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Format an HP
Name: sonofsnap Date: February 7, 2004 at 13:52:08 Pacific OS: ME CPU/Ram: 1gig 384mb
Comment:
Hi,
I am about to format an HP computer. My question is... I have heard HP seems to give people a hard time after formatting the HD. I will be using the F-Disk tool and than installing ME. Is there anything special I need to know before I attempt this? I have formatted and re-installed many O/S, mostly clones and Compaq's. Any tips greatly appreciated!
Name: Petit Jean Date: February 7, 2004 at 18:39:03 Pacific
Reply:
If your computer has an Intel motherboard,you need the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Version 5.0.Look at the list of models and decide if this applies to your computer.If you don't know the model use AIDA 32 program to find it once the Windows setup is completed.After Win ME is installed you setup this program, reboot the computer and redetect all the hardware. http://developer.intel.com/design/software/drivers/platform/inf.htm From the HP website you can get specific drivers for sound,modem and keyboard that are not easily found otherwise.Good luck.
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Response Number 2
Name: sonofsnap Date: February 8, 2004 at 07:56:11 Pacific
Summary: If your HP came with two disks, A system Recovery Disk and a Application Recovery Disk. The answer is yes you can format with a boot disk and install windows with a Full Version Windows CD. Once you h...
Summary: I have an HP computer model XE824. The recovry disk I have is broken. When I startup my computer the computer restarts over and over. It does this while in safe mode as well. I can not create a new di...
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