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From: M Wade on 12 May 2010 19:42
On 5/12/2010 5:13 PM, peter wrote:
> What you seem to have is a CD that boots the system and then looks
> for the "recovery Partition" that is on the Original HD in order
> to install XP. You will need to contact HP with the model # of
> you system and purchase a Full Recovery CD for a nominal sum.
>
> peter
>
Peter, thank you for your response. The CD I have is labeled
"recovery console, Windows XP Home Edition. I notices that on the first
attempt to do an install one of the options when Windows started was
"recovery console." Unfortunately, I did not chose that but went for a
full repair. It was when I made the second attempt (where I was going
to select the console recovery option that it hangs at the very
beginning with the black screen with the word ""mpresora_) and the hangs
here.

I'll try to contact HP and see if I can get something going there.

Marv
From: Daave on 12 May 2010 23:02
M Wade wrote:
> I have an older HP system that had a hard disk failure. I am
> attempting to recreate XP on the system. I installed an new HDand I
> have the Recovery Console CD.

There's your problem.

That particular CD will only work with the *original* hard drive (which
contains all the files necessary for an HP/XP "recovery").

This is the biggest flaw to this particular method of "recovery" or
reinstallation. If the hard drive is shot, you're screwed!

You need to contact HP. Hopefully they are still supporting this
particular model and can ship you a full-fledged Windows XP installation
CD.

Otherwise you may obtain (not necessarily easy if you don't know a
computer tech or hobbyist!) a generic OEM XP installation CD. The type
of XP (e.g., Home or Pro) must match the license that it on the
Certificate of Authenticity (COA) sticker that is probably affixed
somehwere on the case of this PC. When it is time to enter the Product
Key, you normally (with a few exceptions) need to enter the Key on this
COA sticker.


From: Richard in AZ on 13 May 2010 11:39

"Daave" <daave(a)example.com> wrote in message news:%23wD74ik8KHA.1560(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>M Wade wrote:
>> I have an older HP system that had a hard disk failure. I am
>> attempting to recreate XP on the system. I installed an new HDand I
>> have the Recovery Console CD.
>
> There's your problem.
>
> That particular CD will only work with the *original* hard drive (which contains all the files
> necessary for an HP/XP "recovery").
>
> This is the biggest flaw to this particular method of "recovery" or reinstallation. If the hard
> drive is shot, you're screwed!
>
> You need to contact HP. Hopefully they are still supporting this particular model and can ship you
> a full-fledged Windows XP installation CD.
>
> Otherwise you may obtain (not necessarily easy if you don't know a computer tech or hobbyist!) a
> generic OEM XP installation CD. The type of XP (e.g., Home or Pro) must match the license that it
> on the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) sticker that is probably affixed somehwere on the case of
> this PC. When it is time to enter the Product Key, you normally (with a few exceptions) need to
> enter the Key on this COA sticker.
Or, you could go to www.restoredisks.com and see if they have a set of disks for that model.
They will sell you a set of disks that do the same thing as the disks supplied by HP, but they have
most of the older models in stock.
Their charge is typically less than $30 USD.


From: Daave on 13 May 2010 11:58
Richard in AZ wrote:

> Or, you could go to www.restoredisks.com and see if they have a set
> of disks for that model. They will sell you a set of disks that do the
> same thing as the disks
> supplied by HP, but they have most of the older models in stock.
> Their charge is typically less than $30 USD.

Excellent suggestion, Richard. I had forgotten about that site!

(Then again, the recovery disk might very well come with all that
obnoxious trialware and crapware. :-( )


From: Mark Adams on 13 May 2010 13:53


"M Wade" wrote:

> On 5/12/2010 5:19 PM, Mark Adams wrote:
> >
> >
> > "M Wade" wrote:
> >
> >> I have an older HP system that had a hard disk failure. I am attempting
> >> to recreate XP on the system. I installed an new HDand I have the
> >> Recovery Console CD.
> >>
> >> On my first attempt the system r4cognized the CD and gave several
> >> options to do a repair. I chose the Install XP option and the system
> >> paused for short while and then displayed the message that Windows XP
> >> was not found on the system.
> >>
> >> I retried again planning do select the option for a Console recovery but
> >> all I get is black screen with the word "mpresora" and a flashing
> >> underline mark at at the top left of the screen. If I press ENTER I
> >> get a pause and then the same word and flashing underline character.
> >>
> >> I would appreciate any ideas anyone might have to how I should proceed.
> >>
> >> Marv
> >> .
> >>
> >
> > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
> Thank you for the response. I looked at this site but it assumes that I
> have an existing version of XP on the system. Obviously I cannot run XP
> adviser since I cannot get past the point where the word "mpresors_"
> appears.
>
> .
>

You also have to have a Windows XP install disk. "Recovery" disks don't use
this procedure.
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