Track8

I just bought a new laptop and want to sell my Compaq SR1010Z (2004-2005 cpu), but I need to restore it back to manufacturer settings. I have no Recovery Disks, but have a Recovery Partition on my second hard drive. First and foremost, can I still make the restore disks and how? because I've never made the restore disks prior. Finally, if I just do a destructive recovery, will Windows XP be reinstalled as well, because I don't have a Windows XP disk to reinstall onto it.


Other: I did a basic recovery on this computer, and while I can't find any files, pictures, videos, music, text files, or anything from my tenure with the computer, my hard drive is saying that only 23 gigs out of 143 are free, which is what it read before the recovery.

Hope you guys can help. I really appreciate any assistance in advance.

TriggerFinger

please clarify which of the two (laptop or desktop) do you want restored back to manufacturer settings?

Track8

Oh, very sorry for the confusion. I'm trying to get the desktop to manufacturer settings and wipe the hard drive clean. I have a recovery partition on the second hard drive, that would let me perform a destructive recovery without the disk, but I'm not sure if XP will resinstall. Thanks for any help.

sobeit

you can access the recovery partition if its still in the same location as when you first purchased the computer. You can try the f10 key to access your recovery and it will reinstall your xp like new. Just press the f10 key repeately upon boot until a recovery screen appears.

Also See the following on creating recovery disks

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...product=441650

Remember, those disks can only be used on the computer it came with so be sure to give them to the person you plan to sell the computer to, especially since they can only be created one time. If you use them on any other computer, it will crash.

Track8

Thanks for all the help. I'm going to try it out later on tonight.