installing new OS after Dbann

daz378

totally wiped my hard drive .....as its an old laptop with vista....as im giving it to a mate....with the intention of using the recovery disks to reinstall vista.... nothing happens when i put recovery discs in?...how do i access the bios? ...should i download vista (trial ) on my main to disc and try that....linnux?

GunJack

keep tapping F2 or Del key to access bios when powering on the lappy, then change boot order to boot from cd drive first. Place vista disk in tray, then exit bios and save settings. The machine will restart, and should boot from the dvd and start to install vista

dturtill

if you have used DBAN it will have wiped the full HDD that means there is no recovery Partition so it will need a full clean install

GunJack

dturtill wrote: »

if you have used DBAN it will have wiped the full HDD that means there is no recovery Partition so it will need a full clean install

he's got recovery disks, that's what they're for

daz378

thanks guys.....had the power jack in the lappy when trying f2 ... nothing happened...took power jack out and f2 worked and is now installing from recovery discs..... hopefully installs successfully....though sometimes they put proprietary markers on the hard drives and ive dbanned so may not be there....plan be linnux

dturtill

often with recovery disks especially the manufacturer provided ones these require data thats been stored on a recover partition. OP are these self created disks or Manufacturer supplied ones please

never mind just seen your latest post

NiftyDigits

Brand name and model number of laptop?

There is never a 'proprietary marker on the HDD' that isn't contained on the recovery discs.

daz378

yes reinstalled no problem amilo fuijitsu 1718

NiftyDigits

You have a PM.

daz378

tried to reply but your inbox is full..... but the guy will be happy with a basic system.....dont think he has a pen drive....thanks for your help

GunJack

if you used the manufacturer's recovery disks, more often than not they re-create a recovery partition on the hdd as part of the reinstall. Keep the disks safe in case of future need