Your only option might be to ask EM for a factory recover disk. I dunno if they'll charge you - prob will. Sorry - I just noticed the link I sent for the Ebay disk was drivers only - won't recover the OS. But if you look at your manual (available on the EM support site), it says that a disk is required to access the recovery partition.
Good luck, Donk On 2/24/2013 11:32 AM, a4f4ah64 wrote: > Not really a fix as I discovered most of the 1.7 GB is under a folder that > has the name "APPS" so the remaining space is not enough for windows. There > is "/i386" folder but not much is in it. > Maybe someday someone will figure how to make this eMachines recovery > partition act normal and do a disc-to-disc recovery like just about every > computer is now on the planet. > > --- In A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com, "a4f4ah64" <a4f4ah64@...> wrote: >> I may have found a fix at >> ftp://ftp.senecadata.com/Support/PC%20Angel/WinXP%20Application%20Recovery/ >> In the instructions it shows an image of the same menu folder. >> >> --- In A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com, Donk <d.knieriem@> wrote: >>> I can't explain why... but apparently Emachines wanted to require you to >>> insert their recover CD in order to restore from the recovery >>> partition. I doubt you'll have any luck hacking the partition - might >>> be compressed with proprietary software (but that wouldn't explain the >>> huge size, heh). >>> Anyway, you can check ebay for a restore CD. Here's one I found that >>> might be worth a try - only $5 with free shipping: >>> http://bit.ly/13314Gz >>> >>> Good luck, >>> Donk >>> >>> On 2/18/2013 10:17 PM, a4f4ah64 wrote: >>>> eMachines D3123 > > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
