Recovery disk locked

I have a macbook pro, made a defrag with stellar. It does not recognize my boot disk and the recovery disk patition is locked.
No backups. Need to recover files
Help neaded please

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Reinstall OS X. To do it, use OS X Recovery > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
To start in Internet Recovery, hold Command, Option (Alt) and R keys while your Mac is starting, and reinstall OS X. Doing this, Recovery HD will be created and Mac OS X will start correctly

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The internal drive is malfunctioning. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
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MacBook Pro disk locked

Trying to reinstall mavericks from CMD R start up and get message "disk locked"
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Sounds as if your hard drive is damaged, unable to boot into even the Recovery partition.
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Hello. I have a HP ENVY 17-j130ea.
When I first got it, the first thing I done was create recovery disks for it to put in the box so if I need to recover it, I had the discs to do so.
Anyway, before completely setting it up I decided to run the recovery and do a minimalist recovery so it would only have the OS and the basic drivers, no software, bloatware or anything.
So I put the first disc in and restarted the laptop, the screen flashed and then turned off. The light on the caps lock would then flash once every 5-6 seconds. Looking at the HP support, apparently this is a problem with the CPU.
I took the laptop back to PC world today and got it swapped for a new one. I got this new one home, created the recovery discs, put the first one in and the exact same happened again, a quick flash on the screen and the caps lock button flashing once every 5-6 seconds.
So I now have two recovery disc sets, I made a image of each disc and ran a md5 checksum on the ISOs and they appear to match. So both laptops have generated identical recovery discs, they both verified the discs for errors and they both have killed the laptops.
So I'm going to take this laptop back again and get it swapped for a new one. But I'm going to have to wait a week for them to get a new one in.
Now I think its a pretty big problem if the recovery discs are killing the systems.
And how can I get a set of recovery discs which I can be sure are not going to kill the system as soon as I insert them into the laptop?
EDIT: I have made a video showing the problem http://youtu.be/-yEjdQ9ccgk
EDIT: A copy of the ISO's and MD5's https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0wyv280qyb6wfnb/XEGdPVRviS

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I doubt the HP Recovery Discs you created are killing the CPU, but it appears that something is happening. Please contact official HP Customer Support in your region / country via the, HP Worldwide Support Portal, for the best / fastest possible assistance with your issue. I will also forward your concern to an HP Forum Administrator for review and possible escalation. Please watch for private messages (PM) on this forum, as this will be their means of contact with you.
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Hello @dvserg,
Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
I understand that you are looking to recover your computer's operating system, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To acquire the necessary recovery discs for your notebook, I recommend following the steps in this document on Obtaining HP Recovery Discs or an HP USB Recovery Drive.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
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My status has now moved from COA Validated to POP Validated so I wondered how much longer it would take for the shipping. Also has anyone received the disk or know whether it is a Recovery Disk or a Upgrade Disk.
Surely they would have to lock it to Toshiba computers only? How exactly does it work?
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Any ideas or help PLEASE!

i wonder if u can help!
i just got my laptop:equium A100-A39 on (sat 09 dec 06).
i set it up and put a password on my administrator.
last night i did some uni work on the laptop,then i shut it down,etc.
but this morning when i tried to log on, i am not able to.
the messages says:"your username or domain name is incorrect......then type ur password again."
i have tried and tried but nothing works.i am locked out.
the strange thing is that the night before my password was working & username.
so wat could be wrong? i don't want to use the recovery disk since i will lose everything on the laptop.
can u help me?wat can i do?
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Hi @Shelly4 ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP ENVY m6 Notebook and it not seeing the new SSD. Here is a link to troubleshoot recovery issues with a hard drive, that might help. Check the link that states a recovery from CD or DVD.
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Did you change the boot order to reflect the SSD?
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Please note remove any and all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices, as these could cause some issues.
I hope this helps.
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Perform a clean install from recovery disks

Hi all,
I have the model (L505-S5995). I created the recovery disks (3 dvds in total 2 for system and 1 for software).
The question is: If I use these disks it will reinstall the Operating system (Windows 7 Home Premium) along with
toshiba bundled software (which are installed After the Operating system had been installed), Is there a way to install only the Operating system and stop the automated bundled software installation?
Also after I used the recovery discs once (instead of holding '0' while powering on the computer) I can no longer see the 8GB hidden drive at the end in Disk management window, also holding '0' will not get me to the recovery from harddisk tool (I think i should somehow get the 8GB recovery partition back, but how?)

You can only restore the system back to it's out of box state. You can't just install WIndows from it. To do that you'll need to purchase a regular version of Windows.
Check out the User's Guide for that model to see exactly what the Recovery System will do and how to use it. The User's Guide is found on your hard drive in Adobe Acrobat Format and can be downloaded from the Product Support Link at the top of this page.
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How do i use the recovery disks and backup and restore my laptop in a new HDD without losing OS lic?

I am running a HP-DV6 6090ee laptop with windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OS. This problem started from last evening.
I am getting a "Smart Hard disc error" error message before boot and ater booting windows saying that my HDD is having problems and i need to backup and check the hdd.
After checking i found that i have a corrupted hdd and i am going to replace with a new one.
I need to know the following :
> How do i restore my windows license and my antivirus license in the new hdd?
> i dont currently have a OEM HP OS cd. can i use any windows 7 cd??
> at what stage should i use the recovery disk i created from the recovery partition be used? Whats its specific use?
I really appreciate any quick response as my current HDD is running out of life.
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See these 2 Links...
Syncing to a New Computer...
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How do I format an external HD with Recovery Disk Assistant on?

Hi,
I have seen a couple of threads on this, but I'm still not "Compos Mentis" with how to format an external drive with the Recovery Disk Assistant on.
I have a 320GB which has my recovery disk assistant on - "Don't ask!" - Anyway it goes without saying that I want it all back, but I'll be damned if I can get there. I have managed to view (after a lot of faffing) what I thought was the External Drive, but now realise that it's not...this is what I am now seeing - are these removable via partition (disk0s1 & Recovery HD) as I have been merrily trying to erase them in he belief that they were the external HD and as far as I can see nothing has changed...only my annoyance!
Anyway in short, I need this
A) view the external drive and
B) Format it back to 320GB
Can anyone spoon feed me a way out?
Thanks

I don't understand what you mean by, "how to format an external drive with the Recovery Disk Assistant on."
You don't need to use the Recovery HD to format an external drive. Just use Disk Utility:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.

Satellite A60-218 - Where to download the recovery disk?

I have a Toshiba Satellite S60. It is a job computer and it is actually not mine but as I work with and I want it to be faster.
Someone on the past formated it with a F@kE Windows XP installation disk and all the drivers got lost. Not just the wireless card but also sound and graphics card.
I found after a lot of searching the sound driver. The main problem is that it is not genuine cpoy of windows and it is very slow because of trojan, etc.
I beleive the fastest way to fix it is to recover the factory settings (all CDs are lost). Only I could not find in the website the S60 satellite. Is there a recovery iso image to download?
Can anyone help me? I am really desperate...

Hi
Im not sure if you would be able to order the Recovery disk for this Sat A60 notebook.
Its a older series and I believe that the Recovery disk are not more available for this model. But of course you should get in contact with the local ASP to get more details
Maybe they have some disk on stock.
However, the WIN XP drivers can be found on the Toshiba European driver page.
Because the A60 is an older notebook, the drivers have been moved to the Archive area!
Check archive and you would find all XP drivers.
PS: You should use a original Win XP disk ;) the copy are not legal and you could not run any necessary updates which are really important to get rid of the Win XP bugs.
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