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  1. besosalah
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    Hp pavilion hard disk format


    hey guys

    im trying to restore my hp pavilion lap top to factory settings.. while im formating it it always stop at 23% what can i do?? i need help
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  3. LiquidSnak
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    Are you attempting to format the OS hard drive?
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  4. besosalah
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    yes
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  6. LiquidSnak
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    Have you tried a third party program, such as DBAN or killdisk?
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  7. besosalah
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    no ... the first thing i did is putting the first cd recovery disk then i pressed f9 and choosed DVD/CD then i selected windows recovery after that it started to format but it always stop at 23%
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  8. DocBrown
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    You might want to check this tutorial

    SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
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  10. LiquidSnak
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    Thanks, Doc. I always forget about these tutorial things XD.
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  11. besosalah
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    does it work for hp pavilion windows 7 home premium ?!
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  12. besosalah
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    When i start up my laptop it says : BootMGR IS missed
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  13. DocBrown
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    You need to run Startup Repair 3 times

    Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
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