rouge
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This laptop was working perfectly, and I had just sold it today so I cleaned the drive using KillDisk which I used on an HP Desktop a few weeks ago with no problems (The desktop's discs installed it to factory condition without a hitch). Now I am attempting to reinstall Vista using the recovery cds on an HP Pavilion 6810us.
First off, I get the system recovery disc error "this pc is not supported by the sytem recovery discs error message". Perhaps I've updated the bios and this is the problem with the discs not being recognized by the bios any longer or maybe the extra stick of ram? Not sure, but I then tried to install a copy of Windows XP, thinking I could maybe at least get that OS on there, and during the installation setup reports that it cannot copy each file starting with the first file it tried to copy.
Now, after killing the install of WinXp upon trying to boot with the XP repair disc I get the "NTLDR is missing Press ctrl+Alt+Del" msg and I never make it to the "Press any key to boot from CD" option (Yes, I made sure the bios boot options start with CD/DVD drive, and even have a external CD/DVD drive as an option, but apparently its not seeing either drive has a disc in it).
This was in the shop over two years ago, it reported had its mobo replaced while under warranty. I was having problems with the optical drive then too, and then the sound card failed to be recognized. Maybe the mobo is toast again but I've hardly even used the dang thing since it was repaired.
Is this laptop a paper weight?
Any way to jar it into remembering it has a cd drive (two in fact)?
First off, I get the system recovery disc error "this pc is not supported by the sytem recovery discs error message". Perhaps I've updated the bios and this is the problem with the discs not being recognized by the bios any longer or maybe the extra stick of ram? Not sure, but I then tried to install a copy of Windows XP, thinking I could maybe at least get that OS on there, and during the installation setup reports that it cannot copy each file starting with the first file it tried to copy.
Now, after killing the install of WinXp upon trying to boot with the XP repair disc I get the "NTLDR is missing Press ctrl+Alt+Del" msg and I never make it to the "Press any key to boot from CD" option (Yes, I made sure the bios boot options start with CD/DVD drive, and even have a external CD/DVD drive as an option, but apparently its not seeing either drive has a disc in it).
This was in the shop over two years ago, it reported had its mobo replaced while under warranty. I was having problems with the optical drive then too, and then the sound card failed to be recognized. Maybe the mobo is toast again but I've hardly even used the dang thing since it was repaired.
Is this laptop a paper weight?
Any way to jar it into remembering it has a cd drive (two in fact)?