Trying to reboot an HP desktop (Pav a6554f) w/ Vista Home Premium...
Downloaded the Easy Recovery software and when I insert the CD I made to the PC I get a screen I think is correct:
Easy Recovery Center for Windows
Easy Recovery Essentials
Welcome to Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows........
Select a recovery option:
Automated repair
Browse/Back Up files
Partition editor
Internet/Browser
Launch Command Line
If I try auto repair I get "unable to find any valid Windows partitions on this computer... try to manually recover with testdisk at the command line
When I launch the 'command line' option I get an EasyRE Command Line dialogue box with the prompt sh-4.2#
When I type testdisk and get that screen to appear and select 'create a new log file the next screen only displays the following under
Select a Media (use arrow keys, then press enter)
Under that heading the only available option is
>Disk /dev/sda - 8388 KB / 8192 KiB - Linux scsi debug
Also - if I select from the main menu screen browse/back up files I am not seeing any other than the ones I believe go with Easy Recovery
I'm a little lost following the instructions and not getting where I think I should be...
Can anyone provide any direction / instruction?
Thank you!
Addendum
After running through the processes I could and thinking I was 'stuck' I removed the recovery CD and then was able to access windows repair utility when I attempted to reboot - it ran for awhile and then the PC booted up correctly???
How do I figure out what is causing this intermittent issue that causes the blue screen to appear and make the machine unbootable?
The typical blue screen error ends in 7E which I think is a driver issue?
Downloaded the Easy Recovery software and when I insert the CD I made to the PC I get a screen I think is correct:
Easy Recovery Center for Windows
Easy Recovery Essentials
Welcome to Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows........
Select a recovery option:
Automated repair
Browse/Back Up files
Partition editor
Internet/Browser
Launch Command Line
If I try auto repair I get "unable to find any valid Windows partitions on this computer... try to manually recover with testdisk at the command line
When I launch the 'command line' option I get an EasyRE Command Line dialogue box with the prompt sh-4.2#
When I type testdisk and get that screen to appear and select 'create a new log file the next screen only displays the following under
Select a Media (use arrow keys, then press enter)
Under that heading the only available option is
>Disk /dev/sda - 8388 KB / 8192 KiB - Linux scsi debug
Also - if I select from the main menu screen browse/back up files I am not seeing any other than the ones I believe go with Easy Recovery
I'm a little lost following the instructions and not getting where I think I should be...
Can anyone provide any direction / instruction?
Thank you!
Addendum
After running through the processes I could and thinking I was 'stuck' I removed the recovery CD and then was able to access windows repair utility when I attempted to reboot - it ran for awhile and then the PC booted up correctly???
How do I figure out what is causing this intermittent issue that causes the blue screen to appear and make the machine unbootable?
The typical blue screen error ends in 7E which I think is a driver issue?