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  • System Restore
  • Boot Failure
  • HP Pavilion
  • Windows Vista
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March 9, 2014 6:51:05 PM

I was doing a system restore on the kids old hp pavilion when he shut it off. I now have a "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter". we dont have any any of the original disks. I checked the cords and there firmly attached. I tried a vista recovery disk and nothing seemed to happen. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

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March 10, 2014 4:22:50 AM

You will need to reformat the HDD first before the vista recovery disk will work. Are the vista recovery disk you are trying to use for that computer?
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March 11, 2014 12:35:37 PM

Chiisu said:
You will need to reformat the HDD first before the vista recovery disk will work. Are the vista recovery disk you are trying to use for that computer?


To add a little bit of explanation to what Chiisu said. By shutting off the computer during the system restore process you were probably left with a half-broken Windows that will not boot or run properly.

However, I do not recommend that you do a format just yet (as you will lose all your data). Instead you can do a Windows repair as shown here:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-window...

Follow the steps, and when you get to "Figure 6" asking if you want to do a "System Restore" pick yes or "Restore".
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March 11, 2014 12:45:38 PM

KevinAr18 said:
Chiisu said:
You will need to reformat the HDD first before the vista recovery disk will work. Are the vista recovery disk you are trying to use for that computer?


To add a little bit of explanation to what Chiisu said. By shutting off the computer during the system restore process you were probably left with a half-broken Windows that will not boot or run properly.

However, I do not recommend that you do a format just yet (as you will lose all your data). Instead you can do a Windows repair as shown here:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-window...

Follow the steps, and when you get to "Figure 6" asking if you want to do a "System Restore" pick yes or "Restore".


I would go with KevinAR18 suggestion, as I was a bit hasty in my suggestion.
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