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• Windows 7 recovery media is unable to complete the installation

  I have had a total hard drive on my HP Pavilion DV6-3108EA failure and got the relevant HP recovery media and install a spare drive compatible plug - in this case, it's a Samsung SSD 850 EVO, 500 GB solid state of direct replacement for the deceased Samsung 500 GB disk drive. Drive diagnostic confirms that the replacement drive is fully functional without error.

  The recovery kit comes with 3 DVDs. tightening of the bolts 1 and 2 are the Windows 7 recovery media and #3 is the recovery of applications and drivers. 1 recovery attempt has done OK, loaded all three DVD but eventually stuck at a screen "loading devices (40%). ", which would not go further even after a night's sleep. Therefore, power off, and...

  Attempt 2 is better. I jumped 3 DVD and the construction seems to be almost complete but finally stopped with hearwarming message that "Windows cannot complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer restart the installation"frustrating, I think you'll agree.

  Out of curiosity I tried ctrl-alt-del what task manager open nicely and from there I was able to do many things including use setup to reconnect to my wireless router, enter the number of license Win 7 OK and activate windows, get the right keyboard configuration and launch a copy of IE8 with which I am still typing this message.

  It seems so I have a PC almost fully functional except that Windows could not complete the installation and if I click the OK button in the offending dialog box, it restarts and returns to the same dialog box. Very frustrating. Oh and there is no button start / menu start so clearly there are always things to be completed.

  The recovery media is "System Recovery Kit for portable Pavilion or Presario" (COL35379_631054_031) for which I paid £35,12 and expect to deliver the goods. But it doesn't work. Also remarkable is that the recovery media did not build a D: partition of recovery disk, contrary to what he says. Can anyone help?

  It's frustrating. Fortunately, I can also access this forum and this email addressfrom my Android Tablet and check there return from time to time. Really appreciate your ideas and help here.

  Either by the way, on a different thread, I read the assertion that HP requires to change a chip on the motherboard when you change a drive. This disc is loaded with tools and Windows software and saving the configuration changes as my wireless network details I don't buy that one. Thanks for reading this far.

  Hoping for wise leaders to help me move forward.

  With regard to Al

  So close and yet so far.

  But I would like to clear one thing up to HP support were excellent - good focus on my ideas of the problem and a commitment to see it through.  No worries about to buy me the hot spare elsewhere.  Problem still not solved, but I'm more forward with other ideas to pursue.  I was told to reset the BIOS date to 2012 (don't know what difference that would make but there) and the construction has progressed much further this time.

  More anon, but had to post a message praising the support that I received today.

  Result!

  Fixing the date of the BIOS to 2012 has allowed the recovery to go much further, but still have up to a point where he had failed.  So, why?

  Silly me!  Should have read the instructions on the screen and their follow-up religiously.  Eventually, the restore process (which takes a lot of time) begins to re - install applications and other things.  The message on the screen at the beginning of this process very clearly said that it will automatically reboot several times.  However, being a little too eager to get there, I finally saw a message that said that such and such an application requires a restart to complete the installation and stupidly I clicked the button restart now.  Who killed for the rest of the installation.  Finally I have sussed out - and kept following reconstruction my itchy fingers away from the mouse to the manuscript to rebuild whole had been terminated, making his own restarts suff and hey hop... a PC entirely restored with a nice new Samsung SSD drive.

  As an aside, if you plan to replace your hard drive (defective or not) with a Samsung SSD tested loading the Wizard software that comes with it to optimize the OS to SSD hardware.  It optimizes the things like the prefetcher and Super-fetch to the machine and the drive to work more effectively together - very impressive.

  Kudos to HP who were great support.  I know that some people say thay have bad experiences.  Mine here in the United Kingdom was outstanding.  The guy listened, asked good questions, gave good advice and has been a pleasure to work with - what would you like... oh yes, his advice worked!

  Thanks to HP real home to my little crisis.

  A lot of work to do now to recover data, backups (yes I) and re - install a large number of tools that I use, but all disks are there and it's just a matter of time now.

  All the best

  Al

• Cannot install Windows 7 "recovery media" on new Portege R600

  I got a new R600 that I wanted to buy with Windows 7 pre-installed, but the only option is to buy it with XP installed and "Windows 7 recovery media" (2 CDs) comes in the box, with no instructions. I started the computer and did nothing but the name and choose a pseudonym; This raised the office. Then I inserted the first CD 2: nothing. Power off and has already begun with this CD in the disc drive: nothing. Called Toshiba tech support (phone seemed to be answered in India) and has been commissioned to do several restarts now press F12 or C: nothing. After a long holding down the tech sought aid, promised a call from his supervisor: so far (it was yesterday) nothing.

  Can anyone suggest how I can fix this myself or get some action from Toshiba?

  Hello

  Please check if the BIOS Version is 3.0 or higher. If this isn't the case, please update the BIOS before installing Win7.

• Pavilion g6-2306el: Windows 10 recovery media

  Hello

  When I bought the HP Pavilion laptop g6, it came with a recovery with 8.0 Windows and drivers and pre-installed software partition. Subsequently I've updated for Windows 8.1u by the store Windows and Windows Update, and I try now Windows 10 TP build 9926.

  I intend to update Windows 10 once it is out, but I think that it would give rise to this problem: once I have started using Windows 10, how it would be possible for me to do a system reinstall directly to Windows 10, as well as preinstalled software and drivers? HP will offer recovery of such media for clients who decide to take advantage of the free upgrade to Windows 10?

  Thank you very much.

  I don't think you will find that Windows 10 miss a lot of pilots.

  The specific drivers of HP would be in the folder that we have discussed before, while we are still useful to save.

  Windows 10 deals with the installation of the driver and devices like no other system of Windows OS that preceded it.

• Envy TouchSmart laptop, 15 - create recovery media stuck please insert one of the following media

  Envy TouchSmart Notebook PC 15 - 8 64-bit Windows - create recovery media stuck on "Please insert one of the following media" - USB Flash drive or any optical drive found. She just keeps spinning a small wheel. The USB Flash drive is inserted and its light flashes.

  Hi, new Cheryl, I spoke with HP support. There is bad news and good news. They does not solve the problem with the process, they don't even try to. They just said that they embarquerions me a flash drive already created recovery media, without cost to me. If the problem is not resolved, but it is resolved. Thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated!

• Without provided Windows® operating system recovery media?

  Reading the full specifications for Inspiron One 23 in my basket, I fell on this...

  "Recovery - operating system options

  Operating system Windows® Recovery Media not included"

  Shoild need arises, how to re - install the OS 8 Win.

  Thank you.

  Unfortunately Dell do not ship DVD to reinstall Windows with the systems more.

  I recommend you contact Technical Support as soon as the system arrives and asks a reinstallation DVD.

  If you reside in the United States or to the CA, you can fill out this form to request for media:

  www.Dell.com/recoverymedia

  Unfortunately Dell doesn't have a courteous of the customer form in all other regions.

  Note Technical Support Dell may tell you to use Dell backup and recovery to make the installation media, but from my experience, this is not a reliable solution like a DVD of actual relocation.

• Remove Windows 10 W510 without recovery disk

  I made the mistake of 10 windows installation without creating recovery media.

  I am desperate to return to windows 8.1, but how can I, please can you help me?  God I wish that companies have given discs like the old days.

  Help, please

  I have the serial number, but support he would not unless it's from the box lol

  Its 64 GB, and a partition has been destroyed by install windows 10.

  Unfortunately I am uk based as well as the link don't like :-(code

• Re-install Windows 7 using recovery media (DVD)

  Laptop: HP-430 Notebook

  OS: Windows 7 (64-bit)

  HARD DRIVE: THE 298 GB

  When I bought recently my laptop HP-430, I partitioned new HARD drive using some other third party software. I created an additional partition (M:\). Here's the info, how I've repartitioned...

  C:\ - 100 GB (changed from 284 GB to 100 GB).

  D:\ - have not made any changes.

  M:\ - 184 GB (created a drive by myself).

  Then after a few days of testing purpose I thought using the Recovery Manager. So I run the Setup and chose the first option (System Restore) who says he will only reformat the drive (C:\) system and will not issue any other HARD disk changes. But to my surprise it deleted/reformatted the HARD full disc, and I lost all my documents, music, photos and all my important files, I recorded/saved on M:\ (that I had created...)

  Can someone tell me why the hack happened...?

  So now, next point. After that the Recovery Manager has restored the operating system, I repartitioned again, but this time with the Windows disk management tool. But the Windows disk management does not shrink (resize) the C:\(Systemdrive) of less than 150 GB. So I resized C:\ to 150 GB of GB 284 and created a player more (M:\) 147 GB size. And I deleted the recovery disc (D:\), but I created the recovery DVD before you remove the Recoevery of my HARD disk drive.

  Now its time for me to reinstall Windows 7 using recovery media, I messed with some system files when installing a theme for Windows 7 and now my OS is completely unstable. So now I want to reinstall windows 7, but I do not understand what option selected in the Recovery Manager (when run from Recovery DVD)

  Options displayed in the Recovery Manager

  1 collect using Microsoft Recovery

  2 recovery system (the option that I had chosen for the first time and got all the stuff removed)... He said that he only reinstalls the OS and custom make any other change of HARD drive.

  3 minimized Image Recovery

  4. factory Reset.

  So now my question to you guys, it's what option do I have selected in the Recovery Manager so that all my saved content and my stuff on M:\ (I created) will not be removed... and the operating system is reinstalled.

  PLIZZZZZ HELPPPPPPPPPPPP...

  Hello

  I don't think that all the disk recovery options will keep your partition custom - as far as I know, the only time where you will receive a prompt to keep a custom partition when you use the option "Recovery of Image is reduced to a minimum" to the recovery Partition D that you deleted.

  You can try the following workaround.

  Download the good Image of disk Windows 7 from the link below: it must be exactly the same version your OEM Setup - that is to say if your laptop comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, it comes to the version, you must download.

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

  Use an app like ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly on a blank DVD - a guide on the use of ImgBurn to write an ISO on a disc is here.

  Use the disk that you create to perform the installation - when you get to the option to choose the installation type, choose custom and select the C partition.

  When asked, enter the activation key Windows located on the underside of your laptop, then when the installation is complete use the 'method of phone", described in detail in the link below to activate the operating system - this method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who want to just that a new installation of Windows 7 without software load additional normally bundled with OEM installations.

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

  Additional drivers, you may need to find from here.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• How to reset my Vaio to factory without recovery media setting

  Hi all

  recently, I've been hurt by the non-stop Windows Installer pop-ups

  This has happened since my last update of Windows

  I have tried so many menthods online, not helped

  one of the pop-up tries to install Media Gallery

  now I am unable to Vaio Care update

  It's very bored, I contacted Vaio support by live chat... support told me to reset my Vaio back to the setting factory without even telling me how... very useful

  so please tell me how to restore it to facotry setting, I have no recovery media

  Thank you

  Model: SVE1411EGXB

  Operating system: Win7

• Windows 8 - Toshiba Recovery Media failure

  Windows 8 became unstable.   Created a new set of recovery Toshiba satellite media.  The laptop does not start media (boot sequence is set to CD/DVD first).  Media is recognized in another computer and begins installing Win 8 very well.

  I used a copy of Windows 8, I bought it for another computer.   It is installed very well.  Install product key is not required, but mobile has a different product key so my product key card.   Received this product key for the BIOS/UEFI?   Windows 8 shows that the product is registered.

  Question 1: why wouldn't start on the laptop DVD but work fine on another computer?  (8 Win DVD original works fine so peripheral CD/DVD is functional.)

  Question 2: can I expect any problem, do not use is not the original software?  don't care about the extra bloatware.

  Thank you

  Darryl

  Hello

  You can check to see if there is a newer version of the Recovery Media Creator...

  I know that some versions must be uninstalled because it caused inaccessible DVD discs.

  Win 8 is designed to search for a key in the bios... at least the preinstalled stuff is...

  If your system says it has registered and activated, he must have done this... Or you just got lucky.

  You might see if there are startup options that may be needed for the recovery discs...

  Something that you select on the Toshiba screen... The disks may need to start with a command of the Bios, for example...

  Here are some tips that I have found which can be useful...

  If the recovery partitions are always in place you can just hold zero above p all turn and do the process without disc.

  If this does not work, then place 1 disc in and restart the laptop. maintain f12 during startup, and select cd/dvd drive to start first. This would lead to boot the disk instead of the hard drive.

• P50-C-128 - 10 Windows satellite updated - issue of recovery media

  I upgraded my Windows 10 laptop and have done since a recovery using the Recovery Media Creator Toshiba USB drive; My question is it will take up to 10 Windows or the original Windows 8.1?

  Are also all the drivers and the software recovered?

  Thanks for your patience - I am fairly new to this!

  Did you create a recovery key USB flash memory before upgrading Windows 10?

  Usually, the Toshiba recovery media set the laptop back to factory... to the very system that was preinstalled at the beginning.

• Generation of recovery media after changing Windows 8 for Windows 8.1

  How can I create new media recovery on the 8.1 of Windows after changing Windows 8? HP support says that only 1 set of recovery media is allowed. My original game is to Windows 8. You want to avoid having to go through the lengthy procedure of update in case I need to go through the process of recovery with my original support recovery.

  Hi @john_f_g ,

  Thank you for visiting the Forums HP's Support and welcome. I looked into your problem on your HP laptop and needing to make a new copy of Windows 8.1.

  Software recovery of HP and Microsoft allows you to make only a backup recovery.

  You can order new media disc or USB flash device of here.

  Thank you.

• Satellite L300D - corrupted hard drive, no recovery media, no windows key

  I have a Satellite L300D-11V I'm looking for someone who would not go further that a screen blank after windows start logo, and also when you run Startup Repair he would get at this stage even too. Now pressed 0 while starting would not bring to the top of recovery, only an option for Windows Vista.

  With the help of some high end diagnostic software I have diagnosed that the hard drive has several physical defects that could well be the reason for this purpose the reader is better off being replaced. However, because of the mistakes, I am unable to create images of the player via Acronis or similar.

  Buying a new drive no problem, but the person never did no recovery media so it appears I have to buy a Toshiba recovery.

  There is no Windows key on the case anywhere either.

  If I had to buy a Toshiba Recovery, it would be important that I have no Windows key on the presumption that the recovery would be an already activated installation of Vista for laptop?

  Thank you

  > If I buy a Toshiba Recovery, it would be important to have no Windows key on the presumption that the recovery would be an already activated installation of Vista for laptop?
  In this situation best way to solve this is to swap HARD drive, restore disk original order of Toshiba and install Recovery designed for this model laptop image.
  Recovery image should not be enabled. After the installation, it will be activated automatically if you n t need product key of Microsoft for activation.

  Original recovery disk can be ordered on https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx

  By the way: Win7 32 bit works quite well on this laptop model then perhaps you should install has the version of Win7. Of course if you do this, you need legal product key.
  Anyway it has nothing to do with Microsoft sticker placed on Toshiba laptops. This key cannot be used for activation anyway.

• 500 - 81ea: create recovery media after upgrade to windows 10

  I created a USB recovery when I used my PC (using the 8.1 window)

  I had a time to use it to perform a destructive restore but then had to wait for all the upgrades automatically install to get me back to where I was and of course all my other software such as iTunes and music, photos, etc.  Checking to see if I can upgrade to windows 10 I was informed that my windows was not up to date and that I didn't know the logo windows at the bottom right of the screen. I have now been in the screen of windows update and installed quite a few updates and now have the upgrade of windows application.  My question is if I upgrade to windows 10 and then must perform a full recovery can I do new media of recovery or I'll have to go back to windows 8.1 using my existing media and then updateHP software and windows 8.1 and upgrade to windows 10 and the free update will be always available or is there a way I can create new media recovery to allow me to recover Windows 10 OR an altrnative goes back to the creation of a backup drive on an external hard drive and a way to get this image on my HDD internal. OR to simply stick with windows 8.1 and hope, that it is taken in charge as long as XP was.

  THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP

  JIMBO

  Hello

  First things first. Don't forget that your USB stick recovery is the HP external recovery media and not just another type of recovery image. Back up your data. Check that your PC is supported by HP for Windows 10 and that your PC meets the requirements of Windows 10. If so, then be sure your Windows 8.1 system is fully patched and up-to-date with Windows and HP implemented to date.  When you make an in place upgrade W10, W10 process will have a roll back feature that will be available in case you are not happy with the W10.  I made a couple of back roller and the process was pretty quick.

• Pavilion HPE h8-1234: computer without recovery media recovery

  My hard drive failed and I not create recovery discs. I searched HP's site and found my product but none of the recovery disks were available for Windows 7. They had a recovery media available for my product for Windows 8, but when I tried to browse the site further, I got a 'blank page' (and I'm not even sure I'd be able to use Windows 8, since it was not what was originally installed)
  
  At this point, I'm just trying to understand what are my options for getting an operating system that runs on a new hard drive, so my computer is usable. I'd rather find a way to access the software I had initially at lowest cost possible but if not, what are my other options?

  Toinkove

  Hello;
  
  Let me welcome you on the HP forums!
  
  Sorry, but HP stock no long recovery for older PC Win7 media.
  
  Given that HP no longer provides a recovery media for your model, a few other sites, you should check are: http://www.computersurgeons.com/ and http://www.restoredisks.com/

  Good luck