It also isn't 100% certain that it will work. I was unable to use the recovery partition once but fortunately by then HP had sent me the set of restore CDs. I used them and was able to reformat and reinstall the applications. You can't trust a computer to permit access to that recovery partition. The whole idea was idiotic. Elaine My family tree is a few branches short! Hello Joan On Monday, June 6, 2005, you wrote > The suit has to do with recovery disc. When > I purchased my computer in > 2001 it didn't come with a recovery CD. > Instead the recovery is > partitioned on the hard drive. To access the > recovery all I have to do > is tap the F10 key as soon as the computer turns on. > I'm assuming that those machines that came > with a recovery CD would not > be included in this suit. I know my older HP > that came with a recovery > disc is not. It also in not running Windows XP. > When I do have to recover, I turn the machine off, disconnect > everything except the mouse, keyboard, and > monitor; turn it back on and > start tapping F10. This accesses the > recovery on the partition. > Part of the problem is that HP didn't exactly > tell its customers about > this. I found out when my computer was one month old and stopped > working. It was tech support who clued me > in. To make a long story > short they had to replace the tower with the one I now have. > But that is how I learned to recover my HP!