how to restore comp to factory setting

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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
 
Try pressing F8 on statup then select "last known good configuration" or
words to that efect.
 
Angela said:
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
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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
 
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
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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
 
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
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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
 
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.

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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: (e-mail address removed)
 
PD43 said:
Surely a Ph.D can learn to quote what is being replied to.
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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: (e-mail address removed)
 
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
 
(SNIP)
Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)
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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.
 
Anna said:
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.
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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)

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

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)
 
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