How to restore using onboard data HP Media Center.

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tommytx

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Can someone give me the command for restoring my HP M7000 Media Center running XP home?
It has a d: drive with all the restore data and I have used it before, but cannot remember what it takes to activate it.. I double clicked the drive and that did not work.. I also tried the following during LOading..
f10
f11
alt f10
alt f11
Nothing seems to work..
 
On the BIOS POST screen it should have a key for it. I think it might be F9.
 
NO help there.. I tried f7,f8,f9 and every thing else..
I did get into the i386 files on the d drive and saw some exe files but afraid to activate any as I don't know which one restores..

The only command i see on the screen when loading is the "F1" to go to setup ... I went to setup and looked around for something but saw nothing helpful.
 
Thanks for that... the process called out F10 and sure enough it worked.. I must not have been pushing it frequently enough before..
Also for anyone doing this, it brings up a note following activation with the F10 key that says.. . beginning Restore..and you wonder if its too late to stop it... when in fact it goes to a menu allowing you to opt out if you like..

Also the two modes destructive and non destruct... here is some good info.

destructive = of course means reformat..
non-destruct = actually saves and replaces your files, but of course since you cannot simply save your intsalls, none of your installed programs will work unless they are simple files in a directory.. If they run without installing all that crap in the register then they may work.. but at least it does save all your normal files... But be safe and backup if you can... but this is nice when your entire drive shtts the bed and if you do a non destructive it may bring your files back to life..

Thanks again for the help voyager....
 
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