Re: Recovery CD(s) for HP Pavilion 512n
- From: ohaya <ohaya@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:27:22 -0400
mwos,
Aargh! I just found this page:
http://www.computersettlement.com/
And it looks like the deadline for claims was 9/9/05 :(!!
Jim
mwos wrote:
>
> Hp has a set of about 8 restoration CDs. I have the pavilion 523n. Hp never
> included these cds with the computer. If you asked them for them within i
> year of purchase of the computer they mailed them to you at no charge. After
> 1 year they charged you $10.00 They then got sued for this practice, and the
> case settled about five or six months ago. Under the settlement if you filed
> a claim they are at sometime supposed to send them to you free. You may want
> to call hp and raise hell. At any rate you can get the CDs for your computer
> from hp. They will set the machine up the same way it originally came,
> operating system and all.
> rather than waiting I bought and installed Windows Xp Home . Everything
> worked fine except for the sound. The sound drivers were different. I did
> not try to get the drivers from Hp on line. I had an Creative sound card
> from another computer which I installed together with a pair of speakers I
> had. Everything works ok. But to save the expense and minor aggravation, I
> recommend you call the sobs at hp and raise hell.
>
> mike
> "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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