Packard Bell Smart Recovery Using Ubuntu?

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq-Win-7&faq=40

This may be of some help for you David.

DavidUK said:

Sry to hijack the thread - Is there a vanilla disc for Win 7 starter?

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We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
startup repair disc-create

Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?

LeeRiley said:

Download the Windows 7 Starter, Home (Basic Premium), Professional und Ultimate
This may be of some help for you David.

Excellent! Thank you.

theog said:

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We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
startup repair disc-create

Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?

No. It's on a netbook and I don't have a USB DVD writer.

DavidUK said:

No. It's on a netbook and I don't have a USB DVD writer.

DVD writer not needed.

Take a look at a Acer.

theog said:

DavidUK said:

No. It's on a netbook and I don't have a USB DVD writer.

DVD writer not needed.

Take a look at a Acer.

That's very interesting. I don't get an option to use USB memory. It just fails to detect DVD and nothing else is in the drop down menu.
According to acer, it will only write to optical disc....

I fixed mine by pressing alt and F10 while booting , that started the built in auto recovery, although my recovery disc kept sticking at the same point.

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