My warranty has expired, HP wants to charge me for recovery disks because I've already used up my one "free" recovery, according to HP rep. Error messages are "NTDLR is missing". And "SETUPREG.HIV could not be loaded". I have access to the BIOS settings which have returned to original "optimized/default" settings at time created. XP comes installed in this computer. So "just installing WXP CD" -not option. Can I manipulate the BIOS settings so pc recognizes hard drive? Thank you. I'm .
2006-12-06 08:00:41 · 4 answers · asked by Virginia 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
this is another reason why one should never buy a cookie cutter pc.
If XP was installed when you got the computer and an XP or a system recovery disk was not included you will need to either go out and buy a full version of xp OR If you know someone that has a HP OEM recovery disk you may be able to use that .
2006-12-06 08:27:34 · answer #1 · answered by rsist34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The BIOS has nothing to do with the problem. Don't you have a recovery partition on the drive? Read the manual on how to use it. If it isn't working and you don't have a Windows CD, you're going to have to get one and run a "repair installation"
2006-12-06 08:09:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-30 05:38:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drive access isn't the issue. NTLDR is one of the startup files. The SETUPREG.HIV is a corrupt registry issue.
You need the recovery CD's to fix it.
I hate Compaq's...
2006-12-06 08:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋