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jharper06 · 05-15-2008, 05:08 PM

Im not a computer wiz so be patient with me. I have a HP Pavillion that was loaded down with a bunch of crap and wanted to reformat it and start over. I couldnt find my restore cds so i just used a plain copy of Windows XP. Everything worked beautifully and the computer worked fine. Then I found the HP Quickrestore cds and for dome dumb reason tried to start over again with them. I put the first disk in and started the restore but the laptop just powered off at about 20% complete. I powered it back on and the same thing keeps happening but at different points. So I tried to put the XP cd back in and it keeps doing the same thing. I even tried pressing the reset button on the bottom of the laptop, removed the battery and AC power and let it sit for a bit. Please help me, Im going crazy here.

05-15-2008, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
jharper06 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Cant restore HP Pavilion ze4400 Im not a computer wiz so be patient with me. I have a HP Pavillion that was loaded down with a bunch of crap and wanted to reformat it and start over. I couldnt find my restore cds so i just used a plain copy of Windows XP. Everything worked beautifully and the computer worked fine. Then I found the HP Quickrestore cds and for dome dumb reason tried to start over again with them. I put the first disk in and started the restore but the laptop just powered off at about 20% complete. I powered it back on and the same thing keeps happening but at different points. So I tried to put the XP cd back in and it keeps doing the same thing. I even tried pressing the reset button on the bottom of the laptop, removed the battery and AC power and let it sit for a bit. Please help me, Im going crazy here. Last edited by jharper06; 05-15-2008 at 05:10 PM.