I have a Dell Latitude CPI-A when I got it , it did not have the Recovery CD'S.?
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Call Dell and then tell them you lost your recovery CDs. They will send you them if you bought your computer just recently from them..within a year. If its past a year, then you will have to purchase the CDs but they will only be about 10-15 bucks. Just get the recovery CD and then reformat your computer.\n\nTo format your harddrive you will need to get a recovery disc or a Windows CD. \nNo boot disc is necessary unless you are trying to install Windows 95. \nThe recovery disc will usually come with your computer, if you dont have one, you will need to call your computer manufacturing company and order one. \nThe recovery disc and the windows CD will partition your harddrive and it will wipe out your memory and start from fresh.
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More than likely software.  You might try to download the drivers from the driver makers web site, you if you are in Windows XP, boot from the last known good restore point.  If it is drivers, this should help.  If not, you might try a new software product for writing to the CDs.
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No.  The software on the recovery disc is OEM licensed.  Putting it on a different computer is a violation of that license.\n\nI liked the suggestion you obtain a replacement recovery disc from Dell.  Seems like the easiest safest thing.
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Are you using one of those fake OS called a Recovery CD or a OEM? Becuase they don't have the full version of Windows on them. It is alot cheaper for companies to do this instead of shipping a full copy of Windows which is around $200. \n\nI remember this one guy who formatted both partitons(Recovery CD's come with usually two partitions. Which has the important files installed on one partition leaving the other empty for the rest/your junk) and woundered why he couldn't use his Recovery CD.
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DELL customer service will send you any needed drivers, OS, software and utility CDs etc.  that should have come with your computer but didn't. Get the phone number for your country from the website and call them. And that chat thing is just a bot, you will probably end up having to call them either way.\n\nHave your computer's service tag ready, and  don't take no for an answer. Tell them whatever you need to... you didn't get the CDs, your harddrive is reformatted (and repartitioned if they talk about a dell utility boot), or whatever you need to. Get them to send all the CDs for your computer.
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You should go to the manufacturer's site, there might be instructions there.Some computers will have a partition on the hard drive that you can restore from.System restore can also work .I would get on their case for that disk though.Do you have the manual ?If not ,usually it can be downloaded.Good luck Jessie!
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It depends on the model of your PC. And also if you mean System Recovery (which doesn't recover your files but only the operating system) then you must restart your computer and look at the bottom there you can find e.g. "Click F11 for the System Recovery" (for HP and Packard-Bell Computers) Otherwise you may have a Recovery CD. But if you use a PC of an unknown model (custom collected) then you must just reinstall your windows. Never use a recovery CD on your PC if it's made for another model. Coz you'll have lot of problems with the drivers.\n\nFor more information just use the user guide (manufacturer manual) for your PC.
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If the computer came with restore disks you cannot do it without them. Most of the newer dells do not come with Cd's anymore, the operating system is on the hard drive on a different partition. restart the computer and before you see the dell screen start tapping the F12 key. This will take you to the boot options menu. If your computer has the restore files on the hard drive the restore option will be listed there.
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The CD you lost very well may have had Net MD Simple Burner and a Net MD Driver. Contact Sony about a replacement CD or just download the program and driver from \nhttp://www.gooduse.com/netmd.html \nIf you have any compatibility issues, you'll need to obtain the CD.\nI hope i've been of assistance
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The last time I had to get a recovery disk for an IBM PC, I had to call support. I don't think they have them for download on their website. They were happy to ship me a new one when I called (but the PC in question was covered under warranty).
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What brand of computer?  I think a friend of mine has a HP with a recovery partition on the hard drive, no cd's.  Check the mfr's website and if you can't find anything there give them a call.  The more I think about it I think some Dells came with a Symantec restore feature on the hard drive also.\n\nNew info:\nIf you reformat, everything will be lost.  Make sure to back up any important files to cd or dvd.  Try this, double click on My Computer.  Do you see 2 hard disc drives?  Most systems only have 1 hard drive and it is labelled with a C.  If you system shows 2 then you probably have a partition (a section of your hard drive) with the info you will need.  Check the owner's manual for directions on how to use it.  What model HP?  I assume it is a Pavilion, but what series.  Go to HP and look in the support and drivers tab and enter you model number and poke around there for more info.  \nGood luck.
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if you do a system recover from a cd ( like the ones you get from dell hp.. etc.. ) you drive has been formatted and all data erased..\n\nbut you can still recover data\nyou nned a good data recovery program like data robot by hauri, or ez recovery by ontrack and a second drive to recover too ( data recovery programs generally will not recover to the host drive ), it's bet to install the recovery program on the 2nd drive as well ( some can run off hte cd like data robot, but it does slow things down a bit )
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http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994\nYou can make the boot disks to get to the recovery console\nmaybe this might help: \nhttp://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
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http://bootdisk.com\n\nhttp://ubcd.org\n\nhttp://pclinuxos.com\n\nhttp://livecdlist.com\n\nAll 313 of the above Live CDroms boot from the CDrom, run in RAM and can test computers that have no Hard drive installed, or have a corrupted or damaged hard drive, where you desire to recover the data.\n\nHTH!
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Perhaps you can purchase another reformat disk from the computer company.  Or might be better to buy a new  preprogrammed one that comes with the restores disks.  \nE
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ask the administrator right if you are and forgot just do a repair install not recovery a repair
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if it is a retail copy of XP, try contacting microsoft support, but if it is an OEM version (ie. came with the PC) you probably will have to contact the computer manufacturer or reseller.