I am trying to reformat my hard drive, and Laptop has built in restore. I try restore, but get an invalid registry error of somekind and get a blue screen. I don't have a recovery disk. Anyone know what I can do?
2007-04-15 06:06:58 · 6 answers · asked by WEEZ 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I am trying to reformat, not restore..
It has the built in feature, but does not work..used to.. I get invalid registry error when I hit F11 to try and reformat..Did not come with a disk because it is built in
2007-04-15 06:50:55 · update #1
Have you tried creating a new restore point? I've never been a fan of the restore feature but it seems to work for some.
If your laptop is still under warranty, call the manufacturer. If not, find yourself a copy of XP, do a low level format (fdisk) and start over ;)
2007-04-15 06:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by ojann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be a recovery system on the hard disk if you had no XP cd. Using a function key should allow you to boot from the recovery partition and do a clean install. If you ask it for this it should work. Otherwise you may need to get a new XP disk.
2007-04-15 06:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact your manufacturer. some of them don't give you restore disks for a reason, they put Xp and all the restore info on a hidden partition on your hard drive. a key combination on the keyboard while it boots will restore your computer to it's orgional configuration. check with them and see if your laptop is one of those machines. if it didn't come with restore cd's that's probably what's going on.
2007-04-15 06:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either you are WAAAAYYYYYYY confused or you've written your question to confuse me. Do you know the difference in restore and reformat????
Just tell me what the problem is that you're trying to fix and I'll try to help
2007-04-15 06:10:34 · answer #4 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the XP installation disk, you can just reformat uoyr hard drive, wiping out whatever was on the drive, including your problem.
2007-04-15 06:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by Kash M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didnt learn all of it, yet enable me say this. Get domicile domicile windows XP expert CD, and interior the setting up, do away with and format all partitions until finally you have all in unpartioned area. setting up XP in that area, and be confident your laptop, indoors, is amazingly sparkling, attempt making use of a blower. in case you have archives, attempt taking the HDD to a distinctive laptop, boot from different stress and take them out. Then format.
2016-11-24 20:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋