I recently used my system recovery CDs for my HP Pavilion in an effort to clean out my computer, get back to the factory settings, and make it go faster. It turns out this was a pretty big mistake.
The whole process was going good up until I put in the 3rd recovery CD. At the file "BASE_17" (I forgot what type of file it was -- I will check again later if it is necessary), the computer stopped reading from the CD and a message came up saying "Could not recover BASE_17" with my options being Abort and Retry. I retried a few times with no sucess. The abort option restarts the computer, and brings it back to the beginning of the system recovery process, beginning this cycle again. If i try to start it without going to system recovery, it says there is no operating system and it cant start, so it brings me back to the system recovery process, where it once again stops on CD #3.
Anybody have any idea on what I can do now to fix this?? Right now my computer wont start and it is looking like I will need to purchase a new one.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Brian
The whole process was going good up until I put in the 3rd recovery CD. At the file "BASE_17" (I forgot what type of file it was -- I will check again later if it is necessary), the computer stopped reading from the CD and a message came up saying "Could not recover BASE_17" with my options being Abort and Retry. I retried a few times with no sucess. The abort option restarts the computer, and brings it back to the beginning of the system recovery process, beginning this cycle again. If i try to start it without going to system recovery, it says there is no operating system and it cant start, so it brings me back to the system recovery process, where it once again stops on CD #3.
Anybody have any idea on what I can do now to fix this?? Right now my computer wont start and it is looking like I will need to purchase a new one.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Brian