HP Restore - How to?

Hi people,

I have a laptop (HP Compaq 610 notepad pc - Windows 7 - Home - 32bit)

It has a 15GB (hidden) partition named "volume hp_recovery"

I have searched for hours looking how to restore the laptop (wanting a clean format/restore)

I press F11 on boot up and it just goes into safe-mode (no Hp options)
I have tried software (hp software says there is no restore image)
Windows says there is no restore image either.

Ideally, I'd like to use HP restore, before deleting the Hp partition and installing windows 7 manually.


Any ideas?


Many Thanks!,

Chris

 

Copied from somewhere on the web:
1. Reboot, and repeatedly press F10 at the HP logo until the recovery screen appears.
2. When the recovery screen appears, press "Next" and then "Yes" to perform a non-destructive recovery (all data saved). After the recovery is finished, the laptop will reboot.

Or to perform a destructive recovery, (***This will erase all your unsaved data!***)
Click "Advanced" and then "Yes".
After the recovery is finished, the laptop will reboot.

Or
Reboot, and repeatedly press F11. Follow on screen prompts.

If this doesn't work, you haven't got a useable recovery partition and need to buy/borrow a disk.

 

Hi,

Is the computer still running the current OS? What HP software did you try? (I'm trying to figure out if you have burnt your HP recovery discs.)