Thanks for your reply. I suspect it's a hardware problem as will as a
software glich.
maybe the MBR was erased during my system restore ?
Again Thanks, max

"Malke" wrote:

max carson wrote:

I had a problem with my dvd-r/rw (tsst ts t633a dvd-r/rw) not being ID'ed
in device manager. I used the troubeshooting procedure for the HP Touch
smart IQ 506 I
have and tried to do a system restore, The first restore completed but did
not solve
the drive problem. I went back further in the restore and the system will
not boot.
It's now stuck at the black screen, with the green load bars running, as
if it were loading, no harddisk activity light. The dvd drive does not ID
recovery dvd. The
restore/ recovery (F11) does not respond. When I get to the recovery
screen it will
not respond to any command, safe mode repair, normal load....etc. I have
gotten a
"RAMDISK SETTINGS" ? Ant Ideas ?

If the DVD drive doesn't work when you try to boot with it and the special
recovery process (F11) doesn't work, then you have hardware problems since
this happens before the operating system (Vista) isn't even loaded. Contact
the computer mftr.'s tech support.

Malke
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