ethanmcf Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi, so heres the problem, i bought a Compaq C555EU, about 2 weeks ago, and recently, i had a serious Network problem, which took down two computers, including the Laptop. So, when i went to restore Vista back onto the system, i found that there were no Partitions avaliable on the system, so i had to disable the SATA Native support, to see what XP thought of the problem, and i had my complete HDD as Un partitioned, (serious problem), so now there is no way to boot back into Vista, becuase the restore partition had also gone, and i didnt make restore CDs, becuase i had the backup partition, when i contacted HP, i had no response at all. i dont want to go and buy vista again, so i even looked to see if i could download a OEM version, and use my Licence Key to activate it etc. but again, no luck. so im now running windows XP on here. Can someone please help, like i said i dont really want to pay for Vista again, im running Vista Home Premium x86 OEM, well, i was.Thanks.Ethan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midi2k6 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Usually, the HDD had 2 partitions when you bought the computer, if you reformatted the HDD without deleting the Partition then install XP on C drive use restore program to restore the Restore_Vista data on the restore partition (Restore Drive). Now you can have Vista back.BUT >>>>>>>>>>>>> IF you deleted both Partitions (not original pc that you bought anymore) then sorry there is NO WAY you can have it back, if you deleted the partitions with PartitionImage 8 then you can restore partition using PM8 again. WILL NOT ABLE TO RESTORE PARTITION IF YOU DELETED FROM XP MANAGE.Goodluck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethanmcf Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Well, i didnt remove the partiton at all, something happened during a network update. But the problem has been solved, PCWorld have offered a Free hP Vista OEM Disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The partition being wiped out sounds like a virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethanmcf Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 im not sure what happened, but it took away the main Partition and the Recovery Partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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