Hey Jack, did it not give you the option to create the recovery partition when you reinstalled it? I'm thinking a Dell I recently mangled with Windows did it, or it was part of the recovery platform's programming. Otherwise, I'd think the Recovery Manager would give an option for it somewhere. MSI only gives you the option to create image DVDs for recovery, at least on the four laptops I configured & reconfigured this summer.
Jim Peterson Technology Coordinator Goodnight Memorial Library 203 S. Main St. Franklin, KY 42134 270.586.8397 www.gmpl.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jack Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 9:52 PM To: NLUG Subject: [nlug] Compaq/HP recovery partition - helping others with winders... again Thank you for your tollerance of non-Nix issues... I have a friend I am trying to help with a compaq notebook. The hard drive developed so many bad sectors it couldn't boot, not even the recovery partition. We got a set of the HP system recovery CD's and was able to put an OS on a new disk drive. But he needs to use the HP/Compaq Recovery Manager to restore some things from a backup he made a few months ago. Or at least get a few files from the backup that was made. THE QUESTION: 1) How to build a 'real' compaq recovery partition with recovery manager on it so F11 can boot into recovery manager? 2) OR ... Given a backup that was made with the Compaq recovery manager, how can I get the user files out of the old backup. Thanks... ><> ... Jack BTW, the OS is Vista Home Premium, on a Compaq Presario F700 laptop. I ask these questions here because my frustration with searching the web is becoming apparent even to me! ... JC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
