I want to reformat the hard drive in Windows 8 - Factory Image - in an HP Notebook computer.
HP sent me 3 disks.
Please advise.
Thank you.
HP sent me 3 disks.
Please advise.
Thank you.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- windows 8
HP said:Using HP Recovery media to recover
You can use HP Recovery media to recover the original system. This method can be used if your
system does not have an HP Recovery partition or if the hard drive is not working properly.
1. If possible, back up all personal files.
2. Insert the first HP Recovery disc you created into the optical drive on your computer or into an
optional external optical drive, and then restart the computer.
– or –
Insert the HP Recovery USB flash drive you created into a USB port on your computer, and then
restart the computer.
NOTE: If the computer does not automatically restart in HP Recovery Manager, change the
computer boot order. See Changing the computer boot order on page 75.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
I built a new rig, installed Win 8.1 pre-release & it was running OK!
Then I received the news that the Final Release was available & that I had to reinstall Win 8 to Update. Since I had not installed any programs yet, I decided to go back to Win8.
THEN the trouble started. Every time I tried to install Win8 I received an error that it was trying to resolve the error. It never went any further.
I took the drive out, formatted it, & tried again. Received the same error message again!
Looked at the Hard Drive & there is a hidden partition that I can't delete!
Does anyone know how to delete this partition so I can make a clean install!
I think MS has made a big deal out of installing the Win 8.1 final release!
As I understand it, ALL PROGRAMS, including MS programs, will have to be re9installed?
Does this mean ALL data will be lost?
Tully