I am stumped.
Yesterday I accidentally unplugged my desktop computer (HP/Vista Home Premium). When I plugged it back up and turned it on, Window’s wouldn’t load; Unfortunately I didn’t write down the message I got but it was something about needing some kind of device, that it didn’t have. After tinkering around with a few keys, I was able to load Windows, but immediately saw the “safe to remove hardware” icon in the task bar, and there it showed 2 things: A wireless adapter, and usb mass storage device. What in the world? I didn’t have anything different plugged in anywhere! I don’t use anything wireless; I use a modem.
Also, it immediatelyly threw up a message that my disk was low (my Recovery disk). When I went to look at “My Computer” my entire Recovery drive was completely red (used).
I tried to do a restore and it wouldn’t let me (error simply said “a restore could not be done” with no explanation). I tried to do currant backup and it couldn’t, said there was not enough space for a backup (well duh). I even adjusted my backup settings several times (un-checking the boxes of what I wanted backed up ie., music, pictures, etc.) and it STILL wouldn’t backup.
All of this because my system got unplugged? It was working perfectly before then. Can I totally erase what is on my Recovery drive and start over? Why do I now have 2 pieces of hardware “that can be removed safely”?
Recap:
*Vista shut down accidentally
*Windows didn’t want to load without a certain device upon rebooting
*Safely remove hardware icon shows 2 things…for no apparent reason
*Recovery disk completely full now and Restore won’t work
*Backup won’t work because disk is full
*No new programs were loaded before hand, Defragged both drives, used scan disk on both drives, ran Nortons, checked hardware profile, everything is completely normal. HELP!
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1 Helpful person // Nov 13, 2008
Try this:
Open windows explorer
Right click on your C: drive and choose properties
Click on the Tools tab
Click on Error checking
Click both boxes (Automatically fix and recover bad sectors)
Click start
You will get a message that the disk will be checked when you next start your computer. Shut down and restart.
The system (before windows is loaded) will check and fix all disk errors. This will take a long time, maybe an hour.
Hope this works for you.
2 David R // Nov 13, 2008
go to start.all programs >recovery manager>recovery manager>advanced options>SYSTEM recovery >this should set it back to factory settings
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