restore hp recovery partition
 

hi, i just got an hp dv6000, and when installing fedora 8, i accidentally deleted the recovery partition(the modern replacement for the restore disk).


I have rebuilt the partition table, and the drive named HP_RECOVERY is mountable, and contains all the proper stuff.

its in partition 2.

but the bios recovery feature doesnt do anything.
i press f11 during the POST screen, and it just continues, rather than going into the recovery program.

what should i do?

Could you set up grub to boot into the recovery partition?

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Steve Stites

thanks for the quick reply, i just did what you suggested:
rootnoverify (hd0,4)
chainloader +1
boot

It loaded the partition!!
it gave me a menu with stuff like system restore, recovery manager etc.
the manual says to use the recovery manager.
when i click it, i get an error with a 32bit hex number. something like:

Error: 0x0303FF03
If the problem persists contact hp

the same sort of thing happens for any option in the menu.
hmm.

ive tried setting it as partition 2, 3 and 4. but the bios still doesnt access it.

I've found Compaq resource CD's or similar in the past that I've used to recover from the partition. Got them from HP's site. Even e-mailing their technicians and including your model number, they may be able to offer tips.