[belljohn76]

i need to find out how to use my hp recovery partition to reinstall my os. can anyone help me?

[crazy4laptops]

i take it you have vista, right?
can you boot into windows/c: drive?
if not, what errors/messages do you get?
I think hp has the menu set for one second, so right after the hp logo on first power-up hit the down arrow key repeatedly until the o/s choice menu comes up. select hp recovery and you should be good to go.

[belljohn76]

not vista. its xp home

[Elvenstar]

To use the recovery partition most HP computers use the F11 key. I have an HP laptop
with WinXP home and this is what I do:

- You start your computer and you'll see the initial text.
- Normally in the bottom of the screen you'll see a message like "press f11 for recovery"
- When you press f11 you enter the recovery application

Once you enter the app, you just have to follow the instructions step by step.

I had the extra problem that my computer instead of showing the normal text showed a splash screen,
so I just started pressing f11 several times the moment I saw anything on the screen until I entered
the recovery application.

I've seen that this works both for PCs and laptops.

[belljohn76]

no this did not work it just keeps taking me to safe mode screen.