Windows Vista forum: Accessing The Recovery Partition In An emachines W3619

is there a "System Recovery" option somewhere in the Start menu lists?

All I could find;
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091031182553AA0D7nX

Mark

Thanks for the postings! They got me to thinking. I found a User Guide and a Hardware Reference backed up on the "D" Recovery drive. They told me that I needed to be looking for the Emachines Recovery Console. That program wasn't in the start menu anymore, but a search did find it on my hard drive. I'm SUPPOSED to be able to reach the system recovery option either through tapping "F8" on startup, or by selecting the full system recovery option through the Recovery Console.

I had problems with both methods. The Recovery Console just reboots my machine to Vista every time. It never takes me to the full system recovery option. Tapping F8 takes me to the Advanced Boot Options screen. But the "repair computer" option that should be showing up there isn't listed.

Again, I'm using Vista Home Basic. Is that an issue with this version of Windows? Or am I dealing with a hardware and/or software issue? If there is a workaround to get my Recovery partition fired up, that would be fine too. I hope somebody has some thoughts that they're willing to share. I'm scratching my head. (I can't pull my hair out...I'm already bald.) Thanks!

Ron

OK, so that leads me to another question. Wouldn't Vista backup and restore be a tad different than trying to do a full system recovery through my Recovery partition? I'm still using XP, so maybe I'm just ignorant. But I figured that I should be able to use the Recovery partition regardless of what operating system is installed.

Ron

I just wanted to let you guys know how it all worked out. I ordered the system restore disk from emachines. After about a two week wait and spending $20., it arrived and there was no problem taking the machine back to factory specs. There have been a couple of minor issues getting it up and running, but nothing really bad. I do have two thoughts though. ANY manufacturer should be building into the machine/providing the buyer with the means to take the system back to factory specs. To not do that is unforgivable. My other thought is that emachines tech support is some of the worst I've seen. I'll never buy a new system of theirs. Decent tech support is important. Thanks for all the input!

Ron

Finally, thank you! I just got a new laptop over the weekend and I've been desperately trying different key combinations to find the restore menu. The restore management console was corrupt when I opened the computer was fully turned on. My dad has been really hounding me about taking the old laptop, so ordering a repair disk was definitely not an option from me.