I have a slow windows xp and the computer is hp I did not get any kind of recovery disk with it and no recovery disk creator also no F keyboard keys will work on recovery all I got is F1 and F8 that will bring any picture up. How can I recovery my computer to the factory settings or some kind of factory settings plus have all the drivers install?

Usually computers now come without recovery CDs. In place of the CDs there is a recovery partition on your HDD. If you do have this then there should be something in System Tools I believe to create recovery CDs on your own. I know my laptop passes through a recovery screen on boot and I can hit F3 or something to recover without CDs.

i do not have anything like that my laptop dose but not this one. I heard there is a softwear that i can download for microsoft but i do not no how to install the drivers and what the softwear name is.

This is an option:

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs- Creating the Recovery Disc Set in Windows XP

Or logon to your computer and do a "Sytem Restore".

Or as your machine has become slow:

Please click this:Prework

Follow the instructions then copy and paste the results of Hijackthis and Malwarebytes back here on your thread.

I will then move your thread to the NEW Hijackthis Section in readyness for our excellent Security Team to help you further and give you any fixes that are required.

If you have trouble connecting to the internet or downloading the software then you can use another computer.

Download and save the software files to the computer,then copy the software to a CD/DVD,floppy disk,USB pen drive or even an external hard drive.You can then transfer the software to the problem computer.

You can also run in safe mode with networking if needs be.Restart the computer and repeatedly tap F8 and choose safe mode with networking.


If you need further help please feel free to ask.

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Jelly Bean.

Good morning, Chester!

I will watch for your logs.

Please DO UPDATE Malwarebytes PRIOR to selecting a FULL scan. I would appreciate the MBAM logs BEFORE you pull the HJT scan.

Thanks!

i just need a set of recovery disk or something that recovery my computer i called hp and told them the s/n and product key and they said they could not find my computer they told me to buy a copy of windows xp and download the drivers from their website but i could not find no drivers. i hope there not many miss spell words i am typeing this fast. need all help i can get. thanks for the help so far

HP drivers - they have an automatic detection or you can search by model numbers.