Compaq Recovery Cd

[johnq86]

the one i have is messed u how can i get a new one or what can i use instead

[fkdup74]

have you deleted your recovery partition?
if you havent, you can still use the recovery feature in compaq
pretty much the same thing

[johnq86]

what and where is the recovery partition

[fkdup74]

open up 'my computer' and look at the drives letters
if you havent renamed em, it will resemble:

3 1/2 Floppy (A:)
Presario (C:)
Presario_RP (D:) <------- recovery partition :)
etc., etc.

thats to see if you got the partition
(and you cant really delete it by accident or anything)
but to do the recovery, go to start menu>all programs>compaq>
compaq pc tools>compaq system recovery
then follow the on-screen instructions :)

hint: choose &#39;non-destructive recovery&#39; if you got files you dont wanna lose
may not keep em all, but you wont lose all of em
and may have to re-install some apps afterward
read up on it a little, i think if you move stuff you wanna keep into
&#39;my documents&#39; you wont lose em at all

[cwctv]

IF YOU HAVE bought it from Compaq ask then for another one.
What machine - operating system (that came with it) do you have.


what can i use instead

What you want get the drivers for your machine (ALL) get your O/S make a bootable cd (unless its XP)with the drivers on it too and away you go.

[Rich5398]

Just call compaq and ask them to send you recovery CD&#39;s. thats what I did. They Fed-exed them over night at no cost. All Idid was tell them that I started to make my recovery CD&#39;s and never finished, and they rushed me out 6 cd-roms the next day.

[Wolfmight]

heh i deleted that recovery partion on my sisters old compaq computer.
I said," Hey, I found some burried gold&#33;".
:lol:

[fkdup74]

Originally posted by Wolfmight@28 December 2003 - 08:12
heh i deleted that recovery partion on my sisters old compaq computer.
I said," Hey, I found some burried gold&#33;".
:lol:
:lol: yeah, about 4 gigs more of drive space :lol: