Unrelated to a recent previous post about a Vista Recovery Disk, I read today on How-To-Geek.com about one that Windows offered that is available...

Re-Format Your Computer And Install Open Source Linux Ubuntu 9.04 RTW From http://www.ubuntu.com/. "atomicular87"...

Re-Format Your Computer And Install Open Source Linux Ubuntu 9.04 RTW From http://www.ubuntu.com/. "atomicular87"...

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:55:19 -0500, "R. C. White" wrote: >Hi, Connie. > >Can you scan it into Paint and Resize it there? >...

Either contact Compaq and purchase the proper recovery kit or use a 3rd party imaging application such as Acronis to create an image of the drive. ...