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How-To Geek Forums Topic: Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling! http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling! en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:51:39 +0000 whs on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28462 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:20:30 +0000 whs 28462@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Stacy, with Best Buy it should be easy. Go to their Geek Squad and have them fix it. They are usually very helpful. I would ask for the manager (either Geek Squad manager or store manager). The recovery from the the recovery partition is (in principle) the same as from disk. I think it is easier and you know what you have to deal with. Hopefully you have not damaged the recovery partition with your previous attempts. Then you can only go back to the disk (which will create a new recovery partition). stacymsmith on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28419 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:21:38 +0000 stacymsmith 28419@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I bought the computer at Best Buy and it is past the 14 day return for me to return it...so what am I supposed to do, ya know? WHS- what is the difference in doing that and using my recovery disks? Just curious because I am no tech expert! Lighthouse on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28403 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:04:15 +0000 Lighthouse 28403@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ "Full Factory Recovery" Takes it back to the state as when you got the computer. Deney on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28402 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:00:50 +0000 Deney 28402@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I'm just being curious, sorry, but what kind of state would putting your computer back to "Full Factory Recovery"? What would show up when you turn the PC on the next time. Would you need to install Windows again? Thanks. whs on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28401 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:54:13 +0000 whs 28401@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I second Lighthouse. But if you need to reinstall again, forget the recovery disk and do it like this: 1. Copy all your own files and folders (if there is anything left) to an external storage (Disc, USB stick even SD card - 1 GByte capacity should be ample - even 512 MB) 2. Shut the PC off 3. Turn the PC back on and keep hitting the F8 key repeatedly until the Advanced Boot Option Screen appears 4. Click "Repair Your Computer" –if you are not already on it, use the up and down arrows to maneuver to it and then press ENTER 5. Next you have to pick your country (I assume US) and click OK 6. On the "System Recovery Options Screen" click "Restore Application" (last option) 7. Follow the on-screen instructions 8. When prompted, click on "Full Factory Recovery" 9. Click "Next" 10. Click "Yes" 11. Go and have a cup of coffee - don't touch anything - for a while it seems like nothing is happening 12. After many minutes, recovery will complete and you click "Finish" Lighthouse on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28400 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:46:39 +0000 Lighthouse 28400@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ At 3 weeks old, I would demand a new computer. stacymsmith on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28399 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:45:09 +0000 stacymsmith 28399@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Hi whs. Thank you for responding. I purchased this laptop brand new about 3 weeks ago. The system stopped working completely; therefore, I was unable to perform the recovery from the Windows because the Windows would not start. I have the codes of what is being installed if that helps anyone to find out what it is...2 of them are listed above. I have a Gateway M6750 and received 2 disks for the recovery -- as far as why I did not only receive one I have no idea. I am not technical with computers I just like working on them and and all. Should I restart the recovery in case something happened during the process or should I just let it run it's course. If it is still doing this in around 4 hours or so I plan on starting it over and leave it running while I'm getting some zzz's! Any suggestions, please let me know! whs on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28393 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:19:19 +0000 whs 28393@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ A find a few things odd: 1. 4 hours is unusually long - even with updates. Either you have a super slow PC or something is not right. But maybe it's installing SP1. That can take a while. 2. Gateway usually ships the recovery disk on 1 DVD. I wonder why you have 2. 3. Why did you not reinstall from the recovery partition. That would have been a lot simpler. In any case, any help we can provide, do not hesitate to call. Lighthouse on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28378 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:57:39 +0000 Lighthouse 28378@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ No probs. We try to answer as quickly as possible. stacymsmith on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28370 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:39:47 +0000 stacymsmith 28370@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Thanks lighthouse. This was my first time here using this forum so I was not expecting an answer so quickly! The recovery has been going probably for 4 or so hours now. I just know the other applications did not take this long and was not sure if it was normal for this particular one to be taking over an hour. Thank you for your help...I just wanted to know that it was normal to be taking this long. So I am taking your word for it! -- and anyone else's that decides to post here! Lighthouse on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28369 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:36:27 +0000 Lighthouse 28369@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Welcome stacymsmith. It is installing updates. And 63 can take several hours (depending on your internet and system speed) It is definitely not good idea to stop it, once it has started. If you want to start over, do so, but leave it running overnight or something like that. stacymsmith on "Vista Recovery Seems to be Stalling!" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-recovery-seems-to-be-stalling#post-28368 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:26:10 +0000 stacymsmith 28368@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ My laptop crashed on me...it said the Windows registry system was not working. (I think that's what it said) This was a week or so ago. I called Gateway and they sent me the recovery disks. I have used both disks and it is not installing the applications. It is on 54/63 but it has been stuck on it for an hour or longer. I am not sure if this is normal or not. What it is installing seems to be security updates -- WINDOWS6.0-KB935807, WINDOWS-KB937077 and 2 others similar to that. I just want to know if it's common to take a while ont his particular one or not. Also, is it possible to turn the computer over and start over with the disk -- putting the first one in and starting over??? Any help would greatly be appreciated...thanks so much in advance!