There are some cases where the HP recovery DVDs will not work if there's a different system on the Hard Drive. But It does NOT sound like this is your problem. I've not used this program. But I hear that it can erase the HD. For a fresh start.

I know this works on HP desktops. Not sure about HP Laptops. But When you boot your HP. Does it say at the bottom of the screen.

This guide is about HP recovery disks for the following versions of Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8. Descargar Drivers Canon Pixma Mp130 Gratis here. A recovery disk is also known as. Free Recovery disc download for hp pavilion [Closed]. Given for the hp pavilion dv5 1007 ax laptop with vista 32 bit version and also I dont have the recovery.

Pressing the escape key at bootup will enter a boot loader where you can choose to boot from the CD drive. Changing the bios boot order should have worked. Click to expand.If the Vista dvd is a legit copy, it should boot. If it's not legit (and I'm not saying it is or isn't) it's possible whoever burned the CD did it wrong. Hp 1300 Driver Windows Xp. When you changed the boot order in your bios, did you make sure to save the changes before you exited? If you want to format and reinstall, the HP recovery CDs work just fine for that. If you don't have the actual CDs, then your computer probably came with a 'recovery partition;' HP will let you burn a copy of that partition onto CDs or DVDs so you can boot, recover, reinstall, etc.

But be careful - they only let you burn it one time. I don't remember exactly how to make those copies, but either your PC will have an option for making the recovery CDs, or you can visit the HP support site for your computer model and there should be detailed instructions there.