how to perform a system recovery on a compaq presario c500 without a disc?

Question

the disk drive for my laptop doesnt work so i cant use a recovery disc, i've already put everything i need to an external hard drive but i just need to figure out how to recover it to factory settings. this laptop is pretty much my life, without it i wont be able to do my work, i'm a producer so i need my computer for work.

i would appreciate any help, thank you.

Answer 1

Hey,

you try the following steps and let me know if they were of any help or not.



Turn on the computer.



When the initial blue HP screen appears, press the F10 key repeatedly until a recovery menu appears. The progress indicator that first appears does not indicate that a recovery is taking place. The progress indicator represents the time before the recovery process is started.



When the Recovery screen appears, click Next, and then click Yes to perform a normal, non-destructive recovery.



To perform a destructive recovery, click Advanced, and then click Yes.



CAUTION: A destructive recovery will format the hard drive. This will delete all the information on the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP and the original software that came with the computer.



After the System Recovery is complete, the computer restarts and continues into Windows setup. Complete the setup screens and wait until the computer finishes the setup.





NOTE: It may take a long time to complete Windows setup. This time varies



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Answer 2

When you say disk drive I assume you are talking about the CD/DVD drive (and not the hard drive, which would make this endeavor worthless).



Short of pulling out your hard drive and plugging it into another computer with a working DVD drive, the only way to restore to factory settings is with Restore/Recovery discs. You'll need to get an external CD/DVD.



See if you can borrow/purchase an external CD/DVD drive, preferrably one with a USB connection. Hook it up. Install drivers if you need to by downloading from the I-net. Then pop the system recovery discs into the external. You should be on the road out of the woods by now.

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