I am on my laptop right now, but i want to fix my living room computer. It is a HP Pavilion a819n. I guess i tried installing a Windows Vista Demo, the computer stopped working. I start the computer up and it won't let me do a system restore. I DO NOT HAVE A DISK TO REINSTALL WINDOWS XP. Windows won't start up, it says i need a key, but i installed a demo, and i want my Windows XP back. Is there anyway i can delete everything off of my computer to get it back the way it was? Please help!! I NEED WINDOWS XP BACK!!! I DO NOT HAVE A KEY FOR VISTA!! PLEASE HELP!!!!
2007-02-15 14:24:23 · 4 answers · asked by Zack N 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Knowing HP, you'll probably need to try to do a system recovery. F10 at startup (during the logo screen) should do the trick.
If you deleted the recovery partition, you'll need to order the disks from HP (they aren't free, but they are cheaper than trying to buy XP)
2007-02-15 14:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by wigginsray 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st off...why did you try to install Vista on such a low end PC?
Anyway...
Press the Power button on your computer and repeaditly press F10.
Or look at the HP System Restore instructions below...
2007-02-15 22:30:40 · answer #2 · answered by kmillard92 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tap f8 to get into safe mode.Do a system restore.
2007-02-15 23:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by dleemacc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, this is funny....because you shold never mess around with the recovery system and the D drive in your computer...but anyways....restart the PC and continuesly hit F8 then...after that you will know what to do..
2007-02-15 22:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by hopar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋