Reformat PC without disk. bought ext HD, got rar file

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

Ya but there was a couple I know Ill never get back //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
Downloaded winrar, trying to extract and burn the extracted folders onto a cd now

Yeah, there's too much heat on the kiddie **** to try and get it back nowadays. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif:laugh:

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Ya but there was a couple I know Ill never get back //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
Downloaded winrar, trying to extract and burn the extracted folders onto a cd now

lol, must have been original content? As in, chicks you know?

 

[WOT]

a few of them, not that it matters, just was something to have

Having some tough times extracting these files and getting them to work

One more try, all im trying to simply do is extract the rar file to a folder, then copy and paste all those files directly onto a cd, and booting my pc up with that cd, tried twice now and it didnt work. The extracted file is an iso file

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

a few of them, not that it matters, just was something to have
Having some tough times extracting these files and getting them to work

One more try, all im trying to simply do is extract the rar file to a folder, then copy and paste all those files directly onto a cd, and booting my pc up with that cd, tried twice now and it didnt work. The extracted file is an iso file

Hmm, you should use a program to burn the ISO, not just dragging it onto the cd, not sure if that works the same. I usually use nero, but you can try alcohol120 or pretty much any other burn program.

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

open winrar, extract information.

If it's a disc image, go to http://www.imgburn.com

It is the best disc image burning software out there and guess what.. it's free, yay!!

Burn image then put in pc.

If it doesnt boot up to it, u must boot into your BIOS and change boot priority to CD-ROM as the primary device.

 

[WOT]

Well this pcs so scrwed up nero doesnt seem to work anymore, Ieverytime I select the files I wanna add to the disk (530mb worth) right on the screen where you can select "burn" and your write speed and such, the line where it says what burner your using, just flashes on and off, and the burn button isnt illuminated.

Downloading alcohol120 right now

 

[WOT]

Ok so i finally got nero to burn a good copy for me

Upon booting the pc with the cd in, the windows xp setup screen comes up, i select install xp, and an error pops up that says, No valid system partitions were found. Setup is unable to continue

WTF

 

[maddskillzz 10+ year member]

what is this pc?????????anything in the last 5 years or so has all the restore info on a secondary partition on the hard drive.....so all you would have to do is hit one of the F keys to make it boot into recovery mode..........

 

[WOT]

Its a newer pc, less than 3 years. Its an HP pavilion something

All Ive got is the cd with the OS on it now, and it wont boot into the setup menu just by starting the computer with the cd in the drive, i gotta open the cd by going into my computer then clicking the setup icon, then it opens the setup, but gives me that message after clickin window xp install

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

Its a newer pc, less than 3 years. Its an HP pavilion something
All Ive got is the cd with the OS on it now, and it wont boot into the setup menu just by starting the computer with the cd in the drive, i gotta open the cd by going into my computer then clicking the setup icon, then it opens the setup, but gives me that message after clickin window xp install

If you burned the ISO properly you simply need to go into BIOS and tell your computer to boot to CD before the HDD. I'm not sure what it would be on a HP but their should also be an F key to give you boot options at POST.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

as I Said Call Them Up And Get The Disk For Like 30 Bucks At The Most Maybe Less. Stop dicking around with illegal disks and all.

 

[WOT]

I was at staples today and asked, same store i bought my computer from, they said I didnt even get a OS cd when i bought the computer and they dont sell them, you can only buy the whole package again.

I did burn the cd right, but i have no idea how to boot into it, or what bios is, but Id love to get off this fukin laptop pos tiny screen and get my nice home pc working again, this is killing me.

 

[WOT]

F8 does bring up some options, but i dont see anything about bios or changing boot options

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

I was at staples today and asked, same store i bought my computer from, they said I didnt even get a OS cd when i bought the computer and they dont sell them, you can only buy the whole package again.
I did burn the cd right, but i have no idea how to boot into it, or what bios is, but Id love to get off this fukin laptop pos tiny screen and get my nice home pc working again, this is killing me.

When your computer boots up and makes a beep, that is POST. Starting hitting delete, F1, F2, F10, F12.

One of those should get you into BIOS. Go into your boot options and set the CD drive to boot before the HDD.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Staples is not going to help you CALL HP and ask them it may be that the disk you have is missing stuff or that the computer will not accept it and only accept the recovery disk from HP "I have seen this before"