[ # ] How to Reset HP Pavilion Recovery CD One Limit Restriction
/* Posted August 12th, 2008 at 8:30am *//* Filed under How-To */
Many HP desktops nowadays don’t ship with any restore CDs any longer. Instead, they use a hidden disk partition at your own hard disk’s memory cost to hold the recovery data at several gigs worth too. Users are allowed to make a CD or DVD recovery disc but that is a one-time operation due to licensing agreements with Microsoft without any way to reset the restriction. While I don’t recommend you to burn 13 CD-Rs to make your recovery disc, 2-3 DVD-Rs is a welcome security in case any misfortune should befall upon your computer. Plus once you do so you can repartition and free up the recovery partition to recover some memory back (at your own risk of course). But what happens when you encounter an error during the burn process? Or you lose your recovery CDs? Or the HP recovery disc maker software gets corrupted somehow?
If this should ever happen to you, you’re in luck because there is a solution to reset the one limit restriction:
- Download the recovery reset patch.
- Extract the contents and run extracted file “ResetRmc.exe”. NOTE: This is a very small file that executes very quickly so you may not even detect that it did anything
- Now try to run the Recovery CD/DVD Disc Maker again, the one limit restriction will be reset and you will be able to make a recovery disk again
If the computer was restored at any point using a burned recovery CD this patch will not work. In that instance, the only backup media available for the customer is the D: recovery partition. Attempting to run the ResetRmc.exe patch in this instance causes the “Incorrect Password Specified” error message to appear.
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20 Responses to “How to Reset HP Pavilion Recovery CD One Limit Restriction”
Comment from jatt [August 12, 2008, 3:02 pm] 
Sorry for the omission. Changed the zip package and instructions so no password is needed. Download the new file and try again.
Comment from Michael [August 21, 2008, 4:42 pm] 
It cant work in my HP pavilion dv5 series laptop =( why? becauseof VISTA? any other patch available?
I set it so there wasn’t a quest on my computer because my mom likes to go look at horoscopes and get viruses on her computer I didn’t want her doing it in my guest account so I’m left with my own account I can’t log into. The problem started with my iTunes library where this specific password stopped working then many files of an online video game and now my account. Is there a password changing virus? I played with my computers files and stuff to try and set up a iPhone app remote. I changed my Network name and stuff but I don’t think that would do this. Anyone know what could cause this. It was a very easy to remember password for me and I’m 100% sure I’m not typing it wrong.
Can I download this from my moms computer and run it threw a flash drive?
Is this patch is only for the pavilion or also works for a laptop 6019p?
Thanks
Can’t say for sure if it works on laptops but if you’re really in need of it, it can’t hurt to give it a try.
Comment from Trancy [September 4, 2008, 1:52 am] 
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Comment from Vista [September 16, 2008, 10:45 am] 
Works great!
I used with HP Pavilion dv5000
Thanks a lot!
If I installed a new Vista OS, how do I install my hp software that came with the laptop?
I had this problem on my HP Pavilion after I put it in for repair and the shop stole the DVD’s from the funny container thingy built into the case This solution worked for me:
Find the two copies of the file HPCD.sys, one is in your recovery disk root folder, the other is in …Windows\SMINST. Rename the files HPCD.bak
Run the recovery manager and it should now work OK.
I take no responsibility if anything goes wrong tho’ LOL.
Worked great on a Pavilion t430.uk, I’m guessing its just a registry key the program changes?
wow rename the files hpcd.sys in both the places it worked for me as well.
Thanks it was perfect working on Vista.
Renaming HCPD.sys worked @ HP Pavilion Artist Edition. Tnx very much.
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