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Help !Lost Recovery Disk
Name: deppiz Date: February 15, 2007 at 14:29:45 Pacific OS: Window XP media CPU/Ram: AMD 2Gig, 1 Gig Ram Product: HP DV5220CA
Comment:
Lost my recovery disk and I am also stupid enough deleted the recovery partition. Anybody can give me a hand. I need a copy of the disk.
Name: per Date: February 15, 2007 at 15:05:25 Pacific
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If he deleted the recovery partition will the recovery disks work? Don't you have to have the partition with the info on it to recover?
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: February 15, 2007 at 15:25:57 Pacific
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In that case your customized Recovery CD will be useless as it depends on the hidden partition. You will have to order set of CDs from HP to rebuild it.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 5
Name: deppiz Date: February 15, 2007 at 17:18:49 Pacific
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Thanks a lot for the support !Ordered from HP for $20.95
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Response Number 6
Name: deppiz Date: February 15, 2007 at 17:31:47 Pacific
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Oooooops! Cancelled the order ! I can get a free Vista upgrade... and just processed the order. I don't even need to pay a penny.
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