Need Help: I Screwed Up Restoring Vista From OS Disc

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piney

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So I had a virus and long story short I was made to restore my system from the OS Disc that came with my laptop. Somehow I royally screwed things up and deleted my back-up restore drive D. All I have in the Computer Folder is Drive C and the D drive is now my DVD/CD drive.

In addition all I had when Windows started up was an icon for the recycle bin.

It seems everything is wiped out.

I backed-up my personal files but none of the software.

So, how can I fix this? How do I create a new back-up restore partition?

Any Ideas?
 

My Computer

System One

Did you just reformat the drive or did you repartition the drive too.

The recycle bin is the only icon that shows up on the desktop when you first start windows, you need the click the start button and right click on computer, user name to make those icon show on the desktop.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq Presario/SR5113WM
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N68-LA
    Memory
    PNY Optima Memory DDR2 2GB 2x1 kit
    Graphics Card(s)
    PNY Nvidia 8400 GS 256MB
    Sound Card
    On board RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X163W LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 160 GB SATA 3G (3.0Gb/sec)
    7200 rpm
    Western Digital 160 GB IDE
    PSU
    Dynex 400w
    Case
    Nothin Special
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Standard 102 key with volume and sleep buttons
    Mouse
    Wireless Logitech LX7
    Internet Speed
    Comcrap 10mb cable
    Other Info
    Insignia 2.1 speakers, wireless Xbox 360 controller w/plug n play charger, Belkin wireless G + mimo usb network adapter.
I believe I may have repartitioned the drive...

When I tried to restore the system it told me there wasn't enough free memory to do so, and somehow I deleted the drives...not what was on them..

I assume I need a restore or back-up drive...how do I replace it?
 

My Computer

System One

Need your system specs
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq Presario/SR5113WM
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N68-LA
    Memory
    PNY Optima Memory DDR2 2GB 2x1 kit
    Graphics Card(s)
    PNY Nvidia 8400 GS 256MB
    Sound Card
    On board RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X163W LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 160 GB SATA 3G (3.0Gb/sec)
    7200 rpm
    Western Digital 160 GB IDE
    PSU
    Dynex 400w
    Case
    Nothin Special
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Standard 102 key with volume and sleep buttons
    Mouse
    Wireless Logitech LX7
    Internet Speed
    Comcrap 10mb cable
    Other Info
    Insignia 2.1 speakers, wireless Xbox 360 controller w/plug n play charger, Belkin wireless G + mimo usb network adapter.
mansrm81 said:
Need your system specs
Click to expand...


I appreciate your help and patience..because you will feel like you may be talking to a ten year old....


how do I get my specs to give you? what exactly are you looking for so I know I give you the information you require and don't waste your time
 

My Computer

System One

Right click your computer icon on your desktop. Tell me what windows edition system type 32bit or 64 bit, processor, ram, video card which you can get from device manager under display adapters.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq Presario/SR5113WM
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N68-LA
    Memory
    PNY Optima Memory DDR2 2GB 2x1 kit
    Graphics Card(s)
    PNY Nvidia 8400 GS 256MB
    Sound Card
    On board RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X163W LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 160 GB SATA 3G (3.0Gb/sec)
    7200 rpm
    Western Digital 160 GB IDE
    PSU
    Dynex 400w
    Case
    Nothin Special
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Standard 102 key with volume and sleep buttons
    Mouse
    Wireless Logitech LX7
    Internet Speed
    Comcrap 10mb cable
    Other Info
    Insignia 2.1 speakers, wireless Xbox 360 controller w/plug n play charger, Belkin wireless G + mimo usb network adapter.
mansrm81 said:
Right click your computer icon on your desktop. Tell me what windows edition system type 32bit or 64 bit, processor, ram, video card which you can get from device manager under display adapters.
Click to expand...

32bit
AMD Athlon 64xdual core processor TK-53 1.70 GHz
959MB
NVIDIA GeForce Go6100

a very basic system I would suppose...

again, I guess I deleted my Recovery Drive D when re-installing the operating system....
 

My Computer

System One

Do you remember how big the recovery partition was? Also how big is your hard drive?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq Presario/SR5113WM
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N68-LA
    Memory
    PNY Optima Memory DDR2 2GB 2x1 kit
    Graphics Card(s)
    PNY Nvidia 8400 GS 256MB
    Sound Card
    On board RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X163W LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 160 GB SATA 3G (3.0Gb/sec)
    7200 rpm
    Western Digital 160 GB IDE
    PSU
    Dynex 400w
    Case
    Nothin Special
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Standard 102 key with volume and sleep buttons
    Mouse
    Wireless Logitech LX7
    Internet Speed
    Comcrap 10mb cable
    Other Info
    Insignia 2.1 speakers, wireless Xbox 360 controller w/plug n play charger, Belkin wireless G + mimo usb network adapter.
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