Question : Problem: How do I reformat the c drive of my v6000 from the recovery partition?  My CD burner is not working, so I can not burn recovery discs.

My machine is running extremely poorly, and I believe it is time to reformat.  I have done it in the past with a different machine, but never with the compaq.  Is there a step by step guide available?

Answer : Problem: How do I reformat the c drive of my v6000 from the recovery partition?  My CD burner is not working, so I can not burn recovery discs.

Get an external USB burner and then burn your recovery disks. It is important that you have them or you'll have to pay for replacement disks if your HD breaks.

Download the maintenance and service guide from the HP site, it explains how to recover your system so it's back at factory settings (from pages 231).