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Thread ID: 90112 2008-05-23 11:31:00 New hard drive tonyb (4322) Press F1
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671917 2008-05-23 11:31:00 I have a new harddrive put into my presario v5000 and need a recovery disc.
I created two disc when I originaly got the laptop but all I am getting is
NTLDR is corrupt. The system cannot boot.
the harddrive was fitted by the insurance people but they dont have a restore disc for this modle.
HP want to charge me £25.00 for a disc. Can anyone help
tonyb (4322)
671918 2008-05-23 11:54:00 Welcome to Press F1 Tony

What you can do is get a XP CD from a friend, then using the product key on the back of the laptop install from that.

Go to HP's web site, locate the model of laptop and download the drivers & install.

Usually If the NTLDR is corrupt then the recovery disc's are a bad burn.
wainuitech (129)
671919 2008-05-24 07:59:00 tonyb
Does this error message appear before or after running the recovery process?
jinja_thom (4306)
671920 2008-05-24 09:57:00 When I turn the computer on it shows the compac sign and the message two seconds later it does not let me run any disc tonyb (4322)
671921 2008-05-25 02:43:00 tonyb it sounds like you are still trying to boot off an empty hard disc. to perform a recovery you need to boot the system from the first recovery dvd which must be in the dvd drive before you turn on the machine. jinja_thom (4306)
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