Erased Vista RECOVERY Partition on Harddrive

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  1. kyhitman

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    Hello, I have a problem. I accidentally erased my Windows Vista Basic Home. I was cleaning out my computer one day and instead of getting into the main hard drive I went into the separate hard drive containing the Windows Vista Home basic recovery partition. I called Hp/Compaq and they said to get the recovery CD it would cost about 35.00 plus shipping.I explained to them that i had the product key and information on the bottom of my laptop but they didn't care. I'm a disabled Police Officer trying to make ends meet on my wifes paychecks. I can't afford the 35.00 as pathetic as that may sound. If anyone can help or has any clues on how to fix this problem i would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT... Thanks in advance and for your time. Brad In KY...
     
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    Also the computer information is as follows: Compaq Presario C581WM Notebook PC Windows Vista Home Basic 6.0 build 6002 -:- Presario C500 (GR999UA#ABA -:- Bios: Ver 1.00PARTTBL -;- Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 530@ 1.73GHz ~1.7GHz -;- Memory 1014mb RAM -;- Directx Version 11
     
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  4. jony218

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    If you just deleted the "recovery partition" it's not a big deal as long as your computer still boots up.

    You can use free software "macrium reflect" to make your own "recovery backup file". This will work better than the original "recovery partition" since it will be more current.


     
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    Thanks guys for the quick responses... I'll give the suggestions a try this afternoon... Thanks again. Brad
     
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    Hi, my hard disk failed and HP sent me a new one to replace it . I now have an error which say's No Boot . please insert boot disk which i have not got . The recovery was built in to system which i can not access now . I got back to hp and they said i have to purchase a HP recovery disk. Does anyone know another way around this please ? It was running vista premium before hdd failed .
     
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  7. scum101

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    forget fista.. install something that has a chance or working

    http://distrowatch.com/

    ALL free.. no keys or cracks or any wga nonsense..

     
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