John, I am going thru this problem right now on a friend's computer. Brand new = HP Pavilion, and NO restore disks. Searching HP's website, they hide very= well where you can order recovery CD's, but I found this. Of course the = call is long distance to their support site : ( Windows XP recovery CDs HP Pavilions that ship with Windows XP do not come with recovery CDs. Instead, they use a hidden space (partition) on the hard drive to store t= he recovery information. Using a hidden partition provides a convenient, = more stable recovery process that eliminates the need for fragile, easily= lost recovery CDs. To recover a Pavilion desktop computer go to: = Performing a Full System Recovery in Microsoft=AE Windows XP. http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml;jsessionid=3DJ2YRZJUXL30DLQEX= GR3UNZQ?reg=3Dnam&cc=3Dus&docName=3Dbph07145&lc=3Den To order Windows XP recovery discs for an HP Pavilion desktop computer, c= all HP customer care. http://productfinder.support.hp.com/tps/CLC?h_lang=3Den&h_product=3Dtop&h= _tool=3Dcontacthp Not sure how these links are going to come out, they may need to be copy = and pasted. I am sending this webmail from his computer because I am over= here trying to get all HP's and Windows XP's garbage off of it! nightsneak > = > From: "John E." <eejohne@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2002/12/28 Sat PM 01:27:49 EST > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: What to do? > = > = > My almost four year old Pavilion has only one disk. I > understand that many of the latest HPs do not even > have a disk but include an image on the hard drive. > From bad to good to terrible. Today I would only buy a > made-to-order computer from a local shop and make sure > I get all of the disks with it. :-) > John E. > --- Bob Templeton <btempleton@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > = > > John, some Pavilions ship with multiple recovery > > disk, with the last disk > > holding applications, inclutding Easy CD, which can > > be restored > > individually. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John E." <eejohne@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:54 AM > > Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: What to do? > > = > > = > > : > > : I remember having a similar problem with Easy CD > > : Creator on my HP Pavilion. First I searched the HP > > : website to find out that I was missing three > > important > > : files (removed by a clean-up utility). Next I > > moved > > : the folder that should have had the files to the > > : recycle bin. Then to use the restore disk to > > install > > : just that folder I had to type in the DOS path for > > : that folder. Hope this helps you. > > : John E. > > : --- Merrill Mack <msmack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > : > My HP Pavilion came with Adaptec Easy CD > > Creator. It > > : > was working for a long time but no more. Now the > > : > error message reads "Adaptec CD Copier cannot > > load > > : > because Easy CD Creator is not installed. Please > > : > reinstall Easy CD Creator. > > : > I never had such a disk, what to do? > = > = > = To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/