No boot disk found after recovery

[Pavlos555]

Hi all. I have a problem with my laptop. I own a hp pavilion dv6  VJ703EA#B1A and recently i tried to restore it to factory settings via hp recovery manager. An error occurred during the process and after that it couldn't boot showing me the message that it didn't find a boot disk. I got an ubuntu linux cd and saw that all the partitions are lost. I proceeded and installed ubuntu but now i want to ask if there is a way to get back hp recovery partition and reset my laptop to factory state. Thanks in advance.

[Scolton]

Sounds like a no. If you have disks, use them. Else, buy recovery discs from HP. Sorry. I have the same problem with a Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975 (I installed Windows 8 Release Preview on it instead)

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Below is the link on how to order recovery disks for your notebook.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07143&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lan...

I have a workaround that you can use permanently or until you get your set of recovery disks.

Scolton:  You can do this for your Toshiba too, and not have to worry about what you do when the W8 preview license expires.

If you can read the 25 character Microsoft windows 7 product key, you can download plain Windows 7 ISO files to burn to a DVD for the version of windows that came installed on your PC, and that is listed on the Microsoft COA sticker on your PC's case.

Burn the ISO using the Burn ISO option on your DVD burning program and burn at the slowest possible speed your program will allow. This will create a bootable DVD.

Use the 25 character product key on the PC to activate the installation.

The key will activate either a 32 or 64 bit installation.

Then go to the PC's support and driver page to install the drivers you need.

Link to the W7 ISO file downloads is below.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/

Paul

[Scolton]

Thanks so much, but the laptop also has no CD drive. This is wonderful though, and if I get a CD drive for it! This is the second time you have posted on something I previously posted on, I was just reading one you posted brfore. Kudos to you

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You can install this with a bootable usb flash drive.

Give me a couple minutes to look up the procedure...

[Scolton]

Awesome. Keep me posted.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Here ya go...

Download the MS W7 USB installation tool, and read the instructions on the page for use.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

You may also need to do this mod like I did if the flash tool errors out.

Download the bootsect file form http://www.everettsporting.com/bootsect.zip

You will need to go to the control panel, select the large icon view, go to the folder options icon, View tab, and select the show hidden files and folders option.

Once downloaded, copy the BootSect.exe file to the same folder that includes the installed Windows7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool.exe file. The default install directory of that file in Windows 7 is C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Apps\Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool\

Run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool application as indicated on the Microsoft Store web site. The end result will give you a bootable USB flash drive that contains everything you need to install the 64-bit version of Windows 7.

Paul

[Scolton]

Thank you so much.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Please post back and let us know how the USB install went.

Best regards,

Paul

[Scolton]

Will do.