hey yahoo-ers

i was wondering what will happen if i reinstall windows with a different recovery disk…do you get a certain monthly limit on how long to use it before it expires or what

any help will be appreciated

I have a new HP Pavilion A6550in with windows Vista home basic preloaded. Within a few days I began to get start up repair every time I turned on the PC. It also got the blue screen. It says "your computer has been turned off to prevent damage to your computer" and loads all the physical memory on the hard disk.Then the hard disk got problems.Then the service person changed RAM, Hard disk, Motherboard and graphics card one after the other. I reloaded the OS form the recovery disk we created. Even then now I am getting the Blue screen. What could have been the problem and is there any solution?

I have an IBM ThinkCentre and i am worried that someday something will happen and I will have to reinstall windows. The only problem is that it didn’t come with a recovery disk. Where can I get one?

I’m told you have to make your own recovery disk for windows 7, but with that disk can you restore the computer to "factory state".(How it was when it was new, meaning delete everything)

I think I have 2 Windows XP Home OS in my computer. I need to delete the bad one.

My Windows XP Home would not run after I had loaded a PC game, and I used my CD Recovery disk. During the reload process, the program would not accept the license key saying it is not valid. However, I managed to complete the recovery process. Now, at start-up a DOS display is asking to select one of the same Windows XP Home editions listed. I selected the first one (done by the recovery). My Windows XP works but now I always get a message saying Windows is not genuine and that I must activate it (and I have x-number of days to do it). I think, somehow, the earlier defective Windows was not deleted (license key still active) when the C-drive was reformatted and now I have 2 instances of Windows XP Home in my computer. How do I delete the bad OS, and so I can use my license key again? Or, do I have a different problem?

I made recovery disk for my windows vista home basic last year and tonight i wanna recover my laptop and when i restart my computer with the disk inside,the recovery disks dont load,help me please

My laptop was messed up…So I thought I should do a computer recovery(im not computer savvy, so I’m not sure what I did or if I should of done it ) anyway…My computer seems like it is back to normal except I cant connect to my wireless router. In fact, I dont even see my old program that let me search for wireless networks in the area-it’s gone.
My router is a Linksys, would my best bet be to just call Linksys customer service and have them connect me? Or is there something that would be easier and less time consuming?
The geek squad at best buy left a disk labeled "customizer 351" in my laptop when they previously had itto change the hard drive. Could I use this disk to help me? Or should I return it?
Anyway, my laptop is a Gateway…um and I’m just trying to connect to my wireless router after I did a full system recovery or reboot or whatever it’s called….if you need more info then feel free to e-mail me…any help would be great since I’m stuck using the interenet at mylibrary…or drivign an hour to my mothers house to use her computer…please help!
Any clue on how to install the wifi driver?
is it involved with my recovery disk? haha I am just so confused, I probably should of left my laptop all messed up….
alright well I put in the disk to install that stuff but it says "error 302" and I remmeber that happening the first time I tried settting itup….I’m gonna have to call Linksys I suppose…

So i got Windows Recovery Disks and i can use them to recover my vista along with the Vista CD? but there is a recovery disk creator thing. Im not sure? any info would help thank.

I have Reinstalled windows xp on my laptop using a recovery disk how do I install Service Pack 3, My laptop has sp2 on it

I have a laptop that I’ve been trying to restore to its factory settings which is a Compaq Armada (I don’t know which one exactly) and it runs in Windows XP. I don’t have a recovery disk (except for the Service Pack) and I’m not sure if I’m capable of burning recovery disks. Does anyone know how to make recovery disks and/or restore it to its factory settings (step-by-step guide)?

I really want to just reset the whole laptop as if it was just bought brand new. And for some odd reason, the firewall settings cannot be found.

What does the windows vista recovery disk do…?
What can it do…?

I have other questions open, in relation to this question…

My laptop went through a Recovery Disk procedure. It was the laptop I used to install a wireless router. I have a cable modem for my internet service. I know that the router and modem still work perfectly cuz I used a different laptop to access my internet service using the WEP key I assigned previously. However, my original laptop doesnt connect to the internet service automatically anymore, and I have to type in the WEP everytime to gain access. How do I save the WEP on my original laptop? Or, do I have to go thru configuring my wireless router again?

Hi, I got a recovery disk for a windows vista 64 bit system from torrent, this was back in 2008 and I am not sure if it will work with the new Service Pack 2 update. Thank you!

I had a problem with my computer
it kept telling me, no boot service avaliable.
sata0 installed
sata1 installed
sata2 none
sata3 none

Then i put in a disk, i think it was a recovery disk.
now its tellinng me to install windows.
will i lose all my files if i do this?
i also have the option of repairing my computer
but i have to pick a file.

How do I restore my computer to factory defaults? I have been having problems and I need to do this. (XP service pack 3).

BTW~ It didn’t come with a start up/recovery disk.

I am having computer problems and need to bring it in for service, I am afraid that I am going to have to run a recovery disk in which I would lose everything on my hard drive. So I am wanting to do a mirror image (not just a back up because I don’t want to lose some of my programs) of my hard drive onto my external hard drive before I bring it in as a safety measure.

I know it is possible to do, but the only person I know who has done this had it done by a professional service. Is there a way I can do this at home? If so, how?

I had Windows XP which I ran recovery disk on with no probelm. I have those. I upgraded to Windows Vista. When I try to run recovery disks, (STODD.dll) comes up to stop the process. Can anyone tell me how to override or correct this so I can make a Windows Vista Recovery disk and keep up to date.

a lot of viruses I mean alot and pops and windows wont close down corectly etec etc etc should I unintall all that before putting in recovery disk

I went on the Acer website and tried to find a number I could call but had no luck… I seemed to have lost my recovery disk for my computer. Does anyone know where i can go to order a new one?? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanx!!

I want to create a recovery disk of my windows so that later i can reinstall the windows from recovery disk.

My computer was not running properly so I decided that it was time to use the recovery disk and restore it to original settings. However the disk does not work. It wiped everything off of my laptop and then doesnt let me reinstall anything so my computer wont even start. (I just took the disk out of the box tonight so I know it was damaged from the factory). Unfortunately my computer is a month past warranty so they want to charge me to talk to someone or to spend 0+ to send it in and get diagnosed + additional fee to fix it. No service centers in my state either and I cant figure out how to get it to reboot from the startup menu, its not f8 like normal. please help. thank you

I want to use my recovery disk drive for music, so im planning on deleting everything on it, but if i have recovery disk, will i still be able to recover without the disk drive

I am using an hp pavilion dv2403 tx model notebook since January ;downgrade it to win xp frm preloaded vista.Now my created recovery disk is not working(hp dont provide).I see to their web site that hp do not provide disk free with notebook but provide it in case of error in owners created disk for additional charge.But they give it to only U.S ,Europe and some rich countries. In a poor country like Bangladseh have no available service.They have many customers there but why there is such a discrepancy?

i need to wipe clean my pc, but dont have a recovery disk. Where do i get one?

I have a windows xp laptop. I installed windows 98 onto it (Dont Ask) with an old setup disk I had. I wanted to go back to windows xp and I called up the computer company. When I get the RECOVERY disk for the original version of xp, will it work as the setup disk for it?