Comments on: HP Recovery http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/08/01/hp-recovery/ Computer repair and troubleshooting by PCTechBytes Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:36:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/08/01/hp-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Dave Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:31:32 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=632#comment-585 It certainly shouldn't take that long. It should only take about an hour. I am shocked they didn't do this for you. I would take the disk out and see if you get to the normal desktop. If you continue to have problems, make them send the tech back out. It certainly shouldn’t take that long. It should only take about an hour. I am shocked they didn’t do this for you. I would take the disk out and see if you get to the normal desktop. If you continue to have problems, make them send the tech back out.

]]> By: Gail http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/08/01/hp-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Gail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:53:49 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=632#comment-584 My Hard Drive crashed and through warranty the shop put a new hard drive in. I was told to get the recovery CDs for my computer and that all I had to do was put them in and turn my computer on. I did that and it loaded the cd and reboot the computer. It came up and there was one icon on the desktop. I thought it was done. but then I noticed a little progress bar and it slowly went across reboot the computer and another icon was added to the desktop. After a couple of reboots I went to bed and it is now the morning and the computer is still rebooting over and over. It doesn't look like it is adding more icons but I wonder how long is this going to continue? My Hard Drive crashed and through warranty the shop put a new hard drive in. I was told to get the recovery CDs for my computer and that all I had to do was put them in and turn my computer on. I did that and it loaded the cd and reboot the computer. It came up and there was one icon on the desktop. I thought it was done. but then I noticed a little progress bar and it slowly went across reboot the computer and another icon was added to the desktop. After a couple of reboots I went to bed and it is now the morning and the computer is still rebooting over and over. It doesn’t look like it is adding more icons but I wonder how long is this going to continue?

]]> By: Dave http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/08/01/hp-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Dave Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:56:28 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=632#comment-568 You could, but you can also fixe the wired connection. If you look in the control panel under System, then hardware, then device manager, you probably see unknown devices. One is your network adapter. You need to get the driver from a disk or use another PC to download it from the manufacturer's website. You can even try deleting it from here and reboot. It might decide to load the driver on its own. You could, but you can also fixe the wired connection. If you look in the control panel under System, then hardware, then device manager, you probably see unknown devices. One is your network adapter. You need to get the driver from a disk or use another PC to download it from the manufacturer’s website. You can even try deleting it from here and reboot. It might decide to load the driver on its own.

]]> By: Cyndi http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/08/01/hp-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-567 Cyndi Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:39:49 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=632#comment-567 Dave: Got the thing to go (da, me) but another problem occurred. No PCI modem anymore. I use DSL but I am connected by an ethernet cable to my computer. Can I just go with a external wireless card like my son? Thanks, Cyndi Dave:

Got the thing to go (da, me) but another problem occurred. No PCI modem anymore. I use DSL but I am connected by an ethernet cable to my computer. Can I just go with a external wireless card like my son?

Thanks,

Cyndi

]]> By: Dave http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/08/01/hp-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Dave Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:02:36 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=632#comment-565 Sounds like a driver issue. make sure all external devices or anything new inside the computer is removed before you begin the process. This is typically a USB problem, so unplug any printers, etc. Sounds like a driver issue. make sure all external devices or anything new inside the computer is removed before you begin the process. This is typically a USB problem, so unplug any printers, etc.

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