ProBook 4430 s Boot problems

Hello

I have a HP ProBook s 4430 running Windows 7.

A couple of weeks, I got a blue screen crashes and it seemed to corrupt a part of windows as windows (among other programs) Explorer wouldn't start automatically. I had to start explorer.exe from the Task Manager after the connection. I have searched the forums and tried all the tips/patches, but to no avail.

I decided to simply reformat the computer and get back to the basics. This is where things went from bad to worse.

My HP did not come with a Windows CD or a backup CD, and I have not one when I bought it (I've traveled across India at the time). All forumns advised to use HP Recovery Manager or press F11 at startup to access the partition of the hard drive recovery. (D: in my case). My computer doesn't seem to have the Recovery Manager and F11 does nothing to start. Setup does not change how he arrived at the factory, it should always be there.

Exacerbated, I changed my D: to 'active' to try to boot from the recovery disk... this stuffed all this. Unfortunately, now my computer does not start (it is said there is no OS on D.)

Then... of ideas? Is my only hope of order recovery disks from HP? do some work? Is it possible to change my boot from D: drive to C: without Windows help? I can't find options like that in the HP Start menu I can access.

Any help much appreciated.

Kind regards

Samuel

Hi Samuel,.

Here's another solution, that you can use to reinstall Windows 7.

Before you try the following, make sure that you can always read the character product activation key 25 on your label Windows COA (5 blocks of 5 alphanumeric games).

An example of a COA label can be seen here.

You can create an installation disk yourself using another PC - just download the good Disk Image ( it must be of the same exact version of Windows 7 that originally came with your laptop ) from the link below and use an app like ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly on a blank DVD - a guide on the use of ImgBurn to write that an ISO on a disc is here.  These Images are clean and a well respected source, however there are only limited versions available.

Windows 7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit

Use the disk to perform the installation, enter the activation key of Windows on the label of the COA at the request and once the installation is complete, use ' 'phone Method' described in detail in the link below to activate the operating system -this made method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who want to just have a new installation of Windows 7 without additional software load normally comes with OEM installations.

http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-Windows-7-by-phone.aspx

All pilots additional and the software you need is found from here.

Kind regards

DP - K

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