Hello my hard drive just crashed. Without any routine signal or maybe I could not pick any signal. I had 3 partitions on it; kindly suggest a way or step by step instructions on how to repair partition.
- Navigate to the Hewlett Packard website.
- Search on the model name and number of your computer. Under Select a product
- Choose the model computer that matches the one you own. Under Product Quick Links
- Click Software and driver downloads.
- Select your operating system. Scroll down to "CD-ROM order page: Recovery Disks and click on the link. (If the recovery disks for your model computer are no longer available on that page of the HP website, search for your computer model in the HP Parts and Accessories store area. If HP doesn't have the recovery CDs in the store, order them from an auction site such as eBay or check a reputable computer parts retailer. Back up all of your data to removable media while you are waiting for the CDs to arrive.)
- Disconnect all peripheral devices from the system once you get the recovery CDs.
- Leave power cable, monitor, mouse and keyboard connected. Insert first recovery CD in the optical drive you use to boot your computer. Restart your computer system.
- Select Advanced Options from the recovery CD menu. Select Exit to DOS.
- Type FDISK at command prompt. Press Enter Press Y and press Enter again.
- Press 1 to create the DOS partition and get it active. Press Y and then Enter to continue. (Ensure that the first CD from your recovery disk set is still in the optical drive you use to boot the computer)
- Press the Esc button to restart your computer.
Follow on screen instructions to restore the recovery files from the CDs to the recovery partition. Make sure you stay near your computer system so, that you supply the additional CDs when prompted. When the files have been rewritten to the recovery partition, the HP software will begin to recover your computer files from the partition.
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