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Format my PackardBell EasyNote TJ65

Laurax -  
 Skyman -
Hello you guys!

Well, I hope someone will be able to help a poor girl in distress lol!
Me, who is normally not bad at PCs, there I am pulling my hair!!! I received from my stepmother her Packard Bell EasyNote TJ65 PC; when I open the session it asks me for the activation key! Before it was telling me that I had a fake Windows (I fixed that). When I try to enter this key, it shows a message that the Windows activation attempt failed with error code: something something something (yes, I didn’t note it!).

So I’d like to format the PC, maybe that will fix the bazaar, but, to crown it all, I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FORMAT THIS PACKARD BELL!!
Please, can someone tell me? I don’t even have the CD! Grrrr

THANK YOU VERY MUCH :-D

5 answers

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    tanteelise Posted messages 28183 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 815
     
    Hello,

    Start the PC by holding down the ALT key and tapping the F10 key at the same time; this should take you to the factory restore partition, if it is still present. It will be in the same state as when it was purchased.

    Kind regards

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    "The little I know, I owe to my ignorance" (Sacha Guitry)

    No responses after 5-6PM, thank you for your understanding :)
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    1. Laurax
       
      Great! Thanks a lot, I’ll try that :-D
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    2. Laurax
       
      I’ve tried what you told me three times in a row, but the startup still runs normally... Nothing happens :-/
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    3. Skyman
       
      Hello, thanks. I had forgotten the procedure to reset my laptop. It worked on the first try! Wishing you continued success, and thank you, Skyman.
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  2. tanteelise Posted messages 28183 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 815
     
    so, the factory restore partition has been deleted and if the installation CDs have not been done, it is impossible to perform the restoration ...

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    "The little that I know, I owe to my ignorance" (Sacha Guitry)
    No responses after 5-6pm, thank you for your understanding :)
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  3. tanteelise Posted messages 28183 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 815
     
    You would need to buy a Windows 7 license to stay within the law.

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    "The little I know, I owe to my ignorance" (Sacha Guitry)
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  4. bupwen Posted messages 562 Status Member 130
     
    Hi Laurax, press Alt+F8 to start and then choose "Repair the computer" and follow the prompts. The computer may ask you for a username and a password. If "Packard Bell recovery management" exists on your computer, you should see it with this method.
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    1. laurax
       
      Good evening bupwen,

      the problem is that, precisely, I don't have PackardBell Recovery Management :-/
      would your method still work without this program? I did a search on the PC, but it seems it may have been removed by the previous owner of the laptop...
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    2. laurax
       
      in the entire PC*
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    3. bupwen Posted messages 562 Status Member 130
       
      Can you click Start and then search for "Create and format partitions"; click it, then take a screenshot of the window, upload it to cjoint.com, and post the link on commentcamarche.net?
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    4. laurax
       
      Sure, here is the link http://www.cjoint.com/?CHcmcgeYaVc :-)
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    5. bupwen Posted messages 562 Status Member 130
       
      Hi, according to the screenshot the recovery partition has been deleted. So to restore your PC to its original state you’ll need a Windows CD. Otherwise I found a link talking about the recovery partition, here it is: " https://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/1380-materiel-packard-bell-restauration-master#restaurer-son-packard-bell ".
      If I were you I would either buy a new "authentic Windows CD", or a new PC with the Windows I really want. Bless you?
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  6. tanteelise Posted messages 28183 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 815
     
    If you right-click on This PC - Manage - Disk Management, do you see the factory restore partition?

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    "The little I know, I owe to my ignorance" (Sacha Guitry)
    No responses after 5-6 pm, thank you for your understanding :)
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    1. Laurax
       
      Not anymore :-( There’s something weird with my PC, I don’t even have "PackardBell Recovery Management," which normally handles resetting it!!! What kind of PC is this??? pffff
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    2. tanteelise Posted messages 28183 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 815
       
      Was Windows 7 originally installed when this PC was purchased?
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    3. Laurax
       
      Yes yes, but an evaluation version. that's why it asks me for the activation key today
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    4. tanteelise Posted messages 28183 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 815
       
      it's that at the purchase, it wasn't Windows 7 ...
      the evaluation version was installed afterwards.
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    5. Laurax
       
      I don’t know what to do in this case, then? :-/
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