Recovery disk says "Wrong Computer"

So, I made the Recovery disk way back when. When I finally needed it, I stuck it in, the CD drive churned for a few minutes, then displayed a full screen message "Wrong Computer", and didn't do any "Recovery". What a great tool!
Any ideas?

Unfortunately, they will probably tell you that you neet to order new recovery disks at $40. I'm having a similar issue. I think that once a person purchaces a product from a company and registers it, they should offer downloadable iso images. I have a hard time stomaching having to pay for something twice.

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Hi
I have a G62-b50SI laptop running windows 7
I am replacing my HDD using a 1TB Samsung.
I am using the recovery disks created from my laptop but I'm getting a message 'This computer is not supported by this media'.
Do I have to replace components like for like? And would it include memory as I increased that previously.
Thanks

Hi:
Normally recovery disks will work on the same size or larger HDD which I am sure you have.
Adding memory may or may not have an effect. Normally it doesn't.
Recovery disks are tricky.
You may have to order a set from HP, but if you can still read all 25 characters of the W7 product key on the bottom of your PC, here is a workaround for you to get W7 installed on your new HDD regardless.
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.
Or use the Windows 7 USB/DVD installation tool to compile the ISO file you download from Digital River. Link and instructions below. You need a 4 GB flash drive to use the USB method of compilation.
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool
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/

Does creating a recovery disk erase your computer?

I created a system recovery disk and now I can't find my videos, music, and pics

Creating a set of recovery disks should have absolutely no effect on your computer. Just curious-how many dvds are in your set?
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I have my recovery dis copy How do i reinstall recovery disk to my computer

I have a recovery dis copy, can i reinstall this to reinstall my recovery partition & how do i do this.

The instructions here should be helpful:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03489643#N144
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Installed new HDD - WD Scorpio Blue 500G
I ordered the recovery disk DVD from Computer Surgeons.
I installed the recovery in drive bay and restarted as per instructions. Everything went fine and when it started windows for the first time that went ok as well, it kept restarting like it said it would to install all software. Now, with everything installed it is still restarting on it's own. I let it go on overnight as I thought this might be normal, but when I got up 5 hours later it was still restarting.
I don't what else to do, please help.
Andrew

Hi, Andrew:
Sometimes it takes a while. You may want to abort the installation and try again.
You may also want to use this workaround if you can't get the recovery disks to work.
If you can read your 25 character MS product key, you can make your own Windows Vista installation disk. Just download the 3 files you need at the link below, and read all of the instructions to create a bootable DVD installation disk using imageburn.
When I went to compile the ISO file, ImageBurn gave a message that about a WIM file and ISO, and if I wanted to burn it in a different format.
I selected No, make the ISO file.
It was not that hard to do. I burned both the 64 bit disk and the 32 bit disk in case I ever need them.
I tested both of them (just short of going ahead with the actual install) and they appeared to work perfectly.
Apparently when you enter the product key, it knows what version of Vista you have.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/w/microsoft_os/3317.2-3-microsoft-windows-vi...
After you successfully install vista, you can download the drivers you need from your PC's support and driver page.
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Blue screen with error code and I have no recovery disks for HP Pavilion dv6-1260se

I have a HP Pavilion dv6-1260se with factory installed operating system of Vista. When booting up the computer, I receive a blue screen with this error message: STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}.
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                                                             a status of 0x0000221 (0x007fb9c0 0x00000000).
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I do not have recovery disks for this computer. I tried to order them but them seem to not be available. This is my daughter's computer. She says she started to have trouble after downloading Frost Wire (music share) and then she removed it. We tried going back to an earlier time and that didn't help and then the blue screen with error message appeared. What do I do now?
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Hi,
Assuming your in the US, recovery discs are available to order for that model here. That may be the best option.
You should also be able to do a recovery without the discs as well. Take a look at this document: Recover Windows Vista Operating System Using HP Recovery, and look for the section Restore the PC to its original condition with the HP Recovery Manager if Windows Vista is not accessible. This should allow you to recover the PC.
R
Although I am an HP Employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.

Format Recovery Disks?

Just bought my first Toshiba computer - a Satellite A500-01W, Part # PSAR9C-01W002, and after selecting to install 64-bit Windows 7 OS, I was going to make up the recovery disks for the computer using Sony DVD-R 4.7 MB disks that I just purchased as well using the Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator software program when it occurred to me that I don't really know whether I must first format these disks in order to do this or whether the recovery disk software program does this? Additionally, if I must first format the disks, then in what format should this be, i.e. Fat32, NTSC? and what mode, i.e. Music, Video, Text? which I presume is done using the OS software and not the Toshiba software. Oh, and one other consideration - the Norton anti-virus 30-day trial program is on this computer and while not activated, I'm wondering if it might still be running something in the background that might interfere with recovery disk creation? Any info and comments appreciated.
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It isn't about knowing Toshiba computers specifically or Windows 7. It's about having some common sense and a modicom of general computer knowledge. People who have never owned a computer before have been able to figure out how to make the recovery disks based solely on the content in the user's guide. It isn't rocket scence and is explained extremely well in the useer's guide. If they were to put every eventuality that could possibley happen in the user's guide it would be so large you wouldn't be able to put it on the hard drive and it would literally takes months to read it. It's been my experience that anyone who has to be walked through something like this in such detail quite often don't have enough general computer knowledge or general reasoning skills to be able to do things like this. Autorun has been around since Windows 95 which was released 15 years ago. It's inconscevable that anyone who uses computers on a regular basis wouldn't understand how it works and what to do when it pops up a windows dialog box. Only someone who hasn't used a computer at all or has been using an old computer with Windows 3 or Dos wouldn't know about it.
As for taking it to a store to have them made, that wasn't what I stated. I said take it to "someone who is more technically savvy to have it done for you". It's fairly easy to find someone who will do it for your for little or nothing. I know a lot of teenagers are quite capable of doing it for you. Most people have a neighbor or relative that could easily do it.
If I offended you I appologize, but sometimes people need to accept their limitations instead of whining about being picked on or put down.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

Can't create recovery disks!

Just purchased the Satellite L505D-LS5007. Read all over the place where it was a good idea to make recovery disks for the computer. Once I got it out of the bow, up and running, I located the Recovery Media Creator, pulled out some blank DVD/R's (Sony) and put one in. After a few seconds, the following message pops up:
The following issue has occurred while recording date to the media.
The curent process was stopped.
A power calibration area error occurred.
Please check if the media is scratched or dirty.
If so, please try again with new media.
(Error Code: 0E01B5-26-2A037303)
Every new blank DVD/R I put in does the same thing!!! Any ideas would help!!

it only seems to be when making the recovery media. i would just try another brand of dvds or take it back and exchange it for another laptop. just tell them the recovery partitions seem to be messed up and they will either exchange it or try to make it for you.
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I failed to create a set of factory recovery disks on my computer. The software said "unable to find files for recovery media".
My Q: has 9.25GB files. It seems all the files are here. But I can't create the disks.
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