Which apparently has completely corrupted my machine It doesn't get past the BIOS screen. However, what I see with them also doesn't seem remotely to correspond to the helpful things I'm meant to see I have a black screen that asks me to choose between Windows 7 recovery and memory test.
I choose the former, and I get another black screen that starts "try hda 0,0 FAT 16", then goes on to 'initialize variable space Am I doing something wrong? I thought the point of this was to avoid the need for the DVD Grateful for your help! Terry60 Telephone Sanitizer 2nd Class Staff member. You need to concentrate on getting the Samsung "factory reset" working. Is it F4 as you power up? Terry Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I didn't quite understand it I don't know how to get Samsung factory reset working, or what it is.
F2 gives me bios settings and F4 allegedly gives me Samsung recovery solution - except it doesn't. Here is a third party software — AOMEI Backupper Standard , allowing you to restore system to the previous state even you cannot boot your computer.
Suppose you have already created a system backup. If not, please download this software and create one ahead of time. Click Restore and follow the instructions. It only takes you a few clicks. If you want to restore to a dissimilar hardware , tick Universal Restore. Here is the Restore interface. Case 2: Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically When your operating system does not start properly, and you try to repair it with Startup Repair. Method 1: Run chkdsk on the boot volume The command line chkdsk tool can be used to check and sometimes repair your drives for file system corruption.
Method 2: Disable Automatic Restart 1. Restart your computer 2. Quickly begin tapping F8 repeatedly, until you see the list of boot options 4. No one, including HP, has stocked Win 7 recovery media for years now -- not even the online alternative suppliers. You would have to resort to reinstalling Win7 from scratch, but then, you would lose the HP drivers that are essential to the laptop working properly.
Didn't find what you were looking for? Ask the community. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Need Windows 11 help? F11 is very useful when you want to factory reset your computer to its default settings, but you may not want to use it if your computer works well.
Since it will delete everything on your computer, leaving a fresh version of system only. Is there any safer way to recover your computer?
The answer is Yes, you can create a system image backup with a reliable one key recovery software - AOMEI OneKey Recovery , which will include the operating system, personal data, installed program, etc.
This software will create a recovery partition as well and put both of them in a hidden partition, thereby greatly reducing mistaken deletion or damage. And after recovery, everything will be just like it was. Below are some helpful features of it:. Then, click on OneKey System Backup in the home console. This partition is hidden by default to prevent data from damaging. Wait until the process complete. Also, you can add a boot option to Windows Boot Manager. It supports backing up system to external hard drive or other recognized devices.
Also, you can use it to create disk backup, partition backup or file backup per your needs. Besides, it still allows you to backup only changed files with its incremental backup. If the system crashes or other unbootable issue shows up, you can create bootable media to boot your computer.
0コメント