No Sound After Installing Windows 7 Recovery DVD's...

[Komirai]

I have a HP G61 - 410SA with Windows 7 Home Premium.

One day the original Hard Drive that came with the Computer packed up and ended up not working (making weird ticking noises) and it was confirmed that I needed a new one. Now I got a hard drive with the same RPM and GB BUT wasn't the exact same as the one that came with it.

Now if that causes any problems then please say so? and what problems does it course?

I formatted the Hard Drive and Partitioned it as well also did all the 3 CD's made for Windows 7 System Recovery. Which are, System Recovery DVD (Windows / Recovery Media for Widows / Products) (Disc 1 of 2), and of cause the second Disc also and well finally Application and Driver Recovery CD.

Everything seemed fine, but the intial Start-Up takes longer than the original Hard Drive but saying that after the Start-Up the laptop runs smoothly and nicely (Normally). All my stuff like Anti-Virus stuff was all finally installed onto my computer still no problems until it occurred that no sound at all was playing but I hadn't really noticed then, so then I was did the Windows Updater and installed everything on that even the latest Sound Codec for it. Then I restarted my computer. I also installed the latest BIOS for it and that didn't work either.

Now I keep getting this stupid Preparing to Configure Windows every time on load up and there is NO SOUND either (but the Sound Meter is moving) plus the speakers are not done in either because it doesn't make weird noises or off sound (cause it doesn't make any sound anyways) and I have done everything possible.

I did all what HP said what to do which usually solves the problem and also looked at many forums many saying what HP said but still doesn't work and also did HP System Recovery to set it to factory settings and that still doesn't work at all. I honestly don't know what to do at all people its a very peculiar problem and don't have any clue in how to solve it. I'm pretty experienced in computers so I'm willing to listen to anything.

So what shall I do to solve this problem? Shall I do the whole Partitioning and Formatting again or does that have nothing to do with it?

[Murf]

Welcome to CTH

I closed your other thread in Hardware, lets keep it here. You say the meter works, just no sound. Have you checked to make sure the sound is not "Muted".

Double click the sound Icon in the task bar and then select Mixer, confirm that there is no "x's" in the speaker, which tells you it is muted.

[Komirai]

Yeah, that's the first thing I checked and no 'x' on the Speaker thing and its also the Default Device as well. Its also one of the steps in the HP Help part on how to maybe get your sound back.

Do you have any other possible ideas? more less likely ones or what could of caused this to happen? :S

Right now, I'm thinking of starting from scratch again. Completely reformat it and partition it and then try, all the CD's again. Although when I put the third disc in when I was formatting it for the first time it felt like it didn't do anything (just said please wait...) then just said to me it was finished. :S Which felt odd because I didn't need to do anything it just did it for me. :S

Do you think that might be the course of the problem, that not everything got reinstalled?