reinstall winxp on presario r3000

bassface · 9th December 2006, 10:26 AM

hi all im helping a buddy with her presario r3000 its full of spyware /virus and we ve decide to just reformat and reinstall the os...the problem is that we cant work out how to reinstall....we can see that theres a i386 folder and various other folders that look like the PREINSTALL stuff but theres no way to initiate it either from software or from a boot option ,(theres no other partition,btw)...also theres no option to make recovery disks...its definately the original presario winxp on the machine atm so im stumped....thanks

bassface · 10th December 2006, 9:36 PM

no one seems to have encountered this problem before?...perhaps im in the wrong forum?........

HSV GTS · 11th December 2006, 10:47 AM

Hmm sounds a bit strange. Would say there should be a hidden partition for a FAT32 partition containing the recovery software. Normally this is accessed via startup options or the bios, double check to see whether she has lost any cds that came with it?

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bassface · 11th December 2006, 12:05 PM

thanks for the reply....the thing is it looks like all the stuff thats needed to reinstall is on the hard disk i just dont know how to initiate a system recovery coz there arent any startup options and there isnt anything that i can find once winxp has booted up...i wonder if i can initiate it from a booting up to a dos prompt?

HSV GTS · 12th December 2006, 3:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bassface

thanks for the reply....the thing is it looks like all the stuff thats needed to reinstall is on the hard disk i just dont know how to initiate a system recovery coz there arent any startup options and there isnt anything that i can find once winxp has booted up...i wonder if i can initiate it from a booting up to a dos prompt?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...=19570&lang=en

Came across this when I was searching for support on a Presario R3000, check HP for more info.

bassface · 12th December 2006, 9:44 PM

thanks hsv...i think shes going to order the disks...thanks for your time

9th December 2006, 10:26 AM	#1
bassface Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 702	reinstall winxp on presario r3000 hi all im helping a buddy with her presario r3000 its full of spyware /virus and we ve decide to just reformat and reinstall the os...the problem is that we cant work out how to reinstall....we can see that theres a i386 folder and various other folders that look like the PREINSTALL stuff but theres no way to initiate it either from software or from a boot option ,(theres no other partition,btw)...also theres no option to make recovery disks...its definately the original presario winxp on the machine atm so im stumped....thanks

11th December 2006, 10:47 AM	#3
HSV GTS Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,062	Hmm sounds a bit strange. Would say there should be a hidden partition for a FAT32 partition containing the recovery software. Normally this is accessed via startup options or the bios, double check to see whether she has lost any cds that came with it? http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-zv5000-zx5000...QQcmdZViewItem Found these __________________ When all your wishes have been granted many of your dreams will be destroyed People i have traded with successfully: Chuna, God, Ongsta, jinxhavoc, packratbob1982, murder1, gbh, kooliez, pinguino, Anarki, koni, Tommy2toes X 3, Xont, morrij, Captain Caveman, REX, punti X 2, CQGLHyperion, dav, kangfu, deviation

10th December 2006, 9:36 PM	#2
bassface Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 702	no one seems to have encountered this problem before?...perhaps im in the wrong forum?........

11th December 2006, 12:05 PM	#4
bassface Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 702	thanks for the reply....the thing is it looks like all the stuff thats needed to reinstall is on the hard disk i just dont know how to initiate a system recovery coz there arent any startup options and there isnt anything that i can find once winxp has booted up...i wonder if i can initiate it from a booting up to a dos prompt?

12th December 2006, 9:44 PM	#6
bassface Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 702	thanks hsv...i think shes going to order the disks...thanks for your time