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Unable to restore from recovery partition
I am unable to restore my computer from the recovery partition. When I
double click Tools\PCrestore I get the message below and nothing happens. "Access to \Tools\dp.sc was denied." Could you please suggest me what I can do to restore this computer from recovery partition? |
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Unable to restore from recovery partition
"n o s p a m p l e a s e" wrote in message ... I am unable to restore my computer from the recovery partition. When I double click Tools\PCrestore I get the message below and nothing happens. "Access to \Tools\dp.sc was denied." Could you please suggest me what I can do to restore this computer from recovery partition? http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=192653 |
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Unable to restore from recovery partition
What I am about to say is no immediate help to you.
RESTORE PARTITIONS SUCK!!!! I get a nice warm cuddly feeling from a Dell "Reinstallation CD", which is nothing more than a standard everyday Microsoft Windows install CD except for a file or two that identifies it as a Dell. Anyone and everyone should spend a few extra bucks to buy the Reinstallation CD, either when placing an on-line order or after buying a Dell in one of the many mass market outlets. At least Dell offers the option to buy these things. Try that with HPaq, Lenovo, Acer-eGateMachines, or any other name brand! Y'all been warned... Ben Myers On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:51:08 -0700 (PDT), n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote: I am unable to restore my computer from the recovery partition. When I double click Tools\PCrestore I get the message below and nothing happens. "Access to \Tools\dp.sc was denied." Could you please suggest me what I can do to restore this computer from recovery partition? |
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Unable to restore from recovery partition
I just got an HP d5000t computer from HP and was able to get Vista 64 bit
installation disk for about $15.00. In addition I was able to make 1 set of startup disks from the recovery partition per HP's instructions. Could not get the restore/recovery partition to work on my Dell Inspiron 530 either. Dell did eventually send me Vista 64 bit OS disks. We bought the Dell computer from Best Buy with Vista 64 Bit and 6 Ghz RAM. Seems that you can't get a 64 bit Dell system on line as an option. "n o s p a m p l e a s e" wrote in message ... I am unable to restore my computer from the recovery partition. When I double click Tools\PCrestore I get the message below and nothing happens. "Access to \Tools\dp.sc was denied." Could you please suggest me what I can do to restore this computer from recovery partition? |
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Sure you can!
http://www.dell.com/content/products...dhs&~ck=anavml "Al" wrote in message ... Seems that you can't get a 64 bit Dell system on line as an option. |
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Unable to restore from recovery partition
On Sep 13, 10:43*am, Ben Myers
wrote: ... I get a nice warm cuddly feeling from a Dell "Reinstallation CD", which is nothing more than a standard everyday Microsoft Windows install CD except for a file or two that identifies it as a Dell. *Anyone and everyone should spend a few extra bucks to buy the Reinstallation CD, either when placing an on-line order or after buying a Dell in one of the many mass market outlets. ... I have one of those for Windows XP Home. The instructions in the manual say to insert the CD and reboot. The PC (an old DELL Inspiron 2650) does not boot from the CD. But if I boot in safemode, I can explore the CD. If I try to install however, I get a pop up that tells me to insert the CD and reboot. Deja Vue all over again. I tried coying the reinstallation CD to a USB flash drive and then tried installing it from there. I got a message saying that the current OS is more recent than the reinstallation CD an it refused to install. I uninstalled SP2 and tried again, same message. I tried to uninstall SP1 and the uninstall failed, now I can only boot in safemode. I used F2 to try to change the boot device sequence, but when scrolling, the menu skips over the CD-ROM and will not let me designate it as a boot device. I read that I could download XP setup floppies, then boot off the floppy drive, enter repair console and then designate the CD-Rom as a boot device. I have successfully booted from the floppies, but do not understand HOW to use the repair console to edit the boot device sequence. It looks like the set command might do it, but I am locked out of the set command unless something else (a snap in???) is installed. Maybe bootcfg would do it, but I haven't found the proper syntax. A hardware solution was also suggested-removing the battery from the motherboard to reset the bios to default. I almost got the case open, but something near where the wifi would plug in seems to be caught and I don't think I can get to the motherboard without breaking something. So, am I almost there? What do I do next? The laptop was a gift from a friend, I have all of the original paperwork etc. I suppose that locking the boot device sequence to disallow the removable media devices is some sort of security measure. That is particularly annoying as the previous owner/user had never even set passwords. If I finally give up on trying to restore XP home, I may install Win 2kPro, there is nothing on the hard drive that I actually want or need and I downloaded and erased all of my friend's data. -- FF |
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A couple of comments:
I suspect that either your Dell "Reinstallation CD" or the optical drive in your 2650 is defective. The 2650 does know how to boot from a CD. I have serviced them and refurbished them. Good thing, too, 'cause it's not easy to start an XP install from floppy. In fact, I have never seen XP boot floppies. But they may exist. Second, you might as well forget installing Windows from a USB device. Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and their galley slaves have made it almost impossible to do. In fact, I have not yet seen a "how to" for successful XP install. Linux? Yep, it can be installed from a USB device... Ben Myers On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:40:14 -0700 (PDT), Fred the Red Shirt wrote: On Sep 13, 10:43*am, Ben Myers wrote: ... I get a nice warm cuddly feeling from a Dell "Reinstallation CD", which is nothing more than a standard everyday Microsoft Windows install CD except for a file or two that identifies it as a Dell. *Anyone and everyone should spend a few extra bucks to buy the Reinstallation CD, either when placing an on-line order or after buying a Dell in one of the many mass market outlets. ... I have one of those for Windows XP Home. The instructions in the manual say to insert the CD and reboot. The PC (an old DELL Inspiron 2650) does not boot from the CD. But if I boot in safemode, I can explore the CD. If I try to install however, I get a pop up that tells me to insert the CD and reboot. Deja Vue all over again. I tried coying the reinstallation CD to a USB flash drive and then tried installing it from there. I got a message saying that the current OS is more recent than the reinstallation CD an it refused to install. I uninstalled SP2 and tried again, same message. I tried to uninstall SP1 and the uninstall failed, now I can only boot in safemode. I used F2 to try to change the boot device sequence, but when scrolling, the menu skips over the CD-ROM and will not let me designate it as a boot device. I read that I could download XP setup floppies, then boot off the floppy drive, enter repair console and then designate the CD-Rom as a boot device. I have successfully booted from the floppies, but do not understand HOW to use the repair console to edit the boot device sequence. It looks like the set command might do it, but I am locked out of the set command unless something else (a snap in???) is installed. Maybe bootcfg would do it, but I haven't found the proper syntax. A hardware solution was also suggested-removing the battery from the motherboard to reset the bios to default. I almost got the case open, but something near where the wifi would plug in seems to be caught and I don't think I can get to the motherboard without breaking something. So, am I almost there? What do I do next? The laptop was a gift from a friend, I have all of the original paperwork etc. I suppose that locking the boot device sequence to disallow the removable media devices is some sort of security measure. That is particularly annoying as the previous owner/user had never even set passwords. If I finally give up on trying to restore XP home, I may install Win 2kPro, there is nothing on the hard drive that I actually want or need and I downloaded and erased all of my friend's data. |
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Unable to restore from recovery partition
On Sep 14, 3:35 pm, Ben Myers wrote: A couple of comments: I suspect that either your Dell "Reinstallation CD" or the optical drive in your 2650 is defective. The 2650 does know how to boot from a CD. I have serviced them and refurbished them. Good thing, too, 'cause it's not easy to start an XP install from floppy. In fact, I have never seen XP boot floppies. But they may exist. Yes it knows how, but I have read that the feature is often disabled and must be re-enabled to boot from the CD-Rom. The instructions have found say to boot using six setup floppies downloaded from microsoft and then use the recovery console to enable booting from the cd-rom. I've gotten as far as booting off of the floppies and running the recovery console but the instructions do not say _HOW_ to use the recovery console to enable booting from the CD-Rom. That is why I went on to try to open the case and remove the battery from the Motherboard. Since I can explore a CD on other computers (indeed when I load it it wants to install right away) I figure the CD is OK. Device manager tells me the CD-Rom is working properly. I can disable and re-enable, uninstall and reinstall it, but I can no longer read a CD with it. When I put in a CD a little spinning disc appears on the cursor and I can eject it by right clicking on the CD icon and choosing eject. At startup in safe mode there is a message that some hardware will not work in safe mode. I do not know if it is normal for the CD-rom to work in safe mode or not. Since I can no longer boot except in safe mode, I do not know if the CD-Rom works in normal windows. In recovery console, what does the command: bootcfg /redirect useBiosSettings do? That sounds like it may be what I need to do. -- FF |
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Unable to restore from recovery partition
Well, then, how about hitting the F2 key to enter the setup, then change the
boot order in the BIOS setup? Or power on the system, hit the F12 key to call up the system boot menu, select the CD/DVD drive, and boot? "The instructions I have found say to boot using six setup floppies downloaded from microsoft and then use the recovery console to enable booting from the cd-rom." Whoever told you this or wherever you found, it is a large warm pile of horse manure, still warm and steaming. Booting from the CD/DVD drive is a BIOS-controlled function, plain and simple. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with Windows itself. I cannot believe the misinformation spread by some people. To illustrate this to yourself, download one of the Linux Live CD ISO images (e.g. OpenSuse Live, Mandriva Live), burn it to a CD (in a special way, not as data), and boot the sucker. Better yet, please cite a reference where you found this gem of computer wisdom. .... Ben Myers On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:30:07 -0700 (PDT), Fred the Red Shirt wrote: On Sep 14, 3:35 pm, Ben Myers wrote: A couple of comments: I suspect that either your Dell "Reinstallation CD" or the optical drive in your 2650 is defective. The 2650 does know how to boot from a CD. I have serviced them and refurbished them. Good thing, too, 'cause it's not easy to start an XP install from floppy. In fact, I have never seen XP boot floppies. But they may exist. Yes it knows how, but I have read that the feature is often disabled and must be re-enabled to boot from the CD-Rom. The instructions have found say to boot using six setup floppies downloaded from microsoft and then use the recovery console to enable booting from the cd-rom. I've gotten as far as booting off of the floppies and running the recovery console but the instructions do not say _HOW_ to use the recovery console to enable booting from the CD-Rom. That is why I went on to try to open the case and remove the battery from the Motherboard. Since I can explore a CD on other computers (indeed when I load it it wants to install right away) I figure the CD is OK. Device manager tells me the CD-Rom is working properly. I can disable and re-enable, uninstall and reinstall it, but I can no longer read a CD with it. When I put in a CD a little spinning disc appears on the cursor and I can eject it by right clicking on the CD icon and choosing eject. At startup in safe mode there is a message that some hardware will not work in safe mode. I do not know if it is normal for the CD-rom to work in safe mode or not. Since I can no longer boot except in safe mode, I do not know if the CD-Rom works in normal windows. In recovery console, what does the command: bootcfg /redirect useBiosSettings do? That sounds like it may be what I need to do. |
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Unable to restore from recovery partition
On Sep 14, 9:10*pm, Ben Myers
wrote: Well, then, how about hitting the F2 key to enter the setup, then change the boot order in the BIOS setup? See: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.s...n&dmode=source Or power on the system, hit the F12 key to call up the system boot menu, select the CD/DVD drive, and boot? I'll try that next. "The instructions I have found say to boot using six setup floppies downloaded from microsoft and then use the recovery console to enable booting from the cd-rom." *Whoever told you this or wherever you found, it is a large warm pile of horse manure, still warm and steaming. *Booting from the CD/DVD drive is a BIOS-controlled function, plain and simple. *It has absolutely NOTHING to do with Windows itself. Agreed. Better yet, please cite a reference where you found this gem of computer wisdom. It was in one of these Usenet newsgroups. Problem is there are too many of them. When looking for it, I found this discusion of the recovery partition and thought maybe it would be good to ask about the recovery console. Have you ever used the recovery console? Are you familiar with the sytax of the available commands? Do you know what the recovery console command: bootcfg /redirect useBiosSettings Actually does? -- FF |
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