XP Home fails!

PTRMAN · March 15th, 2008

Old HP won't boot up. XP Home fails, even safe mode. Don't have XP disk (cheap HP build!) and pc is far out of warranty.

Is there anything I can do short of buying and installing new XP pro?

I don't really want to pay some crazy fee to HP for the to fix this. any thoughts?

theburan · March 15th, 2008

There might be a recovery partition that you could use to reformat/reinstall, that's how my old hp's were. Can't remember the keystroke to start it up though.....

**MantaBase** · March 15th, 2008

The buran is correct - HP uses a recovery partition. Check their support site for info.

Warning: You will lose all data - so use Ubuntu or knoppix or something to BU the data first.

**Hitman** · March 16th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by MantaBase

The buran is correct - HP uses a recovery partition. Check their support site for info.

Warning: You will lose all data - so use Ubuntu or knoppix or something to BU the data first.

What he said......

Every manufacture is different, Dell used F11 at boot up and Sony uses F10 at boot up. You have to look on their support website to see what key combo it is. You will press this key during boot up at the same time you would if you wanted to enter bios.

Found it, you press F11

Quote:

HP Backup and Recovery Manager is quick and user-friendly. To run, simply go to All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > HP Backup and Recovery Manager.
With HP Backup & Recovery Manager, file restoration is easy. To recover a deleted file, simply use the Restore Wizard. For a full system restoration, press the F11 key during bootup and then select "Recover PC" from the menu.

PTRMAN · March 16th, 2008

Thanks. I'll try that.

Jokerswild · March 16th, 2008

You can always use Linux instead of buying another XP if it comes to that.

PTRMAN · March 16th, 2008

Might have to go that route. F11 brought me to "WAIT", but then nothing happened. No disk activity. Restarting led to same problems as before. Safe mode keeps restarting. Normal start mode gets me partway through login but then BSOD which is gone too fast for me to read - can't find any bios setitngs to stop it restarting at BSOD.

F11 now brings me right to BIOS.

Running out of patience. Besides paying HP to fix, any other thoughts? Is there any way to make my own boot disk, so I could at least figure out what the problems are?

Jokerswild · March 16th, 2008

If you know someone with a XP Home disc your cd key should work.

oldman_gamer · March 16th, 2008

I have a complete backup of XP home.I think it has SP2 with it....if you can use it,I can mail it quickly...2 days,maybe 3.

**Hitman** · March 16th, 2008

PM me I might have a solution for you.

March 15th, 2008	#1
PTRMAN Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 716	XP Home fails! Old HP won't boot up. XP Home fails, even safe mode. Don't have XP disk (cheap HP build!) and pc is far out of warranty. Is there anything I can do short of buying and installing new XP pro? I don't really want to pay some crazy fee to HP for the to fix this. any thoughts?

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MantaBase Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 322 Blog Entries: 2	Re: XP Home fails! The buran is correct - HP uses a recovery partition. Check their support site for info. Warning: You will lose all data - so use Ubuntu or knoppix or something to BU the data first.

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PTRMAN Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 716	Re: XP Home fails! Thanks. I'll try that.

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PTRMAN Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 716	Re: XP Home fails! Might have to go that route. F11 brought me to "WAIT", but then nothing happened. No disk activity. Restarting led to same problems as before. Safe mode keeps restarting. Normal start mode gets me partway through login but then BSOD which is gone too fast for me to read - can't find any bios setitngs to stop it restarting at BSOD. F11 now brings me right to BIOS. Running out of patience. Besides paying HP to fix, any other thoughts? Is there any way to make my own boot disk, so I could at least figure out what the problems are?

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Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,056	Re: XP Home fails! If you know someone with a XP Home disc your cd key should work.

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