Vista home 32 bit recovery disks not labeled help?

Hi,
My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't boo
at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up again
They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so,
was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I a
always the one in the family everyone calls when there are compute
problems. :rolleyes

*When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:
One disk has folder called: Preloa
Next disk has folders called: Boot and preloa
Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools

Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly?

Thanks in advance

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trulyblest

This would be a question for Compaq support, how are we supposed to know
which Compaq restore CD is what?

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"trulyblest" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi,
> My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't boot
> at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up again.
> They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so, I
> was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I am
> always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
> problems.
>
> *When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
> One disk has folder called: Preload
> Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
> Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
>
> Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> --
> trulyblest

On my HP, when I load the recovery disks, Explorer shows their labels as
Recovery13, Recovery23, and Recovery33.
I hope that helps.

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"trulyblest" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi,
> My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't boot
> at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up again.
> They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so, I
> was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I am
> always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
> problems.
>
> *When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
> One disk has folder called: Preload
> Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
> Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
>
> Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> --
> trulyblest

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:12:19 -0500, trulyblest wrote:

> Hi,
> My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't boot
> at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up again.
> They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so, I
> was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I am
> always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
> problems.
>
> *When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
> One disk has folder called: Preload
> Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
> Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
>
> Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??
>
> Thanks in advance!

1. I would start with Boot and preload. Its name has that magic ring to it:
Boot.

2. There are three disks, hence six possible sequences. You could just try
all six.

3. Compaq might know.

4. If only one of the disks boots, there are only two sequences left to
try: the second next, or the third next.

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

trulyblest <> wrote:

>
>Hi,
>My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't boot
>at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up again.
>They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so, I
>was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I am
>always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
>problems.
>
>*When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
>One disk has folder called: Preload
>Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
>Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
>
>Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??

Since F11 worked, the recovery partition is intact and you should
still be able to make your own discs.

Contact HP/Compaq support and find out how to make your own discs...
and label them when you're done.

"trulyblest" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi,
> My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't boot
> at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up again.
> They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so, I
> was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I am
> always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
> problems.
>
> *When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
> One disk has folder called: Preload
> Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
> Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
>
> Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> --
> trulyblest

From my new Compaq Vista Laptop the recovery disks are

Disk 1 has the following folders: Boot, HP, preload, Sources and is labeled
Recovery 13
Disk 2 is: preload and is labeled Recovery 23
Disk 3 is: preload and tools and is labeled Recovery 33

"trulyblest" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi,
> My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't boot
> at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up again.
> They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so, I
> was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I am
> always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
> problems.
>
> *When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
> One disk has folder called: Preload
> Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
> Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
>
> Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??

#2, 1 and 3 seems to be the way to go.
On the other hand they'll only work in the proper sequence.
Therefore you are the master.
Good luck,

Harry.

>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> --
> trulyblest

"LVTravel" <> wrote:

>From my new Compaq Vista Laptop the recovery disks are
>
>Disk 1 has the following folders: Boot, HP, preload, Sources and is labeled
>Recovery 13
>Disk 2 is: preload and is labeled Recovery 23
>Disk 3 is: preload and tools and is labeled Recovery 33

That'll work.

Thank you LVTravel, that's exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate
it very, very much!!

Thanks to the others for trying!

LVTravel;1096373 Wrote:
> "trulyblest" <> wrote in message
> news:...> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't
> > boot
> > > at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up
> > again.
> > > They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so,
> > I
> > > was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I
> > am
> > > always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
> > > problems.
> > >
> > > *When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
> > > One disk has folder called: Preload
> > > Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
> > > Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
> > >
> > > Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > trulyblest > >
>
> From my new Compaq Vista Laptop the recovery disks are
>
> Disk 1 has the following folders: Boot, HP, preload, Sources and is
> labeled
> Recovery 13
> Disk 2 is: preload and is labeled Recovery 23
> Disk 3 is: preload and tools and is labeled Recovery 33


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trulyblest

"trulyblest" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Thank you LVTravel, that's exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate
> it very, very much!!
>
> Thanks to the others for trying!
>
> LVTravel;1096373 Wrote:
>> "trulyblest" <> wrote in message
>> news:...> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > > My son sent me his Compaq laptop w/Vista installed and it wouldn't
>> > boot
>> > > at all. Finally got it restored by using F11 and it is booting up
>> > again.
>> > > They sent me 3 recovery disks, however none of them are labeled, so,
>> > I
>> > > was hoping someone could help me get them labeled correctly because I
>> > am
>> > > always the one in the family everyone calls when there are computer
>> > > problems.
>> > >
>> > > *When I explore the disks there are folders as follows:*
>> > > One disk has folder called: Preload
>> > > Next disk has folders called: Boot and preload
>> > > Third disk has folders called: Preload and tools.
>> > >
>> > > Anyone know how these would be labeled correctly??
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > trulyblest > >
>>
>> From my new Compaq Vista Laptop the recovery disks are
>>
>> Disk 1 has the following folders: Boot, HP, preload, Sources and is
>> labeled
>> Recovery 13
>> Disk 2 is: preload and is labeled Recovery 23
>> Disk 3 is: preload and tools and is labeled Recovery 33
>
>
> --
> trulyblest


Thanks for posting back.