Recovery Hp Laptop

[Edco Haglund]

Iwish you always got an OS Installation disk but that's not the case anymore. I've bought hardware and been given a restore disk, or even instructions on how to burn my own disk with their software...

I depends - I have a Lenovo L512 laptop and needed to replace the hard disk in a Lenovo W500 at work but could not find its original installation CDs. I reinstalled Windows 7 using my L512-branded recovery disk without any problems.

However, in addition, as a system builder, you are only allowed to use the media shipped with the licence, whilst I do not know anyone who has been sued/fined, it is a grey area. (Technically, MS are no worse off from you doing this).

The big companies are typically BIOS locked, so you can (typically) use any Lenovo disk with any Lenovo laptop and just skip over activation. If the disk is from another manufacturer, you can try using it, it will most likely fail automatic activation, and you have a small chance that it will work by typing the code manually (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't), the only downside is the machine may be "branded" if there are OEM customisations on the setup disk.

Hello, I have one user that uses a Dell Precision M3800 Win 10 pro with Sophos Safeguard Bitlocker encryption installed. When this user comes in every morning and turns on her PC she is met with the Bitlocker Recovery screen. She would normally drop the laptop off at IT and we simply reboot it and it boots right into Windows. It appears that the laptop only boots to the Bitlocker recovery screen when it is plugged into her Dell D3100 USB Docking station. Is there anyway I can avoid this? Thanks!

i updated my windows 1 week ago.. that update was APRIL 2018 windows 10 update... after installing that update.. my pc won't boot. when i try to start it , it directly goes into recovery .. so today i install windows 10 again but still im facing same problem again and again.

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I started getting blue screens and fatal errors. I then tried to recover a system restore point to before the updates, but I'm thinking (now, hadn't realised then) the updates must've included some BIOS stuff because that didn't fix anything - it would blue screen out before managing to restore anything. It then went worse to the point I couldn't boot anymore without getting blue screens.

I then went with what used to always do the charm when all else failed; I used a bootable USB and completely formatted the hard drive and reinstalled Windows. Installation went fine, but now when I try to boot the laptop it gets stuck in a loop. It's the HP logo with the swirly balls, and then this error:

I went to the HP website where it said this might be BIOS related. I tried powering the laptop while holding the Windows and B keys, but it would say no recovery files were available and to use a USB (this makes sense I guess cause I wiped the hard drive). I used another machine to create a Recovery USB using the instructions, and again tried to boot using the Windows and B buttons. I ended up holding those buttons for over a minute before it again, despite a Recovery USB being plugged in, says no files are available and to please insert a USB.

If the HP BIOS Update screen does not display, repeat the previous steps but press the Windows key and the V key. If the screen still does not display, your computer might not support the feature or there is a hard drive issue. Continue to the next section to Recover the BIOS using a USB recovery drive.

I tried powering the laptop while holding the Windows and B keys, but it would say no recovery files were available and to use a USB (this makes sense I guess cause I wiped the hard drive). I used another machine to create a Recovery USB using the instructions, and again tried to boot using the Windows and B buttons. I ended up holding those buttons for over a minute before it again, despite a Recovery USB being plugged in, says no files are available and to please insert a USB.

Hello all, I'm trying to revive an old laptop (HP ProBook 4540s) that was running an old version of Windows 10. This is my first time running Linux on a PC (outside of some small virtual machines). I downloaded Ubuntu 22.04, flashed it onto a USB using balenaEtcher, and installed the OS onto the laptop from there. My BIOS was configured to boot with UEFI. On booting from USB, I was given a few options at the GNU GRUB menu. I first noticed something wrong when my computer would freeze up after selecting the top Ubuntu option. I went through several restarts before deciding to go with Ubuntu (safe graphics). My laptop was able to go through the regular Ubuntu installation process after this.

The cursor would blink for a while, and then completely freeze. I then tried to reboot the computer in recovery mode, and resume the boot from there. I was able to get onto the desktop, complete the setup, and use Ubuntu like normal (i.e., installing applications, browsing). Unfortunately, I can ONLY complete the boot through recovery mode. Trying to boot normally causes the computer to completely freeze and become unresponsive after the same line. I can't even access TTY with ctrl+alt+f2 or other shortcuts. I've looked at all the solutions under this thread, but haven't found success with any of them. I went down a rabbit hole thinking it was a graphics issue (and it might still be), but I couldn't find a solution that worked since I don't have an Nvidia card. I've looked for additional drivers in Ubuntu's software updater, but nothing comes up. I've even tried a fresh install and ran into the same exact issues. I'd appreciate any thoughts on what be going on, and how I might be able to fix this problem.

The screen becomes unresponsive again, and no keyboard shortcuts work. I have to power off from here to reboot. I've actually noticed that, during this process, the font type changes before freezing, which is odd.

If I go to the advanced options for Ubuntu during the boot, and use the same command, I can see that gdm.service is loaded but it's inactive (dead). I have no idea if this is expected, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Ok, I was able to solve my own problem after fiddling around with the BIOS settings. I assumed the whole issue had to deal with my graphics driver or something. So, in my BIOS settings, I disabled switchable graphics in the device configurations menu. After that my computer has booted up normally and works perfectly as expected now.

With a new device, the browser extension will need to be reinstalled. I may be misunderstanding, but you say your site redirects you to remove the extension and this leads me to believe you already have it installed. Try uninstalling the extension, and then going to your site fresh.

It should not automatically redirect but instead tell you you need to install it. More importantly, you will then need to recover your account once you return back to your site. This includes using your private key to associate the new laptop browser with your site.

Hey @garrett,

The passbolt installation is on version 2.13.5.

My old laptop had a firefox up to date with the 96.x version. There were regular updates installed. I can double check this later to be sure.

Press Y to reset fTPM, if you have bitlocker or encryption-enabled system, the system will not boot without a recovery key.

Press N to keep previous fTPM record and continue system boot, fTPM will NOT be enabled with new CPU unless fTPM is reset (reinitialized). You could swap back to the old CPU to recover TPM related keys and data.

disable the tpm module in bios or reset the tpm keys, either will do.

its caused by installing a fresh bios on an install of windows 10/11, which either invalidates existing keys or gives this warning if tpm was off before the upgrade and is now on.

boot into the system and see if bitlocker is being used.

if it is, you will have to roll back to the old bios.

then go to the tpm key in bios and write it down, all 48 digits of the key.

reboot and see if bitlocker still works. (it should)

When using Bitlocker, do keep a backup of the Bitlocker key, it also normally gets saved into the Microsoft account, but you will need another device to access the backup, in case the original device decides to invalidate the TPM configuration.

Many mobile phones have a special cable one can plug into the USB port on them, and they give special access to components inside the mobile phone. A common use for this is to say, installed new firmware and un-brick units.

The only difference these special cables contain is an extra resistor across two of the USB port pins. The phone detects resistor value and redirects the wires of the usb connector to a different part of the phone.

Does the Framework 16 contain any features like this?

For example, if one had flashed the BIOS and EC with faulty firmware image and the laptop was not booting. All one would need to do is plug in the special USB cable, and recover the unit.

So whats the best approach to installing Fedora? If I format the hard drive, will that remove this boot/recovery stuff? Or is it 100% safe to leave installed? (From a privacy perspective more than a security one.)

Yes, but that would mean the device could only be unlocked/booted/configured by someone who knows the password(s). It is entirely up to you but doing so would mean that you could not even sell or gift the machine without first providing the password or wiping it out. Setting the bios passwords essentially makes the system a brick to someone who does not have the password (assuming the password is reasonably secure).

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