Looking for laptop setup advice

[Bob]

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Hello

I just purchased an off-lease HP Omnibook 6000 on eBay and am expecting it
to arrive in a couple of days. The laptop will have no operating system
installed. The company that sold it to me is a pretty reputable one, so I'm
hoping I didn't get a lemon.

Besides having my copy of Windows 2000 Professional handy, is there anythng
else I should plan on having to do ?

Should I be going to the HP web site and downloading drivers, for instance
?

Anything else ?

Thanks very much for your help.

 

[Guest]

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Bob wrote:

> Hello
>
> I just purchased an off-lease HP Omnibook 6000 on eBay and am expecting it
> to arrive in a couple of days. The laptop will have no operating system
> installed. The company that sold it to me is a pretty reputable one, so I'm
> hoping I didn't get a lemon.
>
> Besides having my copy of Windows 2000 Professional handy, is there anythng
> else I should plan on having to do ?
>
> Should I be going to the HP web site and downloading drivers, for instance
> ?
>
> Anything else ?
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
Hi,
Just make sure to get the W2K going, then download all the latest BIOS,
drivers. I'd deal with BIOS and video driver first.
I use W2K Sp4 and Linux on all my boxes.
Works well.
Good luck,
Tony

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.misc (More info?)

Before loading the operating system, I'd try to use the setup tools to
partition the drive, if possible. Otherwise, I'd consider getting a copy of
Partition Magic and creating a second partition for all YOUR files--makes
backing up a lot easier. You can do this at any time, but if you do it
before you load a bunch of stuff, it will go faster.


"Tony Hwang" <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:Ooblc.346801$Ig.213350@pd7tw2no...
> Bob wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I just purchased an off-lease HP Omnibook 6000 on eBay and am expecting
it
> > to arrive in a couple of days. The laptop will have no operating system
> > installed. The company that sold it to me is a pretty reputable one, so
I'm
> > hoping I didn't get a lemon.
> >
> > Besides having my copy of Windows 2000 Professional handy, is there
anythng
> > else I should plan on having to do ?
> >
> > Should I be going to the HP web site and downloading drivers, for
instance
> > ?
> >
> > Anything else ?
> >
> > Thanks very much for your help.
> Hi,
> Just make sure to get the W2K going, then download all the latest BIOS,
> drivers. I'd deal with BIOS and video driver first.
> I use W2K Sp4 and Linux on all my boxes.
> Works well.
> Good luck,
> Tony