well as the drive letter ID to keep track of your photo locations.  The cloning tool most likely created volumes with the same ID of the volume.  Type 'flight' at the command prompt for each of your drives/partitions to see if the volume ID are the same.  If so, search the site of Microsoft for instructions change code. a reader

  Ken

• No boot disk found during the installation of windows 7 in the new hard drive by using the original recovery disk

  Hello

  My laptop is HP - Pavilion dv6 2165-tx. My old hard drive damaged and so bought a new one.

  New hard drive works fine. (He went from main hard drive test)

  Now, to install the operating system, when I insert the recovery disc in my CD, I get the error message-"no boot device press a key after the insterting startup disk."

  How can I go about this now?

  Thank you for your contributions.

  I've installed windows 7 using my recovery disk. Problem is that my objective optical drive was not clean, which resulted in the error.

• Installation clean victory 8 - recovery on damaged HARD Drive Image

  Hi all

  I was doing a few BSOD lately, after some research, it appeared due to a missing driver and damaged a windows configuration.

  It's an Alienware 17

  Intel Core i7-4900MQ CPU @ 2.80GHz

  Type Description

  CD-ROM/DVD-ROM readers HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CA40N

  Disc players WDC WD7500BPKT- WDC WD7500BPKT-22PK4T0

  Graphics cards GPU Intel(r) HD 4600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

  IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers

  Keyboards, mice & pointing devices Synaptics TouchPad SMBus HID-muis Razer Naga

  Monitors Algemeen PnP-sit Standaardbeeldscherm

  Sound Devices High definition Audio-expensive Bluetooth audio Razer Kraken 7.1 Realtek High Definition Audio

  USB controllers Intel (r) 8 series/C220 Series USB EHCI #2 - 8C2D Intel (r) 8 series/C220 Series USB EHCI #1-8C 26 Intel (r) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 0100 (Microsoft)

  mid-2013

  So I thought to do a factory restore and reinstall windows, but because this machine has been shipped in mid-2013, it has been bundled with windows 8 and 8.1 not. I cannot recover my system with the options of windows using the boot disk, I received when purchasing.

  Or reinstall the system via the DVD starts works. Installation could not see my hard drives correctly or missing drivers.

  Now, I did a system restore (Yes surprisingly has started up normally this morning) but I am always a little scared and would have preferred a clean install.

  Decided to buy Alienrespawn Premium to try to restore my original recovery Image and reinstall the original windows 8 from scratch. But during the selection of these options, I get the message that the image is missing or incomplete. When I try to select another HARD drive he asks to insert a disk external HARD at least 100 GB on this subject. Is there an internal HDD option and select put this system up? I've got 2 750 GB SATA HARD drive and the other has been completely formatted for backup reasons...

  Could someone please help me and tell me what to do in this case?

  A clean install would be the best way to go, but I tried everything I found on google in communities and to but still do not get them to factory reset my PC...

  Thanks in advance

  Boempatat

  My warranty has expired in order to request a backup CD is not going to work I'm afraid...

  I have a cd provided dell with the laptop, but as said my laptop has been delivered with WIN8 not earned 8.1

  I can't do a clean install, as described in the article, because it tells me to load the required drivers and there is a missing part so that my cd is in the laptop...

  I need to find a way to recover the original recovery on the HARD drive in order to reinstall the complete system with the factory settings...

  Please tell me how to do this.

  It looks like your BIOS may be on the RAID.

  The value of the BIOS:
   
  SATA Mode = AHCI Mode
   
  = UEFI boot mode

  DVD Win7, Win-8-DVD, or a USB flash drive should now start. Use the one-time-starting F12 menu.

• I bought a new hard drive. I don't have a system recovery disk. Can I load Windows Vista from another source and activate using my original product key?

  I bought a new hard drive. I don't have a system recovery disk. Can I load Windows Vista from another source and activate using my original product key?

  Hello

  There is no download available from Microsoft Vista.

  Contact the manufacturer of your laptop and ask them to send a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a small fee.

  "How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key determines which Edition is installed.

  Builders recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  See you soon.

  p.s. If the old hard drive is still installed and running before you change on hard drives and you never received the to purchase recovery discs, you can make the recovery discs from the recovery Partition which should be on the old hard drive. You will need to request that the manufacturer how to do as each computer manufacturer has their own way of making records of this partition recovery.

  It depends on the old hard drive still works.

• How can I identify the name of the invisible file for a backup file successfully to an external hard drive USB2 separate? I use Windows Vista backup program (Service Pack 2),

  How can I identify the name of the invisible file for a backup file successfully to an external hard drive USB2 separate?  I use Windows Vista backup program (Service Pack 2), and I need to do backups plus two from other computers on the same external hard drive.  To do this, I think I would need to identify each backup file separate I know which file to specify if I need to do a restore.

  How can I accomplish this? The program does not seem to give me the ability to specify a file to which to write the backup during a given session files.  In addition, I do not understand why I can not see the file name in Windows Explorer - my files options are defined to be able to view hidden and system.  Would be grateful for any help you can provide, tonight if possible.   Best regards, Oliver for Norm

  Hello

  See this link:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/back-up-and-restore-frequently-asked-questions

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/set-up-or-change-automatic-backup-settings

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/back-up-your-programs-system-settings-and-files

• hard drive died. Unable to duplicate. tried to reinstall disk comes with computer and says unable to complete the installation.

  replaced the hard drive.  Reinstall disk and custom factory

  Toshiba satellite a135. hard drive died. Unable to duplicate. tried to reinstall disk comes with computer and says unable to complete the installation. reinstall again. 5 times and still the same.

  Hello

  If you have problems with the process of recovery of manufacturers, contact the manufacturer

  It's their recovery process not microsofts

  http://www.CSD.Toshiba.com/cgi-bin/TAIS/support/JSP/home.jsp

• I can't use my external hard drive from toshiba on computer in the window, but I can use it on apple.

  I can't use my external hard drive from toshiba on computer in the window, but I can use it on apple. Is there someone who can help me solve it I will be grateful for it :)

  When it is connected to the PC, it is visible in disk management?

  Was this a drive that has been formatted using your Mac with the mac file system? If so it will not turn on the PC, without the use of third party software