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I Cannot Do A Recovery On My Compaq Presario To Get On Windows The Computer Has No Floppy Drive And I Have The Recovery Cds But Am Getting Many Error Messages Such As Format User Partition I Tried To Get On The Partition Command But Donot Know What Partition To Keep Or Delete Also Error Message Inf File Text Setup.sif Is Missing Is There Any Hope For Me Fixing This Maching I Appreciate Any Help Thanks Anita

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A short, practical recovery checklist and explanations that relate to ’s errors and ’s recovery suggestion.

A “TXTSETUP.SIF is missing” error means the text‑mode setup file can’t be read from the install media. Typical causes: scratched/corrupt recovery discs, a bad burn, or an optical‑drive read fault. Repeated partition/parameter errors often come from the same root (setup can’t read files reliably), not from the hard drive layout alone.

Troubleshooting and recovery steps (in order):

  • Verify the recovery discs on another PC or try a different CD/DVD drive. If the same error appears elsewhere the discs are likely damaged.
  • Back up personal files before making destructive changes: boot a Linux live USB or a Windows PE/Hiren’s-like rescue disk and copy the user folders to an external drive or another PC.
  • If the media reads but setup fails, run the console/repair tools from a retail XP or bootable PE disk and try: chkdsk /r, fixboot, fixmbr, and bootcfg /rebuild. These repair boot corruption but won’t restore missing setup files.
  • When proceeding with a vendor factory restore, read prompts carefully. Factory restores often rewrite the system partition; if a separate data partition exists and must be kept, choose the option that preserves non‑system partitions (if available).

If the recovery media is the problem, vendor replacement media or a retail Windows installation DVD (using the product key from the certificate of authenticity sticker) are usual next steps. If the optical drive fails, a USB external drive or borrowing another PC to create a working boot medium resolves many cases. Factory restore will erase system data—backups first.

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Take the first disk. There should be 6 of them. Put the first disk into your drive reboot and it will do it for you. Just do a ful recovery.

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Can You Help Me Start This Computer Do I Reboot It Everytime I Put In A Different Cd There Are Parameter Errors Along With Partition Errors Please Help,.

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You should have 6 disks. Put the cd in and reboot. It will walk you through the rest of it. Or without disks reboot and hit f10? I believe and restore your compaq that way. I use the advance and it wipes the harddrive clean and starts for scratch. The other method leaves some stuff on your compute and replaces allot of stuff. With the recover cd you do not need to pick which drive to reformat. Reformat is simply erase that part of the drive. By default it should be drive c. Is that what you needed?

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