HP pavilion PC windows XP Restore Process Options

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HP Pavilions with Windows XP do not have recovery CDs, they use a hidden partition on the hard drive to store the information instead.

Perform a recovery in Windows XP use one of the following two processes:

Starting recovery when the computer is booting

• Turn on the computer.
• When the initial blue HP screen appears Press the "F10" key.
• A Recovery menu will appear.
• Click on "NEXT"
• and then click on "YES"
• Your system will now go through the product recovery

Starting recovery within Windows XP

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From the Desktop, click "START".

Then "ALL PROGRAMS"

Then "HP TOOLS"

Then Click on "HP PC SYSTEM RECOVERY"

You will now be asked "Do you really want to start HP PC System Recovery?"

Click on "YES" to continue.

Your system will now go through the product recove

[ian_hill123]

hey, ive got a HP pavillion and i had to use the HP PC SYSTEM RECOVERY option and after it had all rebooted the HPTools options was gone. I know it deletes everything on the hard drive, but surely HPTools would remain??? any help would be appreciated

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Whats the make and model of your hp

hey, ive got a HP pavillion and i had to use the HP PC SYSTEM RECOVERY option and after it had all rebooted the HPTools options was gone. I know it deletes everything on the hard drive, but surely HPTools would remain??? any help would be appreciated

[ajaniga]

I just came across this forum and this post and I know it hasn't been commented on in a while but I hope someone can help. It's not my computer I'm trying to fix, I'm just trying to get information for my friend because she's having problems. She has an HP Pavillion a1130n. She said she is running windows XP and her computer won't start. She tried rebooting and pressing f10. She said when she presses f10 it prompts her for a system disc. She never had to do that before and she doesn't have a disc. You say if you are running windows XP you don't need recovery discs..so how can she go about fixing this?

Thank you SO much if anyone can help
Alicia