My laptop says HP: Angel Recovery Program and product key. How do I fix this?
I am guessing that you didn’t purposefully enter the recovery partition and access HP’s Angel Recovery Program. I’ll explain a bit about the application such as what it is, how you can access it, and how to get out of it safely.
What is HP Angel Recovery Program?
The HP Angel Recovery Program is designed to recover the computer’s operating system and restore it to proper functioning whenever the need arises. Designed by Soft Thinks, a company in San Jose, California, the Angel Recovery Program is a restoration application that is used by HP and other computer manufacturers for use with Windows operating systems.
In particular, the HP Angel Recovery Program is part of the recovery partition of the computer’s hard drive and is usually bundled with laptops using Windows XP. You can use it to create a back up of your hard drive in case you want to make some changes and restorations. I suggest that if you ever decide to use this application intentionally that you also back up your documents, pictures, and other files on an alternate form of media just in case it doesn’t go well. Otherwise, the HP Angel Recovery Program will delete your data.
What Starts the HP Angel Recovery Program?
In general, pressing a function key on the keyboard will activate the HP Angel Recovery Program.
What is the HP Angel Recovery Program Product Key?
Since this application comes bundled with the operating system on the laptop, the product key is the one that came with your installation disk for the laptop. If you didn’t have an installation disk because everything came pre-installed, then you need to look through your documentation in order to find the product key.
How to Exit the HP Angel Recovery Program
If you have inadvertently pressed the function key that generates the HP Angel Recovery Program, you can exit out of it by turning off the laptop and rebooting it. This should work without any glitches.
Alternatively, you could always enter the product key and then elect to exit out of the HP Angel Recovery Program once you have entered it.
Susan Keenan | June 19th, 2009
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