The disk boots the PC then I get a message that says the recovery disk is
not supported. The recovery partition does something - I can't say what -
and then reboots - over and over. It's a long story. I decided not to
fiddle with it any longer. There is one possible way that might work. If I
had the boot code for the original MBR I might be able to get the recovery
partition to work. If somebody would send me the MBR from a similar
Pavilion system I might be able to get it going again. But instead I'll
just get a real Vista DVD.
"JW" <JW@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:68335F1B-26B2-4121-A7A8-18BDCACB2C38@xxxxxx
Quote:
> What is preventing you from reinstalling Vista on your PC with your HP
> recovery disks?
> "Emerald Saint" <xp.student@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2MOdnZNS87Ze_LnVnZ2dnUVZ_qqgnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I totally broke the Vista on my HP Pavillion dv2000 laptop. The
>> Pavillion is about 1.5 years old. I am going to buy a Vista installation
>> DVD. OEM DVDs are cheaper. I used OEM versions of WinXP on homebuilt
>> desktop PCs and never had any problem. Are there potential problems
>> using an OEM Vista DVD on a HP Pavillion ? Because it is an HP I wonder
>> if there is some 'proprietary' tricks they have to keep you from using an
>> OEM disk.
>>
>> Also, are some OEM disks made to install on only one kind of PC ?
>>
>> Please tell me what you know. Your help may save me a lot of trouble.
>>
>> TIA
>>
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