Recovery disc usage with Qosmio notebook

I had someone re-install WXP without the recovery disc and Qosmio engine as I did not have them. Now I am missing things like Bluetooth, the manual for the laptop, as well as other apps and such.
Toshiba mailed me the replacement discs. Now I have them. Do I need to do a whole system reformat-re-install of windows to get my old computer back? I have downloaded the manual tonight but I dont think it addresses this situation as I remember. Nothing on the posts either.
Anyone do this before?
Thanks

Hi trvlbum,
It is unlikely (but possible) that the QosmioPlayer Partition was deleted. Try starting the Qosmio by pressing the TV Button on the Panel rather than the big "On" Button.
If you are interested in Media Center, then you will need to reinstall everything from the Recovery DVD because MCE is a whole different Operating System to WXP. All data on the Qosmio will be destroyed. There is no upgrade path (unless you go to Vista Home Premium or Ultimate Upgrade).
If QosmioPlayer doesn't boot, and you would like it, you should install it from the QosmioPlayer CD, then install the OS (MCE plus Apps) using the Recovery DVD.
If you don't want QosmioPlayer or MCE, I would be interested to hear if you are able to install the other Applications and Drivers from the Recovery DVD even though you don't have the original Operating System. Just insert the Recovery DVD and select Install Applications and Drivers... (that's assuming your Recovery DVD has a similar interface to mine. I have a G20.)

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OS: Window 7 home premium 64-bit
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Notebook failed to start. Bought recovery disc set from HP and tried to do the factory restore (Factory image recovery)
The first two steps went smoothly:
1) "Reformatting the window partition of the ard drive;"
2) "Copying files required to restore the hard-drive;"
But at step 3: "Restoring files to the hard-drive", when the progress bar showed 46%, it got stuck and the following error message popped up:
Copy File Fails
From: E:/PRELOAD/BASE3.SWM
To: C:/RM/Image/BASE3.SWM
I tried a few times and every time it got stuck at exactly the same point.
PLease help!!!! Thanks a lot!!

Hi,
Assuming this is just a problem with the recovery media, here's an alternative option you could try.
Before trying the following, make sure you can still read the 25 Character Product Activation key on your Windows COA label ( 5 blocks of 5 alpha/numeric sets ).
An example of a COA Label can be seen Here.
You can create an installation disc yourself using another PC - just download the correct Disc Image ( this must be the exact same version that originally came with your notebook ) from the link below and use an application such as ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly to a blank DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. These Images are clean and from a well-respected source, however there are only limited versions available.
Windows-7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit
Use the disc to perform the installation, enter the Windows activation key found on the COA Label when requested and when the installation has completed, use the 'Phone Method' detailed in the link below to activate the OS - this method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who just want a clean installation of Windows 7 without the additional software load normally bundled with OEM installations.
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
Any additional drivers and software you may need can be found Here.
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