Re: Recovery CD(s) for HP Pavilion 512n

It won't work with the Windows XP Upgrade disc but mine worked with the
non-upgrade version Windows XP disc.

"ohaya" <ohaya@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:433F64D0.23E1576A@xxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> My son has an HP Pavilion 512n, and he apparently started having
> problems with it awhile ago (from what I can tell, it sounds like the
> problems may have been spyware or virus-related). Anyway, for some
> reason, instead of bringing the PC to me, he or his wife asked one of
> their friends to try to fix the problem, and they said that person
> apparently ended up wiping out the original Windows XP, but then the
> computer wouldn't work.
>
> He finally got around to telling me about the problem yesterday, and
> dropped the machine off tonight.
>
> I checked the system, and it looks like their "friend" wiped all
> partitions, including the original HP recovery partition, off of the
> hard drive :(.
>
> So, I started checking at HP's website, and it looks like the "recovery
> kit" for the 512n is no longer available. I did a chat with HP's
> support, and they weren't able to help me.
>
> Since all partitions appear to have been wiped off the system, I figured
> I would try an XP install, using the product key on the side of the
> machine, but as I suspected, the XP installation wouldn't accept the
> product key (from my research, sometimes product keys are bound to
> certain OEM distributions).
>
> My first preference would be to see if I can find a set of the recovery
> CDs, since I gather there are some HP-specific drivers and utilities for
> the machine.
>
> Can anyone here suggest where I might be able to find these, or does
> anyone have any suggestions as to how I can recover this machine?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim


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