Starting a Full System Recovery

I own an HP m8330f (Windows Vista) that will not boot. I have recovered data that I need from the HD using third party software. The Recovery Partition appears to be intact and I am prepared to do a full recovery. However, the F11 key will not start the recovery program. Is there another way to initialize the recovery process? Perhaps a bootable CD image that will access the recovery program?
Thanks,
ScottG
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No, I do not have recovery CDs. I need a way to start the recovery process using the partition on the hard drive. I realize that I can order recovery CDs but I would like to use the recovery data that I already own.

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Type the following line, just as you see it here...
notepad C:\hp\bin\checkdmi\checkdmi.cmd
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goto cleanup
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Hi @Jaytee2 ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have read about your HP Notebook and getting a blank or black screen on startup. Try performing a hard reset.
When performing a hard reset please note remove any and all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices.
Here is a link to computer won't start for Windows 7.
Here is a document on performing a system recovery on Windows 7.
Do you have the System disks for this Notebook?
I would be happy to assist if needed. How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number?
Please let me know.
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How to access my I-Tune store after a full System Recovery reboot

Because of some issues with my PC, I had to reboot my computer to its orginal settings. How can I regain access to the songs I purchased with my account ?

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Do you have an iPod with those songs or something like that?
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Enter the BIOS and load the HP Factory default keys. That should take care of it. BTW, if you do end up having to pay for the factory prepared HP USB recovery media, it only costs about $25.00 USD.
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In order to get it back like it was when you first opened the box you wil need a usb HP recovery media flashdrive. In the US the cost is about $25.00.
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My system freezes during start-up "for first time" after running System Recovery.

HP G62-227CL
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No error message, per se; just a frozen screen during reboot.
Months ago, my computer suddenly started glitching on me. I shut down and tried a reboot. The system froze on the boot screen with the flying colors. Tried system recovery several times but must have done something wrong because it would not run. Resolved to buy a new hard drive and reinstall from recovery discs. Delayed for no good reason until today, months later.
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Rebooted. Hit F11. Ran maintenance and checked hard drive for errors. There are errors. Unfortunately, the default setting of CHKDSK does not repair them. Opted for a command prompt. Rand CHKDSK again with "/f /r" option seen in other posts. I'm too ignorant here to get the program to run properly, I guess. I ran CHKDSK on both drive X and C. No errors found . . . sort of. I know they exist because the system will not boot up. (Yes, I tried again.) Back at command prompt, I tried to run CHKDSK on drive C again. This time I received a message that I would first have to unmount (dismount?) the drive. As I do not know what this means, I opted for "no" and have decided to post this message for assistance.
So. Suggestions on what I do next? More specifically: how do I get CHKDSK to repair the errors it found? I believe the message was: "Errors in $130 of sector . . ." It displays this message twice at 62% completion. Freezes for a long time. Gets going again only to slow to a crawl again around 70% but for not as long. Then returns back to the start screen of System Recovery.
Ran System Recovery again for kicks. Again, appeared to work like a charm. Unfortunately, the laptop is once again sitting frozen on the "Preparing . . . for first use" screen again. It is getting hotter the longer it sits. The fan is now audibly running at higher rpms . . . if any of that helps. I'm shutting it down and waiting for your advice.
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Hello Miles1966. I understand you're experiencing some issues with your notebook freezing.
This does sound like a hard drive problem. The freezes, missing HDD indicator light, and inability to perform a recovery are all symptoms of a failing hard drive. You had been using CHKDISK previously but have you tried running the diagnostic which is built into the BIOS? Try following these steps and post the result of the diagnostic. I suggest running the memory test as well just in case.
Let me know the result of these diagnostics. I hope you have a great day!
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System recovery copied to external hard drive, Win 7 64 bit

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Burn a Repair CD to boot from:
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hi,
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Try booting with a utilty cd to delete all partitions,create 1 and format hdd. I have had good results with the free Partition Wizard .Download the Bootable CD iso here .Get ImgBurn here to burn the image to cd.
Once all operations complete successfully with PW, reboot with Recovery Disks.
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