hi guys

can clear this up for you i think

on compaq notebooks (could be same on desktops too but dont quote me) a backup of your OS is installed on a 2nd partition, your d_drive, called SYSTEM_SAV. When you use the recovery disc all it does is wipe your c drive, and reinstall OS from d partition.

So if you've reformatted the whole drive then you've lost your backup, cos it aint on the recovery disk, that only contains 'tools' you need to restore with.

But all is not lost.

Talk to compaq, ask for a set of Quick Restore discs, they wont send you just a Windows disk whick I reckon would be better, but the QR discs allow you to replace both c & d patitions on your HD. You will also need to download a softpaq (#20532) which you can get from this addy

http://web14.compaq.com/falco/sp_list.asp

than browse for relevant softpaq

this does your reformatting for you i believe

hope this helps

Lee