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From: g0d on 21 Feb 2010 15:38
Need recovery cd for my busted laptop. I don't feel like paying HP
another red cent for cd's. If anyone has please post a reply.

Thanks!


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From: the wharf rat on 21 Feb 2010 18:08
In article <4b8199cf$0$1493$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>,
g0d <g0d(a)nowhere.net> wrote:
>Need recovery cd for my busted laptop. I don't feel like paying HP
>another red cent for cd's. If anyone has please post a reply.
>

There's a known bug in the recovery cd's for this series of laptops.
One of the final stages of the install "adjusts" the disk partitioning and
munges the file systems. Your best bet is to simply install from an xp
disc and manually add drivers.



From: g0d on 22 Feb 2010 07:56
Thanks a ton for the information on that. :D


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