System - F10 recovery does not

Hello.

I tried to fix a HP Media Center M7380.

The XP operating system was damaged during an update of the operating system, it could not start and has been reset permanently.

At first, I was able to access Recovery Center through F10, but didn't try it until I got a decent backup of the data on the disk.

Now that I managed to backup of the C: drive, the F10 boot option no longer works, it shows just a black screen.

The HP Recovery partition is intact, how to create a recovery disc without the installed XP and without the F10 at startup?

Thanks for your suggestions.

Dave...

I SOLVED THE PROBLEM, recovery is much better than I hoped.  I will update this thread in hopes that I can be useful to someone else.

I tried many suggestions provided by the HP site, Google, "10 things to do when Windows XP does not start" et al., without any hope of success.

With the help of the "Hirens boot disk" I finally discovered that some vital XP files were missing from Windows.  I think that the owner of the computer (a friend) may have attempted to install the software or update the system when it crashed, but I don't have the details of exactly what has been done.

-The PC would not boot in any mode.

-The recovery disk provided was for a completely different PC and a different version of windows

-J' tried to start the recovery console from another drive to install XP, but the recovery was not a permitted option

After careful consideration and several other solutions attempted, the following managed.

1 - use the Hirens boot disk to start MiniXP.

2 - Open a command line.

3. type C:

-Press enter

4 - Type cd windows

-Press enter

5 - type "CD Creator.exe" that must be typed with the quotes and space

-Press enter

At this point, that an application window for recovery disc creator appeared, option buttons are strangely absent, but I used the key entry instead.

I was prompted to select 11 CDs or 2 DVDs, I went for 2 DVD

Two hours (approximately) later I had the necessary recovery discs

I opted for a recovery of the system rather than the Format and reinstall.

It completed successfully.

I made sure that the version of Norton AV trial provided worked.

I have indication internet, downloaded and installed XP SP3 and all other updates of the system.

User data (photos, documents, etc. was recovered by)

-Rename each individual user folder in "C: Documents and Settings" to (for example) Dave143 to Dave143SAVE

-Creation of the user of the control panel.

-Login under the user to build (Dave143) user folder "C: Documents and settings".

-Restart in safe mode and copy the data from the Dave143SAVE folder folders in the Dave143 folder.

It took me all night for a week, but now I'm happy with the result.  I managed to save several gigabyte of their family photos!

Don't forget, before you try anything at all, your first priority should be the backup of data.

Good luck!

Dave...

Message edited by Dave143 on 06/11/2009 14:11

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