[SOLVED] HP dv6-6b06sa recovery failing

[JustInspired]

I am going to assume that the oem dvd worked and it is win 7 Home . Stop jerking with this and use this attachment to factory reactivate it.

View attachment 3588

Unzip and run the exe as admin and wait.

So...

this has piqued my interest. Can you effectively back up an activation on one machine and restore on another then? (Obviously both HP machines with the same OS)

Thanks for any more info.

 

[PC Ops]

So...

this has piqued my interest. Can you effectively back up an activation on one machine and restore on another then? (Obviously both are HP machines with the same OS)

Thanks for any more info.

Yes, if, like you said, both are HP machines with the same OS.

 

[Porthos]

It will work if the motherboard is the same bios generation. You cant activate Win 7 on a machine from the XP or Vista era. I have been backing up machines for years and have most all of the Vista and Win 7 for most all brands of computers.

 

[Porthos]

Miles away, install works from an OEM dvd, not HP's OEM dvd.

Dom

install from the oem dvd not the hp disk and give it a try, Nothing but time to loose.

 

[PC Ops]

install from the oem dvd not the hp disk and give it a try, Nothing but time to loose.

He's right and it will work Dom.

 

[Porthos]

At this moment I am doing a reinstall on a gateway laptop from my Image and restoring the double driver backup from the failing drive and will activate with my backed up OEM activation and never have to turn the laptop over to even look at the key

 

[JustInspired]

...I have been backing up machines for years and have most all of the Vista and Win 7 for most all brands of computers.

Ah! It all makes sense now.

At least I know where to come in the meantime if necessary while I build my own collection. LOL

thank you!

 

[Porthos]

I have been backing up machines for years and have most all of the Vista and Win 7 for most all brands of computers.

At least the ones I see as a Home user shop

 

[Markverhyden]

PM'd, thank you.

Dom

Go it. Check you PM's.

 

[dombooth]

Thanks guys much appreciated.

Dom

 

[PC Ops]

So how did you resolve it in the end? Curious...

 

[dombooth]

So how did you resolve it in the end? Curious...

Used Mark's solution.


+Rep for Mark!

Thanks.
Dom

 

[Markverhyden]

Used Mark's solution.


+Rep for Mark!

Thanks.
Dom

Thanks. Glad it worked out.

 

[AlaDes]

I've had this issue before with a few HPs and have had to re-tattoo the motherboard with HP's DMI utility. As another poster mentioned, the motherboard has probably been replaced at some time and the serial number on the unit did not match the one on the motherboard, because who ever replaced the board didn't use the DMI utility to tattoo the new motherboard with the unit's serial number. As a matter of fact, when replacing a motherboard in an HP system, this is a requirement if you are performing warranty work for HP.

 

[Markverhyden]

Just ran into one today, a desktop. Replaced a HD and booted up the recovery disks - machine not supported (or what ever the message says). Booted into BIOS (V6 version) and there was no information what so ever for the machine. No serial, FB, BID, etc. So I updated the BIOS and the restore kicked off with no problem. He husband had taken the machine to his "IT" guy to repair so obviously he had no idea about this.