"Mark Levitski" <SS@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:O%23mEyqQ6JHA.1712@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> As usual Registry modification does the trick, Google for it, you
> may spend hours but WHY?
> Why not make a disk-to-disk copy of your 1st set? Using DVD
> mastering application most people have (I use Sonic - who inherited
> StompRecordZow, which is superior to Nero; many people would mention
> Nero, etc).
>
> I dont even bother with Recovery as it throws you back into stone
> age, back to original unupdated drivers.
> I reinstall CLEAN frm operating system disk, also I recommend
> Symantec GHOST!
>
> But if you insist on making multiple copies, Google for the
> solution, there's a key that tells HP latops to make 1 recovery set,
> you can change it to whatever or remove the key, something to that
> effect.
> I dont think people here will Google and spend time for you.... but
> who knows.

Easy. Search on HP recovery disk reset and among others you get
http://www.coderetard.com/2008/08/12...t-restriction/

This was just one of the first off the top of the lengthy list of
google hits. It won't work if you've already done a recovery from
your first set of recovery DVDs but it's a simple .exe file, no
mucking around in Registry keys.

I haven't tried it yet but I will get around to running a second set
later. For reasons cited by others here, it's not a bad idea to make
a new set from scratch. Just be sure to do it before you have
occasion to perform a recovery from your first DVD set. And as always
before using anything that changes settings under the hood, have a
recent file back-up or run one, then create a restore point before
running the download.