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CK1 · 06-19-2003, 12:12 PM

Hey...

PROBLEM: __ Trying to restore a laptop HD to factory settings using 3 provided recovery files: retten.exe, retten.000, retten.001. I think these are exe versions of HDCOPY images.__

When I first got my laptop (Medion 6032), it contained 3 partitions (C,D and E). On the E drive there was a folder called /RECOVER which contained 3 files: retten.exe, retten.000 and retten.001.

Apparently, by using a boot up CD and executing retten.exe I would be able to restore the computer to factory settings (windows xp installed, drivers all working, etc.).

I backed up these 3 files over 3 CD's and just copied them back across to a FAT partition on the HD, rebooted and executed retten.exe. It appears this program is mostly in German and after getting to the point where I'm warned 'type 'start' to begin, WARNING DRIVE C: WILL BE FORMATTED' etc. I get the following message...

"Festplatte ist fur HDCOPY schreibgeschutzt, bitte erst freigeben"

I used google to translate this into English...

"Non-removable disk is for HDCOPY write protected, please only releases".

Can any1 help me understand why this isn't working?

The instruction manual doesn't offer any troubleshooting on this and when I try to search google all I can find are links to German forums, etc. which the translator doesn't work too well on.

Please help!!

Thanks in advance, :thmbup:
CK

06-19-2003, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
CK1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Home	[SOLVED] Hd Recovery (hdcopy) Hey... PROBLEM: __ Trying to restore a laptop HD to factory settings using 3 provided recovery files: retten.exe, retten.000, retten.001. I think these are exe versions of HDCOPY images.__ When I first got my laptop (Medion 6032), it contained 3 partitions (C,D and E). On the E drive there was a folder called /RECOVER which contained 3 files: retten.exe, retten.000 and retten.001. Apparently, by using a boot up CD and executing retten.exe I would be able to restore the computer to factory settings (windows xp installed, drivers all working, etc.). I backed up these 3 files over 3 CD's and just copied them back across to a FAT partition on the HD, rebooted and executed retten.exe. It appears this program is mostly in German and after getting to the point where I'm warned 'type 'start' to begin, WARNING DRIVE C: WILL BE FORMATTED' etc. I get the following message... "Festplatte ist fur HDCOPY schreibgeschutzt, bitte erst freigeben" I used google to translate this into English... "Non-removable disk is for HDCOPY write protected, please only releases". Can any1 help me understand why this isn't working? The instruction manual doesn't offer any troubleshooting on this and when I try to search google all I can find are links to German forums, etc. which the translator doesn't work too well on. Please help!! Thanks in advance, :thmbup: CK