Trying to Restore from CD

[Kim Possible]

I am really having a hard time with this one machine. Had an infected hard drive and decided the easiest thing to do was reinstall. Wiped the hard drive using Wipe Pro. Now when I insert the Restore CD that came with the computer, it does not see the CD. If I use my boot disk, I can access the CD drive so I know it is operational. What am I missing?

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By Kim:

". Wiped the hard drive using Wipe Pro"

If I recall correctly many restore cd's require that a BACK-UP had to be done at lease once.
When you wiped your c: drive most likely you distroyed that back-up information so the restore cd has nothing left to restore.
An if this is correct you will need Windows installed again.

[Kim Possible]

That is exactly what I am trying to do. Even talked to HP's support. They said I could handle it just like a new hard drive install, but I just can't get it to reinstall windows. Is there a way to get it to launch from the CD although there is not an option within the BIOS?

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Its very unlikely that your boot disc will SEE
Setup.Exe. Also, even if by some chance it does most likely you will still lose many programs such as M$ Office. Fortunately you could find replacements such as Star Office or Open Office....even cd burners freeware...it will take time tho.

[Kim Possible]

I think this is my problem. This computer did not come with a Windows disk. I only have the restore disk to go from.

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Don't know if this will help

http://www.easydesksoftware.com/recovery.htm

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or this:

http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml


Am just visiting here an will be leaving soon so good luck.