Will it restore even if its EMACHINE disc and not a HP disc please someone help me thank you
2006-10-12 17:46:33 · 7 answers · asked by CAMMIE 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
No Emachine takes a snapshot of the emachine motherboard and only works with that configuration. At least the machines before Gateway bought them out did.
2006-10-12 18:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by dleemacc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All these computer makers have a proprietary set of disks for their own machines and it will not work. If you can't get a HP disk, consider buying a new install of XP. That is what I did when I started having trouble with HP's version. If you have something really bad go wrong and mess up certain files on the computer the restore disk won't work, because you can't install with it.
Here is something to try, if you haven't already.
Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System restore. Pick a date before you started having the problems you are now having and restore it that way.
2006-10-13 00:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No -first make sure you have backed up ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL FILES
Then you need to find your xp serial - i use magicjellybean keyfinder - write this down and check for a serial number on perhaps a label on your pc
then go here
http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/wxp/
and follow the instructions to recreate the xp install disk as was originally used to install xp on your machine
Note this RECREATES the original windows xp that was installed on your machine - when xp was installed at the factory the xp setup files get copied to your pc to a folder called i386 so as long as you have this you can do it. There is a chance that this folder has been deleted or damaged in which case there may be a i386 folder containing the required files on the recovery disks.
I do this every time i or a friend buys a pc, it's the first thing i do and means you have your own copy of xp if you ever want to reinstall in the future.
2006-10-13 07:54:50 · answer #3 · answered by cjm t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HP computers no1 they have the verry best recover system of all
click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery tools-cd
noW click on
creat the recovery tools cd
use a cd(r) disk ...to creater the pc tools cd
then click next
and wait for it to creat a
system tool recovery cd
do not stop it at all
when the system tools
cd is created your have
a system recovery tools
cd- this cd will reinstall
all the software that came with the pc and
now coz we have reset the software it will
restall the software that is on the pc and
reinstall windows xp home and set it back up
windows xp will be reinstalled and set back up
the
hp-pc-tools cd
this just reinstall's the software that was on the
the hard drive at the time you buy the pc it will also
install windows xp. os .with out asking for the windows xp cd
creat multiple partitioins
2006-10-13 00:56:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it will. I used a Dell disk that I got with a PC a while back to restore Windows to a whitebox when windows crashed a few months ago.
2006-10-13 00:49:49 · answer #5 · answered by SuperDude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no dont do it go and buy u a win xp disc and u wont have any worries or use the recovery program if u r running win xp
2006-10-13 00:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by starchild1701 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely NOT.
2006-10-13 00:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋