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pc wont run a recovery disc
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toejumper
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need to return my pc back to factory setting, loaded the recovery disc and nothing happens, the disc drive is turning but not loading.
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Will it run other discs, software, music?
If so, is the recovery disc clean?
Does it need to boot from the recovery disc?0 -
yes have put a cd in and that run fine0
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Make and model?0
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when i put the disc in it load the disc with the information on whats on it but it wont run0
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has the machine got a factory restore partition.
have you set the machine up to boot from the disc, either in the bios, or by pressing a key at boot?
Why are you reinstalling?!!
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it my brother pc, and every thing you try to open it comes up with a screen choose a program you want to use to open the file, hes also lost Internet explorer, tryed to set back to restore from pc and nothing happens.0
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sound like you need fixexe, to fix the file associations in the registry after a malware infection
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/reg/antivirus-vista-2010/FixExe.reg!!
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See if this works if you can download it either on this PC or yours
http://www.tangosoft.co.uk/re-enable%20v2.html0 -
thats what i thought it was infected, i loaded malwarebytes and spybot on a memory stick but they wont run either.0
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the fix is in the 2 posts above!!
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