I have a hp zd8000 that has just suddenly stopped working just reboots and i have not got the restore disc..any way round it ?

As far as I know, the original zd8000 operating system is Windows XP. If you have Windows 7 installed, then you need to get Windows 7 disc and its product key. If you need the Windows XP reinstallation media, then you can use HP Windows XP reinstallation disc only (for example: HP Windows XP Professional with SP2 disc).

Just open the system restore partition, (F11) and select restore. If the partition is missing or corrupt an OS disc will be required and placing it in the DVD drive boot from the disc choosing replace system when peompted.
Hope that helps.

-does it happen to one kind of disc?
-if there are no disc available try if that disc will work other devices, like your dvd player or sumthin
-try checking device manager if there is any errors for the driver
-if there is no errors, uninstall the driver, then restart. It will automatically re-install the driver
-if it did not reinstall the driver, go to start

hi,

I hope this helps:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=434660&prodTypeId=321957&objectID=c01883653

if NOT please let me know.

Regards
GeWiz.

have you tried this with the battery removed from the laptop?

Try to read this link:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqLiteDocument?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=18703&docname=c00608578

Try the "Recovering from the recovery disks" section but it only works if you have a special partition that cannot be re-format/re-partitioned inside called "EISA partition". all your data will be gone though.

try to get into SAFE mode... tap F8 repeatedly when you first power on. You should get a safe mode boot menu, select last known good profile and press enter.

If this does not work reboot go into SAFE mode and select Safe Mode from menu and see if it will boot up.

You may get a pop up to use system restore, say yes, select restore to an earlier date (or similar) then use the calander to select a restore date that is PRIOR to the problem starting.

If this does not work boot to safe mode again and say NO (cancel) to use system restore and see if you can get to the desktop

post back results for further troubleshooting

reconstructive boot, you mean, like a recovery boot? you'll need a recovery disk.

Have you tried a good Cd/Dvd cleaner most of the it will work try running it a couple of times. Hope it help if not write back and let us know..