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| Thread ID: 82404 | 2007-08-26 06:08:00 | Compaq Presario SR5045AN | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 584780 | 2007-08-26 06:08:00 | My friend bought this PC from Bond & Bond (less than 2 months old) which came with Vista loaded. Somehow, he doesn't like Vista and his teenage son installed XP on this machine. Everything looks fine untill he found that he can't connect to the broadband Internet, no sound, etc. ... Brought the machine earlier this afternoon to me to check whether he can get all the sound and network card to work or even restore Vista to his new machine. Have a quick check HP website and unfortunately, could not find any XP drivers available! I therefore tried to restore his Vista with F11 key while booting but nothing happens. There is no Recovery disk available when purchased. Investigated and found that there is a H: drive named Recovery in his HDD. As it is a hidden partition, how do I access its contents and restore the OS for him? Is it possible at all or no choice but to buy the restore disk from HP? Since he doesn't like Vista at all, he would prefer to have XP, but where can we find the XP drivers? Checked with EverestHome and under the Motherboard item, the name is 'Unknown'. What's the best solution? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 584781 | 2007-08-26 07:08:00 | Try F10 for the recovery Partition, other wise look quickly on startup and it normally says what key to press to recover.- There is normally a mountain of manuals HP's/Compaqs, one of those will also tell you "how to recover the PC"( key to press) To install XP all you should need is a Legal copy of XP, I say legal as you are not allowed to "just install" XP from any old CD you may have. The drivers should be standard drivers for what ever the chipset(s) are downloadable from the chipset manufactures - may take a bit of looking to find working ones though. If the PC is New with Vista installed, then it should run on the hardware OK. If the PC is not powerful enough to do whats required then thats a different story. To obtain a recovery CD/DVD you can ring HP/Compaq, but it may cost a few $$ Last one I got was around $70.00 for an XP |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 584782 | 2007-08-26 08:35:00 | Try F10 for the recovery Partition, other wise look quickly on startup and it normally says what key to press to recover.- There is normally a mountain of manuals HP's/Compaqs, one of those will also tell you "how to recover the PC"( key to press) Tried F10 and it takes me to the BIOS setup, instead. Will make a more thorough search on hp's site for system recovery. Since the Recovery partition, H: is still there, I presume the recovery info is still intact; but how to access it is a big question mark! Or maybe, someone in PressF1 who has to particular model is kind enough to create a recovery disk for me. We are prepared to pay a reasonable fee for this. :) |
bk T (215) | ||
| 584783 | 2007-08-26 08:47:00 | Found what you want in HP, the links to big to work on copy paste so- Go to Google type in Compaq Presario SR5045AN recovery Should be second one down- solve a problem ----------------- Under " Select From List" - System Recovery Then Performing system recovery. Note: I'll try to copy link but it may not work System Recovery (h10025.www1.hp.com) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 584784 | 2007-08-26 12:14:00 | Thanks, wainuitech for the efforts. Have been to those HP pages, problem is, he hasn't got the recovery disks - no recovery disk came with the computer. Went to Bond & Bond with my friend this afternoon and was told that they can't help us at all. :( Looks like have to order a copy from HP tomorrow. Don't know how long will take to deliver? Made a search and found that HP actually is using ECS MCP61PM-HM & ASUS M2N68-LA motherboards for these machines, but could not find any info from both ECS & ASUS. Probably they specially manufactured those mb for HP only. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 584785 | 2007-08-26 12:31:00 | They will be using standard chipsets though and it looks like it is nVidia. You could try the nVidia XP drivers for network etc: www.nvidia.com And it looks like it is the Realtek HD audio: www.realtek.com.tw On Acer machines you have to press ALT+F10 to boot from the recovery partition so try ALT+F11 or some other Function keys if that doesn't work. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 584786 | 2007-08-26 20:47:00 | If you are in NZ and order / pay the redcovery disk's over the phone they take around 1-2 days normally. They aren't to bad in that respect. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 584787 | 2007-08-26 21:30:00 | you can try unhiding the partition......that'll give you access to it... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 584788 | 2007-08-27 01:07:00 | Thank you guys for all the suggestions and ideas. :) Will try it to night. Just phoned HP Presario's helpdesk to get help on XP drivers but was told that this Model doesn't support XP OS and if I still want their assistance in sourcing the relevant XP driver, I'll have to pay for it since their free 'software warranty' support is only 30 Days! My reply was: No thankyou. I'll never or recommend any body to buy any of their computers! |
bk T (215) | ||
| 584789 | 2007-08-27 01:13:00 | Thank you guys for all the suggestions and ideas . :) Will try it to night . Just phoned HP Presario's helpdesk to get help on XP drivers but was told that this Model doesn't support XP OS and if I still want their assistance in sourcing the relevant XP driver, I'll have to pay for it Wells theres a Contradiction in an answer if I ever heard one :lol: Wont support XP yet they would assist in getting drivers if you PAY . Hmmmmmmmm:rolleyes: The board should support XP, just HP want more $$$$ from you . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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