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More info?)
Not to worry, I made *sure* to check this first. <g>
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:4213ff39.16163102@nntp.charter.net...
The motherboard BIOS settings ought to have a menu where the "boot order" is
set. The boot order tells the motherboard the order in which it needs to
try
different devices to boot the system. If the disk drive has already been
partitioned with fdisk and there is nothing on it, this may well be enough
to
prevent the motherboard from attemtping to boot from a restore CD. The
solution
is probably to change the boot order. promoting the CD-ROM drive to be
checked
first, before the motherboard attempts to boot from the hard disk... Ben
Myers
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:20:07 -0500, "Annwn" <annwn1@heat.com> wrote:
>
>On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:57:51 -0500, "Annwn" <annwn1@heat.com> wrote:
>
>> An elderly friend of mine has an HP Pavilion XE743. It has worked
>pretty
>>good for her however after a couple of years of course, it now needs a
>clean
>>reinstall. She does not have the recovery cd that originally came with the
>>machine as it was a hand-me-down computer. However, her son did purchase
>>98SE (retail) and wants the machine completely cleaned and reinstalled.
She
>>has asked me to help her with it, I want to fdisk and reinstall 98SE (OS
>>that came on the machine) but am leery of doing so because of other HP's
>>I've seen not recovered after doing so. This particular machine does not
>>have the recovery partition on the hard drive but instead was shipped with
>>the cd. Would I be safe in fdisking the thing? Any help is appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Aine
>
><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:4213d1b9.4513671@nntp.charter.net...
>There is no reason why an HP Pavilion cannot have Windows 98 reinstalled.
>Here
>are the things to look out for. They are no different than any other brand
>of
>computer, because HP uses more or less generic parts in all its Pavilions.
>
>1. DO NOT look at the HP web site for software drivers. You won't find
them
>there. This is one area where HP differs from other name brands such as
>Dell,
>IBM and Gateway.
>2. DO have the Windows ceritificate of authentication (COA) information
>available to enter when the Win 98 installation asks for it. If there is
no
>COA
>sticker on the side of the computer, download and run keyfinder from Jelly
>Bean
>software. This neat little bit of software will tell you the original COA
>used
>to install Windows on the computer.
>3. The motherboard uses an Intel 810E chipset. Go to www.intel.com and
>download
>the 810 chipset drivers. They are not on the Windows 98 CD.
>4. The modem is "Rockwell Chameleon combo card". You'll need to get the
>modem
>drivers from Rockwell.
>5. The Ethernet card is "HP 10/100 BaseT LAN Adapter (Ethernet)", probably
a
>Realtek chipset, so get the drivers from the Realtek web site.
>6. While at the Intel web site, download the GRAPHICS drivers for the
>built-in
>Intel 810 graphics subsystem.
>7. Audio is provided by the AMC97 codec built into the "Rockwell Chameleon
>combo
>card". Yep. Rockwell web site again.
>
>If your elderly friend has any of the recovery CDs that came with the
system
>originally, use them. This will save you the grunt work of finding all the
>drivers elsewhere.
>
>You can find more info, but no drivers, for the XE743 at the following URL:
>
>http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=en&lc=en&product=59785&lang
=en&cc=us&docname=bph05814
>
>... Ben Myers
>
>
>Ben,
>
> Thanks much for the driver info. I had been to the website but as you
>said, found nothing there. My concern was - my neighbor fdisked her HP and
>afterwards, even her recovery disks would not work; invalid disks I believe
>it said. So I was a bit worried there. However fdisk I will, thanks again
>for the driver info - now I don't have to search!
>
>Aine
>
>