Reply to this if there is anything not too clear. As far as ME on one of these machines or 98, you will probably have to use the recovery disks to do such a task. If you are running XP insert the XP disk. If you are trying to recover an existing Operating system, you will probably need a setup disk of the OS.

Dont expect to recover any Data on the HDD It will be wiped clean. restart the machine, put in what ever Operating disk CDROM you want to install, the Bios will give a quick message that there is an IDE update confirmation and it will restart itself, and the startup process will start from there. plug it all back in, leaving the secondary IDE slot on the motherboard bare. If it says Single/ Master/ Slave, set it to Master. Some HDDs have Master and Master w/ slave and slave. Make sure the HDD is set to Master, Not single. plug the CDROM into the same strip as the HDD in the slave IDE connection. There was a problem with the CDROM not reading at all when both were hooked up the way they were supposed to be. Ok I just succesfully recovered a Compaq 5000 series today. When you can access the Windows desktop, immediately enable the Firewall, download important updates, and set a restore point. This time varies and may take over an hour, depending on the amount of files that were stored in the user account folders (Like My Documents and the Desktop).

NOTE: It may take a long time to complete Windows setup. Complete the setup screens and wait until the computer finishes the setup. This will delete all the information on the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP and the original software that came with the computer.Īfter the System Recovery is complete, the computer restarts and continues into Windows setup. To perform a destructive recovery, click Advanced, and then click Yes.ĬAUTION: A destructive recovery will format the hard drive. When the Recovery screen appears, click Next, and then click Yes to perform a normal, non-destructive recovery. The progress indicator represents the time before the recovery process is started. The progress indicator that first appears does not indicate that a recovery is taking place. When the initial blue HP screen appears, press the F10 key repeatedly until a recovery menu appears.

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