http://www.mylot.com/w/keywords/recovery+disk.aspx MyLot Discussions About recovery disk en-gb http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1874273.aspx I have a windows xp sp2,That came pre-installed.I was wondering what would happen if my pc system was corrupted or something,I have no disk to re-install windows,Could anybody help me figure this out?I have seen bits of articles on making a recovery disk,Is this what i need to do,And how?Also if my system does get corrupted and i dont have a recovery disk,Is that it?Is there any way back from there?All help is greatly appreciated,Thank you. Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:03:26 GMT joniebee http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1857136.aspx Hi, I am facing some problems with recovering my PC to factory default settings. Firstly, I have lost the Windows XP Operating System Disk given by the manufacture company for every new PC being purchased. Secondly, I encountered this error message: fltmgr.sys is corrupted, setup will be cancelled after I tried to boot into the recovery environment via the recovery disk given by manufacture company. Thirdly, I need advice on how to restore my PC to default factory settings and I have already backup my data. Best Regards Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:22:24 GMT titaniumsoul http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1821232.aspx day by day computer hackers,viruses,cracking scripts are getting increasing..hackers used to write virus scripts to get your credit card details,bank account details,important files..etc..these scripts runs behind the scripts which is not noticed by the users..one of the popular virus by name trojan ,which i hate the most..it affects the computer operating system core files,sucks processor speed and crashes the system..to protect your system try to follow the basic things.. 1) check whether your antivirus,operating system security updates are upto date.. 2) try to install regcure,tuneup utilities softwares which is used to clean registry,fix registry problems,removes unwanted files from hard drive,system optimizer and speed up your computer. 3) make sure your system firewall is on.. 4) try to backup your important datas once every week..or back your important files in one drive or folder and lock them with password by using folder password softwares.. 5) trojan viruses initially crashes the antivirus and crashes the system.install trojan remover software.. 6) to remove trojan,spywares,malwares(which always stores in temporary backup folders)..install xoftspy software for cleaning.. 7) try to reinstall your operating system or os recovery disk 2 months once so that you can delete unwanted used spaces(dont forget to back your datas).. thanks adhav Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:14:16 GMT adhavgeek http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1666867.aspx I have read many a discussions on here and can never figure out why so many when they have problems with the OS that the first option is to re-install the OS. Some have stated that they do it up to 2 times a year just to keep it a clean system. some re-install it due to a virus WHY? There is a Disk clean up utility built in to the OS why not use it? Problem with the OS why not use the fix and repair options? System slowing down Just clean the system of temp files and defrag? Problem with the disk drive. There is an old utility called chkdsk will do the same thing as a format and take a lot less time that formatting and re-installing everything (which can take days to get everything back to normal. Only thing is you have to reboot and it will run at boot up. from the dos prompt which will fix and repair your disk drive and file system? Virus on your computer (I just saw this today) why not try a new virus scanner and run it from the CD or have a recovery disk it if gets into the Boot Sector. Point is it takes a lot more time to re-install the OS properly than trying the other options first. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:08:33 GMT mirage108 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1666870.aspx I have read many a discussions on here and can never figure out why so many when they have problems with the OS that the first option is to re-install the OS. Some have stated that they do it up to 2 times a year just to keep it a clean system. some re-install it due to a virus WHY? There is a Disk clean up utility built in to the OS why not use it? Problem with the OS why not use the fix and repair options? System slowing down Just clean the system of temp files and defrag? Problem with the disk drive. There is an old utility called chkdsk will do the same thing as a format and take a lot less time that formatting and re-installing everything (which can take days to get everything back to normal. Only thing is you have to reboot and it will run at boot up. from the dos prompt which will fix and repair your disk drive and file system? Virus on your computer (I just saw this today) why not try a new virus scanner and run it from the CD or have a recovery disk it if gets into the Boot Sector. Point is it takes a lot more time to re-install the OS properly than trying the other options first. Why not ask questions first before re-installing the OS first and having more problems? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:10:38 GMT mirage108 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1640535.aspx WEll see I got my Computer like 2-3 months ago. It was a Windows Vista. well After less the na month my computer no longer wanted to start up anymore. I click the power button and then while it's showing that it's loading windows vista it just freezes. I try to the built in recovery thing still doesn't work nothing works. I honestly don't know what happen one day I was on the computer and it just froze completely and I restarted the first time it went back to normal no problems the second time it froze. I restarted the computer but it never wants to finish starting up. The computer never reaches the login screen :( So PLEASE!!! someone help me I don't know what's wrong with my computer it just went dumb. Is there a way to fix this problem. It has been like this for months now and the sad part is that I can't even use the computer and I only have been using it for less then a month. :( I also want to know there usually have this CD that makes the computer brand new and fix everything. If I use a Windows Xp recovery Disk for a Windows Vista computer would it mess it up? Thanks :) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:34:53 GMT payout http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1378925.aspx I started a discussion recently about problems with my laptop. I have a Toshiba Satellite and I'm pretty sure now the hard drive is fried, due to a bad fan that overheated. I am going to try to replace the hard drive (easy) and fan (hard) myself. So, my questions is this, if anyone knows. The original hard drive was 60GB, 4200rpm. As long as it is the same size and interface, can I put an 80GB or even 120GB in there? Does anyone know if my OS (Windows XP) will be on my recovery disk, or will I have to buy a new copy of XP? Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:33:28 GMT DJ9020 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1366284.aspx I think I need a new harddrive in my laptop. Do I have to get the same kind, or can I get a newer, better harddrive? I have a Toshiba Satellite, A60/A65 series. If I get a new harddrive, can I still use my recovery disk to format it? Keep in mind I know just enough to be really dangerous around advanced electronics. Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:20:15 GMT DJ9020 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1170960.aspx When the computer starts the desktop is empty - no status bar at the topor finader or anything. The cursor does activate the doc at the bottombut the Finder button doesn't do anything - so I can't get to any filesor anything. I tried putting in a 10.4 recovery disk but it won'trecognize the drive and since I can't get the finder or desktop to work Ican't even see the disk. What do I do? Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:22:55 GMT ktse5799 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1037922.aspx hey, I upgraded my computer from xp to vista. Then I uninstall it to get back to xp. But here is the problem it displays a message windows roo syatem 32 hal ddl . I pressed f8 key several times and it shows me few options. i tried to start my notebook with every option but nothing works and displys the same message again. I dont have any restore or recovery disk as my notebook came with pre installed xp into it. All i have is back up cds. Presently I just have Vista Cd but thats not for my computer. Can any onesugest a complete solution to my problem. Can i reinstall vista again and what options should i go for ,. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:38:44 GMT bigedshult1