Restoring XP

[M Wade]

I have an older HP system that had a hard disk failure. I am attempting
to recreate XP on the system. I installed an new HDand I have the
Recovery Console CD.

On my first attempt the system r4cognized the CD and gave several
options to do a repair. I chose the Install XP option and the system
paused for short while and then displayed the message that Windows XP
was not found on the system.

I retried again planning do select the option for a Console recovery but
all I get is black screen with the word "mpresora" and a flashing
underline mark at at the top left of the screen. If I press ENTER I
get a pause and then the same word and flashing underline character.

I would appreciate any ideas anyone might have to how I should proceed.

Marv

 

[peter]

What you seem to have is a CD that boots the system and then looks
for the "recovery Partition" that is on the Original HD in order
to install XP. You will need to contact HP with the model # of
you system and purchase a Full Recovery CD for a nominal sum.

peter

 

[Mark Adams]

I have an older HP system that had a hard disk failure. I am attempting
to recreate XP on the system. I installed an new HDand I have the
Recovery Console CD.

On my first attempt the system r4cognized the CD and gave several
options to do a repair. I chose the Install XP option and the system
paused for short while and then displayed the message that Windows XP
was not found on the system.

I retried again planning do select the option for a Console recovery but
all I get is black screen with the word "mpresora" and a flashing
underline mark at at the top left of the screen. If I press ENTER I
get a pause and then the same word and flashing underline character.

I would appreciate any ideas anyone might have to how I should proceed.

Marv
.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

 

[VanguardLH]

I have an older HP system that had a hard disk failure. I am attempting
to recreate XP on the system. I installed an new HDand I have the
Recovery Console CD.

On my first attempt the system r4cognized the CD and gave several
options to do a repair. I chose the Install XP option and the system
paused for short while and then displayed the message that Windows XP
was not found on the system.

I retried again planning do select the option for a Console recovery but
all I get is black screen with the word "mpresora" and a flashing
underline mark at at the top left of the screen. If I press ENTER I
get a pause and then the same word and flashing underline character.

I would appreciate any ideas anyone might have to how I should proceed.

Marv

We are supposed to know what *hardware* you have? If you have SATA hard
disks then Windows XP won't recognize them since there are no included
generic drivers in Windows XP. That means the installer will fail because
it cannot find any mass storage on which to install Windows.

That the install CD runs and then says that an old version of Windows XP was
not found means you are using an *upgrade* CD. Well, to upgrade means you
need to have an existing install. Did you insert the full version of your
prior Windows install CD so the new install CD could see the old version on
that old CD? While you can do a fresh install using an upgrade CD, you
still need to verify that you have a full version somewhere. The upgrade CD
gave you an *upgrade* license (which replaces the full license for the prior
version and why you still only have 1 license after an upgrade).

With a full version install CD, you can do either a full (fresh) or upgrade
install of the new version. With an upgrade version of the install CD, you
can only do an upgrade so you have to prove you have a full version (already
installed or available on an install CD for the prior version). With an OEM
version, you can only do a full (fresh) install.

 

[M Wade]

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Thank you for the response. I looked at this site but it assumes that I
have an existing version of XP on the system. Obviously I cannot run XP
adviser since I cannot get past the point where the word "mpresors_"
appears.

 

[M Wade]

What you seem to have is a CD that boots the system and then looks
for the "recovery Partition" that is on the Original HD in order
to install XP. You will need to contact HP with the model # of
you system and purchase a Full Recovery CD for a nominal sum.

peter

Peter, thank you for your response. The CD I have is labeled
"recovery console, Windows XP Home Edition. I notices that on the first
attempt to do an install one of the options when Windows started was
"recovery console." Unfortunately, I did not chose that but went for a
full repair. It was when I made the second attempt (where I was going
to select the console recovery option that it hangs at the very
beginning with the black screen with the word ""mpresora_) and the hangs
here.

I'll try to contact HP and see if I can get something going there.

Marv

 

[Daave]

I have an older HP system that had a hard disk failure. I am
attempting to recreate XP on the system. I installed an new HDand I
have the Recovery Console CD.

There's your problem.

That particular CD will only work with the *original* hard drive (which
contains all the files necessary for an HP/XP "recovery").

This is the biggest flaw to this particular method of "recovery" or
reinstallation. If the hard drive is shot, you're screwed!

You need to contact HP. Hopefully they are still supporting this
particular model and can ship you a full-fledged Windows XP installation
CD.

Otherwise you may obtain (not necessarily easy if you don't know a
computer tech or hobbyist!) a generic OEM XP installation CD. The type
of XP (e.g., Home or Pro) must match the license that it on the
Certificate of Authenticity (COA) sticker that is probably affixed
somehwere on the case of this PC. When it is time to enter the Product
Key, you normally (with a few exceptions) need to enter the Key on this
COA sticker.

 

[Richard in AZ]

There's your problem.

That particular CD will only work with the *original* hard drive (which contains all the files
necessary for an HP/XP "recovery").

This is the biggest flaw to this particular method of "recovery" or reinstallation. If the hard
drive is shot, you're screwed!

You need to contact HP. Hopefully they are still supporting this particular model and can ship you
a full-fledged Windows XP installation CD.

Otherwise you may obtain (not necessarily easy if you don't know a computer tech or hobbyist!) a
generic OEM XP installation CD. The type of XP (e.g., Home or Pro) must match the license that it
on the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) sticker that is probably affixed somehwere on the case of
this PC. When it is time to enter the Product Key, you normally (with a few exceptions) need to
enter the Key on this COA sticker.

Or, you could go to www.restoredisks.com and see if they have a set of disks for that model.
They will sell you a set of disks that do the same thing as the disks supplied by HP, but they have
most of the older models in stock.
Their charge is typically less than $30 USD.

 

[Daave]

Or, you could go to www.restoredisks.com and see if they have a set
of disks for that model. They will sell you a set of disks that do the
same thing as the disks
supplied by HP, but they have most of the older models in stock.
Their charge is typically less than $30 USD.

Excellent suggestion, Richard. I had forgotten about that site!

(Then again, the recovery disk might very well come with all that
obnoxious trialware and crapware. :-( )

 

[Mark Adams]

Thank you for the response. I looked at this site but it assumes that I
have an existing version of XP on the system. Obviously I cannot run XP
adviser since I cannot get past the point where the word "mpresors_"
appears.

.

You also have to have a Windows XP install disk. "Recovery" disks don't use
this procedure.

 

[Richard in AZ]

Excellent suggestion, Richard. I had forgotten about that site!

(Then again, the recovery disk might very well come with all that obnoxious trialware and
crapware. :-( )

Yes, you get the crapware, but you automatically get all the drivers installed. For some PC owners
that is a big plus during the restore cycle. With an OEM disk, they have to find and download the
applicable drivers.