HP Laptop recovery on usb stick didn't work

I'm trying to perform a full recovery on an HP 2000 Notebook. When I got the notebook, I put the recovery info on a usb stick. When I tried to use it ,it said it wasn't on there. When I loaded the stick it said it had done it, and to click finish. And, I already removed the info from the drive like they suggested, to save space. What now?

Hi,
Probably you did not follow the process to create the right bootable recovery set on USB. Noe please contact HP to get the right recovery media:
In the US:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/phone-assist.html#section1
or call HP technical support: 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region please click the link
below to get the support number for your region.
http://welcome.hp.com/country/w1/en/contact_us.html
Regards.
BH
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Last edited by arkindal (2013-08-13 23:13:11)

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