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| 620503 | 2007-12-12 06:01:00 | I've got a crappy PC Company computer, with a recovery partition, that I want to use to restore the PC after a failed XP - SP2 update. Any ideas how to get it to restore. I can see the partition with Knoppix, so I know it has a recovery partition and run thru a few F10, F12 combos at bootup with no luck. Thanks people. |
Ferg (2559) | ||
| 620504 | 2007-12-12 06:04:00 | first I ever heard of that .......all pc co comps I've seen just were supplied with a 'recovery cd' which was in fact simply an xp cd rebadged....... I belive it's possible to use 'system restore' from the recovery console but i'm too lazy to find the info for you lol.......something about getting to c:........then exectuing restrui.exe ?...... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 620505 | 2007-12-12 06:04:00 | Does it say what key to press on the post screen? Maybe down the bottom right. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 620506 | 2007-12-12 06:14:00 | Fingers crosses, I've just got it going again, and manged to get into Add/Remove programs, and it's removing SP2 as we speak. If it doesn't crash might work, but it's still a mystery on the repair partition. May not be PC Company, theres a program in there called PC Depot help. Maybe it's them. And Speedy, no guide at startup what to push |
Ferg (2559) | ||
| 620507 | 2007-12-12 06:19:00 | first I ever heard of that .......all pc co comps I've seen just were supplied with a 'recovery cd' which was in fact simply an xp cd rebadged....... Ditto - never seen a recovery partition yet on a PC company Computer - not to say they didn't later on before they closed - just never seen one. But they did have a rebranded XP CD, and usually another 1 or 2 CD's containing drivers / Software. When you say I can see the partition with Knoppix Knoppix should see a data /image file there , Does it show as having one ? Drcspy - is this the command you were talking about in safe mode with command prompt : Run System Restore in Command Prompt 1. Boot into Safe mode with Command Prompt – Keep Pressing F8 at start-up then with the arrow keys select Safe mode with Command prompt. 2. At the command prompt, type C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe Press Enter. Follow the instructions given to perform the System Restore process. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 620508 | 2007-12-12 06:26:00 | Knoppix shows it as a drive, so thats why I suspect that it is a partition, and there are files in there such as Autoexec.bat and restore, thats what makes me think it's a recovery partition. (And check this out ... I went to Google PC Depot after I made the previous post, and Google had already picked this post up, after three minutes. :nerd: That's some spidering.) |
Ferg (2559) | ||
| 620509 | 2007-12-12 06:27:00 | 1. Boot into Safe mode with Command Prompt – Keep Pressing F8 at start-up then with the arrow keys select Safe mode with Command prompt. 2. At the command prompt, type C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe Press Enter. Follow the instructions given to perform the System Restore process. __________________ yeh..........but i was under the impression you could run it from recovery console and poster #1 sorry but I thought you couldn't even get to windows ......otherwise i'd have suggested 'add remove progs' also.... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 620510 | 2007-12-12 06:45:00 | Have you tried F11. Most of the pcs at my work have a separate partition for recovery and restore. All I do is just hit F11 as the pc starts and it goes into the IBM restore and recovery screen and I just follow the options from there. Also try hitting "Enter" as the pc boots. | ronyville (10611) | ||
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