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Recuperacion

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Al encender mi laptop hp me dice Samart hard disk error.
No accede a nada.
Como puedo recuperar

Forgot administrator password/power on password

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I cant remember my administrator password and now I cant logon to my laptop! I see you have helped others like me, can you help me too? The system code I get after 3 failed attempts is 63416854

Thank you

After Win-10 HP Recovery and Partition Useless?

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I just converted from Win-7 (purchased July 2015) to Win-10.  I have not yet got a response from HP as to whether this conversion effects my warranty; MicroSoft had said to do that first, and I wasted hours trying to find that answer.

 

Now after conversion, I notice that I still have a Recovery Partition (D) on my machine, that appears to be useless and is taking-up HD space and also a Recovery Folder in applications that says when opened "that they were not built for O/S 8"??  Regardless, since these applications no longer work; can I just delete them, I do have Restore Disks created when machine first arrived.

 

Any suggestions on what I should do with this Recovery Partition; since it appears useless, I'd like the HD space back.  ALSO, if known by anyone/someone, if that partition is deleted and I were to recreate Win-7 with the Recovery Disks - would those Disks also recreate this Recovery Partition too???  Thanks for any assistance ...  - dlcNV

Notebook windows recovery Problem

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Dear,

I bought HP Envy 15-j102nx TouchSmart Notebook 3 months back which came with Win 8.1 (64 bit).

Later on i reserved for Win 10, and through the windows app it said that it will be available for download after 29th of July 2015. I checked on 30th of July 2015 no message popped up then i went to Microsoft website and installed " windows 10 download tool and after installation it started downloading Windows 10.

I just followed the screed instructions which were surprisingly in arabic language (as i am in middle east) after that once windows was installed completely after restart the display language was in Arabic.
I was unable to do windows update, it was giving an error " code 80072F8F " saying " windows update ran into a problem".

Also i was unable to open Microsoft App store as it gave same error " core 80072F8F " saying " there is no internet connection.

Then i wanted to restore win 8.1 from recovery and unfortunately there was no such option. It only gave 1. To do system restore (when clicked it said there is no restore point) 2. Clean window installation to its factory settings.

I clicked the second option and after factory reset it again installed Windows 10 with same problems.

Later on i found that my Drive D (partition) which was named as " Recovery" still has data but i fo not know how i can recover the factory reset to original Win 8.1 along with settings came with the laptop.

Then i bought original win 8.1 pro and installed it on drive C:/ (clean install) everything was removed from it. After installation same problem of " windows update " with same error " 80072F8F".

I did everything all tries, searched from websites but nothing happened i havent left any single solution.

At the end i thought i should install HP support assistant as it was deleted with new windows installation. I installed all drivers but two drivers failed to install 1. Braodcam bluetooth driver 2. Intel storage driver.

Still i cannot run windows update.

Kindly can you help me out or atleast can i get my factory reset to windows and settings the time i purchased it.

I will appreciate your kind help.

Regards

Compaq mini cq10 is broken?

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So my father recently purchased a compaq mini cq10 which has this strange lock on it. Somehow the seller managed to convince my father by telling him that the passcode was easy, now hes pressuring me to open it. On screen all i see is a rectangle with a lock icon and little circle dots when i type (passcode). I have no idea what the passcode is but if i press ESC, it shows a screen like CMD Prompt. Here is what it says:

Booting '(perhaps the laptop name with numbers)'

Expecting device dev-mapper-luks\x2d(bunch of jibberish)
Starting cryptography setup for luks-9186(more jiberish)
[ ok ] started show plymouth boot screen
Starting forward password requests to plymouth(?)
[ ok ] started forward password requests to plymouth
[ ok ] reached target paths

Please enter passphrase for disk TOSHIBA_MK1665(more numbers) (luks-9186(same as the one above))!:_


Please answer, thanks a lot Smiley Happy

SMART Check Not Installed

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Hi,

I purchased a HP 250 G2 Notebook last November, and have had 2 hard drive issues so far.  This current one has this message on Startup -

"Boot Device Not Found"

"Please install an operating system on your hard disk"

 

When searching through these forums on another laptop, I found a solution to go to F2 and do a hardware diagnostic, so I clicked on Hard Drive Check, then both "Quick Check" and "Extensive Check".

 

After a screen comes up to say "Starting Hard Drive Check", the following message appears - "SMART Check: NOT INSTALLED, and Long DST: NOT INSTALLED.

 

Afer checking over the forums again, HP has suggested to another user to download the latest UEFI diagnostics version.  My question is: How on earth am I meant to download something onto a laptop which does not go through startup?  Also, why are the hard drive checks not installed on my BRAND NEW COMPUTER?  Fed up.

Recovery manager crash

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hi..!


i tried recently to create a recovery DISCS but hp recovery manager keep crashing when i want to start burning those dvds


and this is what i get

 

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i have looked for solutions in the internet and i tried some of theme by activate the recovery partition but this is what i found in disk management

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My ProBook Is Unable To Detect It's Serial and Model Number

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As you can see in the picture, There are some dots instead of the product name. When I bought my PC I was able to find the model and product serial. My HP Support Assistant was also able to detect them automatically, but since some days I see these dots, I don't know why this happened. No auto detect app can now detect my PC model and Serial.

 

Is there any way to fix it? My warranty period is over and the service center is far away from here, so if possible give me a solution that I myself can give a try!

 

P.S. I Have A Good Idea About PCs, So Even If The Solutions Difficulty Level Is Advanced Please Do Share! Thanks In Advance


Sceptre x360

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Hi,

I have installed Windows 10 Preview on the laptop. All ok. But it will not now update to full Windows 10 as the product key is no longer available. The F11 recovery to Windows 8 factory install does not work and I cannot find the product key. What do I do? I need to get the Windows product key that came with the laptop, but HP does not put a sticker on the laptop like other brands it seems. How do I reinstall to factory defaults so I can upgrade to Windows 10?

 

hp mini 110

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i have another problem my laptop won't open..

 

well, sometimes it open after some days.. i don't know what's wrong,,

 

do you know what's the problem??

laptop shows black screen after windows 10 update

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Hi,

I tried upgrading to windows 10. It went till 76% and then it started showing black screen. is there a way to get my laptop up and running??

 

Thanks

recovery disc

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I ORDERED RECOVERY DISCS IN THE MONTH OF MARCH AND THEN AFTER 4 MONTHS ONE OF THE RECOVERY DISC IS NOT READABLE.............WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?

HP Recovery Software

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I upgraded to windows 10 and I had some issues with it. Unfortunately I refresh the system and I didn't have all the hp software reinstalled. I managed to reinstall all of them except the hp recovery media tools. I would like to create recovery media and I need that. How do I reinstall it?

 

Thanks

 

 

forgot bios password

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I have been trying what should be my bios password, and all reasonable combos around it, but I'm going to have to give up. I haven't locked the system yet. Should I just let it lock and get a code??

Windows 10 upgrade "killed" USB ports

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We attempted to upgrade to Windows 10. 

When it came up all the USB ports are unusable.

We stepped back to Win 7 and the ports are still "dead".

 

We were told there's a virus preventing downloading and installing new USB drivers.

 

If I do a total system recovery will that delete the virus and reactivate the USB ports?

 

Is there any chance the virus has also corrupted the recovery software?

 


HP 15-d069wm

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I have a refurbished HP 15-d069wm I bought at Walmart, but when I started it up the previous owner has the admin password.  I want to return it to factory specs and make myself admin. I need dtaled instructions on how to do so.  Thank you.

Windows Vista Recovery

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Start up but only get "Operating System not found" on a black screen.

Tried to click on F11 but get nothing. I might add that I did click on F11 earlier and got recovery at 90%, then 24% the second time, but both times locked up after each % shown. Now I get nothing when I click on F11.  It no longer goes into "Recovery".

Tried to load my "Recovery Disk 1 of 3" then restart, but it won't read from the drive. Tried to change boot order to DVD drive but does nothing. Only shows the "HP Invent" screen.

Please help! Local stores want $200. to restore.

Long DST does not finish

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Boot manager missing  error code. Tried hard drive long DST test that is 2 sec away from finishing. The disk passed before but this time it did not.

Boot Error: Intel (r) AT Supported system lock due to: platform attack detected: user password

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I have HP ENVY Model 4-1110ET.

showing Intel (r) AT Supported system lock due to: platform attack detected. Time left...... Please select one of the following for platform recoery: 1 - User Password 2 - Server Token Password. I forgot my password please help me I am unable to boot my Laptop.

After windows 10 installation, pc won't boot

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I tried to update my OS to windows 10, but something happened during the instalation that it can't boot anymore. It tries to recover the OS, but then a blue window is diplayed saying something wrong happened and then it reboots. This goes forever. I tried to create an installation media for Windows 10 and isntall again and boot using the usb drive, but same problem. Then, I tried to create an installation media for Windows 8.1 and still can't go forward. Is there a way to recover the system or at least format and reinstall any OS?

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