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These iMedia's are horrible.

Does anyone know what key to press to get the damned thing to start the
recovery process? I've tried F10, F11, F12.

Any idea's? Help is muchly appreciated.

Rider

Rider wrote:
> These iMedia's are horrible.
>
> Does anyone know what key to press to get the damned thing to start the
> recovery process? I've tried F10, F11, F12.
>
> Any idea's? Help is muchly appreciated.
>
> Rider
>
>
You might need to boot off the CD that came with the computer, which
then takes you to the recovery partition. If anything it's f11 on a PB
though

Rider wrote:
> These iMedia's are horrible.
>
> Does anyone know what key to press to get the damned thing to start the
> recovery process? I've tried F10, F11, F12.
>
> Any idea's? Help is muchly appreciated.
>
> Rider
>
>
If it's anything like the iMedia in front of me, you'll either have some
Master CD's (for restoring the image) or not. If not, then you can
create them using a PB utility. Obviously, you'll need to boot back into
windows to do it, and then have a few CD-R/RWs on hand onto which the
Master CD's are burned (4 CDs on my PC).

You should have a recovery diskette or CD that can boot - this is
separate from the Master CD's, however, it will ask for the Master CD's
after bootup. I think you can also create a recovery boot diskette as
well, if you don't have one.

"Daniel" <> wrote in message
news:437063f6$...
> Rider wrote:
>> These iMedia's are horrible.
>>
>> Does anyone know what key to press to get the damned thing to start the
>> recovery process? I've tried F10, F11, F12.
>>
>> Any idea's? Help is muchly appreciated.
>>
>> Rider
>>
>>
> If it's anything like the iMedia in front of me, you'll either have some
> Master CD's (for restoring the image) or not. If not, then you can create
> them using a PB utility. Obviously, you'll need to boot back into windows
> to do it, and then have a few CD-R/RWs on hand onto which the Master CD's
> are burned (4 CDs on my PC).
>
> You should have a recovery diskette or CD that can boot - this is separate
> from the Master CD's, however, it will ask for the Master CD's after
> bootup. I think you can also create a recovery boot diskette as well, if
> you don't have one.

I was lucky to get an XP cd from the client ... nevermind anything else. I'm
also a bit suspect about the origins of the XP CD.

Looks like a manual load and driver download.

Cheers

Rider

"Jerry" <> wrote in message
news:43704141$...
> Rider wrote:
>> These iMedia's are horrible.
>>
>> Does anyone know what key to press to get the damned thing to start the
>> recovery process? I've tried F10, F11, F12.
>>
>> Any idea's? Help is muchly appreciated.
>>
>> Rider
>>
>>
> You might need to boot off the CD that came with the computer, which then
> takes you to the recovery partition. If anything it's f11 on a PB though

I know the recovery partition is there. I just can't access it. The client
doesn't have anything that came with the computer, except an XP cd ... which
I'm pretty sure didn't actually come with this computer.

Cheers

Rider

Rider wrote:

>
> I know the recovery partition is there. I just can't access it. The client
> doesn't have anything that came with the computer, except an XP cd ... which
> I'm pretty sure didn't actually come with this computer.

This page http://tinyurl.com/73euj has the download for a utility to
make a boot disk for system recovery.


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EMB

Rider wrote:
>
> I was lucky to get an XP cd from the client ... nevermind anything else. I'm
> also a bit suspect about the origins of the XP CD.
>
> Looks like a manual load and driver download.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rider
>
>

Aaaaarrggghh. I've just realised that the I don't have the Master CD's,
and worse, the restore partition for creating them is gone... [sigh]

"EMB" <> wrote in message
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> Rider wrote:
>
>>
>> I know the recovery partition is there. I just can't access it. The
>> client doesn't have anything that came with the computer, except an XP cd
>> ... which I'm pretty sure didn't actually come with this computer.
>
> This page http://tinyurl.com/73euj has the download for a utility to make
> a boot disk for system recovery.
>

Brilliant, that's saved a whole lot of time.

Really appreciate it.

Rider

Rider wrote:
> "EMB" <> wrote in message
> news:dkr10r$mus$...
>
>>Rider wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I know the recovery partition is there. I just can't access it. The
>>>client doesn't have anything that came with the computer, except an XP cd
>>>... which I'm pretty sure didn't actually come with this computer.
>>
>>This page http://tinyurl.com/73euj has the download for a utility to make
>>a boot disk for system recovery.
>>
>
>
> Brilliant, that's saved a whole lot of time.
>
> Really appreciate it.
>
30 seconds with google

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EMB

"EMB" <> wrote in message
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> Rider wrote:
>> "EMB" <> wrote in message
>> news:dkr10r$mus$...
>>
>>>Rider wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I know the recovery partition is there. I just can't access it. The
>>>>client doesn't have anything that came with the computer, except an XP
>>>>cd ... which I'm pretty sure didn't actually come with this computer.
>>>
>>>This page http://tinyurl.com/73euj has the download for a utility to make
>>>a boot disk for system recovery.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Brilliant, that's saved a whole lot of time.
>>
>> Really appreciate it.
>>
> 30 seconds with google
>
> --
> EMB

Obvioulsly my search string was incorrect. Then again, its been a week of
anything I touch has turned to custard. I should have stayed home this week.

Much appreciated.

RIder