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in terms of my recovery disk files, HP split them into two disks. here are the contents. http://i55.tinypic.com/90vuhw.png http://i56.tinypic.com/sp9088.png

the factory image restore is what the recovery disks say they do.

I thought about a complete wipe but I'm not sure about it enough to hope my recovery disks can support a complete OS install, not just an upgrade.

Okay, I got it to boot from the CD and ran the installation again. However, the keyboard and mouse stuck again so I ctrl+alt+del'd and closed escaped from it. my stuff started working again, so I waited and I got the same message again. So I assume something else is wrong.

The system boots as if there was no disk in the drive at all (it goes to Windows and setting up for the first use). The thing is, after the first restart my keyboard and mouse were working fine.

(pardon my w and e keys, they are quite sticky) I've been trying to reinstall Windows 7 on my HP notebook after a virus forced me to and ran into some issues. It was getting to the screen where the final batch of settings was beeing done, and i got a message asking if I wanted to restart now or...