-=PCTechTalk=- Re: What to do?
- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:17:35 -0600
Yes, they do hide it well. I was going to order them online, but I called
instead. Soooo, instead of 20 dollars and S&H, it cost me about a 3 dollar
phone call (probably was less than that). I emailed their support number
first and just explained I was real uncomfortable with the OS imbedded on a
device which is known to fail in a given time frame. They emailed me back
with a phone number and a tracking number, I called, and I had them in
about five days.
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On 12/29/2002 at 12:05 AM a whisper was heard, and the one known as
nightsneak1@xxxxxxx was rumoured to have uttered....
| 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:
********* And So It Was ***********
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