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Re-image Compaq V6000 with Vista

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by miekemw

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What is the best method to reimage a v6000 while keeping Vista on it if I don't have a Vista CD? I have a XP CD but it seems like there are ways to wipe the machine and put vista on it still without a disc. HELP!

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by thechas

The first question is did this laptop come with Vista installed?

If so, this HP page might help.

http://tinyurl.com/lrm9b4

Basically, if there is a recovery partition on the hard drive, you can recover the original configuration without a Windows CD.

If there is not a recovery partition, or you wish to use a different version of Windows than shipped on the PC, you need an OS disk.

Chas

by miekemw

I guess I'll just have to keep trying, that website is very helpful, thanks. I tried to make the recovery disc and it wouldn't write to the CD-R. So, I just have to keep trying! Thanks for the info though!

by balge

hi
do you mean the writer failed or the system wouldn't allow you to make the disks? plus you need a DVD for Vista just won't fit on a CD
cheers!

by thumbsup2

If you don't have a drive that is capable of writing, it can't write to it. CD-R is a read only drive. Are you sure you don't have a CD-RW drive?

What errors do you get when it attempts to write the recovery disks?

edited to add: oh yeah, like previously stated, you need a DVD-RW to create Vista disks.

by miekemw

All they have is a DVD-R, will that work? I'm in a very rural location at my family's place so I'm sorta stuck with what they have available. They only have CD-R and DVD-R, no RWs.

by miekemw

The error I get when I try to create the disc, even on DVD-R, says "cannot create discs. the recovery partition could not be found. Exit PC recovery disc creator and contact support"

by balge

hi
if it was originally Vista it cant be that old, was only released '07? shouldn't be a problem
DVD-RW - are you sure the drive is DVD-RW compatible at all? doesn't sound like it..
have you tried to accesss the recovery partition?(F11 during boot)
cheers!

by miekemw

so on that website it says that if the computer is a couple of years old HP probably won't be able to supply the discs... this laptop is at least 3 years old. I tried just burning files to the CD R, just to test it to see if the drive even burns. It sat and "formatted" for a long time and then finally said that the disc could not be formatted, could it be the drive itself? It says RW, disc complete, and DVD multi recorder on it, so I assumed that it wouldn't matter if the disc was R or RW

I mentioned XP earlier because I DO have XP discs, so I could just wipe the laptop and put XP on it, but since he's had Vista the whole time, I would like to keep it that way if possible.

by miekemw

He said it came with Vista on it originally... and I only have DVD-R, no DVD-RW
It has a RW symbol on it as well as a DVD Multi Recorder??
I've tried the F11 thing but can't get it to do anything, i can press esc and get into bios but that is it

by balge

hi
well I should try to get the HP disks, if you cant wait, then you might check this out -

http://www.computercare.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=2816

never tried it...

otherwise - yes the DVD-RW on the drive means it should be RW capable
cant use RW for backup, just R though
you could look for an alternative backup program - I use Acronis
cheers

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