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From: Richard in AZ on 26 Mar 2010 16:55
A good source for older HP restore disks is www.restoredisks.com
But without more details, model HP computer and make & model of the sound chips on the motherboard,
cannot give you any help there.

"Dell Christopher" <dellc99(a)aim.com> wrote in message
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> Many thanks for the replies. As it turns out, HP does not have Recovery CDs for desktops over 5
> years old. Further, I actually did find the Recovery CDs I made, but apparently they are also
> corrupted as my attempt with them resulted in that same frozen splash screen.
>
> I was successful loading a retail WinXP Pro CD, but now I'm having a sound problem. I went to the
> specific HP product support page and downloaded the audio card driver. So far, I only get a few
> seconds of the Windows log-in sound, then it stops. There is no sound on any other applications.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks!
>
>
>
> "Dell Christopher" <dellc99(a)aim.com> wrote in message
> news:H4udnSz_YZV3djfWnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
>> HP Media Center PC m1050y desktop
>> WinXP MCE, Pent 4 (3.40 GHz), 2 gb RAM, 250 gb HD
>>
>> I have tried using the Destructive Recovery option and, after that process completed, the reboot
>> keeps hanging on the WinXP splash screen with those blue bars going left to right across the
>> screen. It just stays there, and doesn't advance any further.
>>
>> An online chat with an HP tech support rep suggested the Recovery Partition might be corrupt.
>> Before I try a WinXP retail CD (recovery CDs not available), is there any possibility the problem
>> lies with the hard drive or motherboard?
>>
>> All feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>
>


From: SC Tom on 27 Mar 2010 07:55
My guess is you have other problems with this system if both the recovery
partition and the CD's failed. Have you tried running any kind of
diagnostics? A lot of them create their own boot CD so you're not using the
hard drive or the operating system to run it.
--
SC Tom

"Dell Christopher" <dellc99(a)aim.com> wrote in message
news:N8udnXWSeJlbfDHWnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
> Many thanks for the replies. As it turns out, HP does not have Recovery
> CDs for desktops over 5 years old. Further, I actually did find the
> Recovery CDs I made, but apparently they are also corrupted as my attempt
> with them resulted in that same frozen splash screen.
>
> I was successful loading a retail WinXP Pro CD, but now I'm having a sound
> problem. I went to the specific HP product support page and downloaded
> the audio card driver. So far, I only get a few seconds of the Windows
> log-in sound, then it stops. There is no sound on any other applications.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks!
>
>
>
> "Dell Christopher" <dellc99(a)aim.com> wrote in message
> news:H4udnSz_YZV3djfWnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
>> HP Media Center PC m1050y desktop
>> WinXP MCE, Pent 4 (3.40 GHz), 2 gb RAM, 250 gb HD
>>
>> I have tried using the Destructive Recovery option and, after that
>> process completed, the reboot keeps hanging on the WinXP splash screen
>> with those blue bars going left to right across the screen. It just
>> stays there, and doesn't advance any further.
>>
>> An online chat with an HP tech support rep suggested the Recovery
>> Partition might be corrupt. Before I try a WinXP retail CD (recovery CDs
>> not available), is there any possibility the problem lies with the hard
>> drive or motherboard?
>>
>> All feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>
>

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