windows vista problems

[philbar71]

look on the website try a google search to see if they have one.

 

[KSoD]

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs -  Troubleshooting System Recovery Problems in Windows Vista 

F11 during startup not F12.

 

[devinw]

the thing is that i am doing this from XP. does it still work? i hammer f11 on the boot screen and get nothing

 

[KurrentEweser]

If XP still runs, what does Disk Management have to say about the drive? You may not have a usable recovery partition.

 

[devinw]

explain disc management

 

[KSoD]

Start>Right Click on My Computer>Disk Management.

Take a screenshot of that and host it with Imageshack.us or Photobucket and post it here.

 

[devinw]

i see device manager, no dis management though.
keep in mind im running some shaved down copy of XP. dont ask why i installed it

 

[KSoD]

Sorry.

Start>Right click on My Computer>Manage>Then Disk Management.

 

[KurrentEweser]

Start>Right Click on My Computer>Disk Management.

Actually it's right click on My Computer>Manage

 

[KSoD]

Actually it's right click on My Computer>Manage

Fixed with my post above yours.