Did you system come with Vista or did it come with XP and you got the free
Vista upgrade after Vista was released?
Since you did no make a set of recovery DVDs when you got the system I
suggest that you contact HP support, I think you can get a set for a very
minimal charge from them.
"Emerald Saint" <xp.student@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4vWdnUyr9ualkrjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@xxxxxx
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> 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
>>>
>> >
>