Re: hp recovery dvd
- From: ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)
- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:24:30 GMT
As a rule, I have found that a "generic" retail XP CD will work with the product
key affixed to a name brand computer. But a name brand manufacturer's "restore"
CD (actually a Windows XP CD) will NOT work with a generic product key.
Microsoft alleged Windows Genuine Advantage now catches the mismatches.
"Alleged" because the only real advantage is Microsoft's, not yours or mine.
For a name brand computer's product key, the Windows CD must be the original
install CD, not an upgrade CD, and it must match the version of Windows on the
sticker, either Home or Pro.
I would be surprised if HP computers were any different in this regard than
IBM's or Dell's. If they are different, this would be yet another reason not to
buy an HP... Ben Myers
On 25 Dec 2005 08:03:15 -0800, "rjn" <email4rjn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>til wrote:
>
>> I don't see any way the verify the [recovery] dvds
>> at this time. Any ideas?
>
>Well, you could try them on a machine in a store :-)
>You're facing a basic connundrum of backup. If you
>haven't ever restored a given backup, you have to
>assume it won't.
>
>But in addition to the other tips people have posted,
>here's another: does the OEM key (if any) for the
>machine work with generic XP install media? If so, and
>if MS hasn't made XP media uncopyable, you might
>be able to get a clone of someone elses XP CD for
>use as rebuild media. This tactic did work on mid- and
>late-1990s PCs.
>
>> I said I would never purchase a proprietary computer,
>> and just purchased a pavilion a1228x.
>
>I began building my own about the same time PC makers
>stopped including full-install media. I have helped other
>people buy branded PCs, and currently use the criterion:
>does it also support Linux? If so, that's usually an indication
>that drivers for all the chips & bits inside are separately
>available from the recovery media/partition, and that there
>is at least a small chance you'll be able to upgrade at the
>next major OS roll. Whether or not any current HP/Compaq
>PCs meet my criteria, I couldn't say.
>
>When a PC doesn't also run Linux, odds are high that at
>least one of the components has no Linux drivers, and as
>often as not, that component will turn out to have been
>custom-made for the PC brand, and you can't even get
>Win drivers from the supplier that actually built it. And if
>it's a chip, or just a VLSI cell inside a chip (e.g. audio),
>you may not even be able to shut it off and replace it with
>a real supportable card or bussed device.
>
>> I attempt to create the recovery dvd discs today and
>> after finishing the first, the system says that there are
>> errors on it and it has to be recreated. I put another disc
>> in and start over. It makes the second and gives me a
>> message saying that no more can be created.
>
>I had thought that nonsense was abandoned in 1988. Guess not.
>It wasn't MS doing it at the time, so perhaps they didn't learn.
>It's too late to try this on your PC, but I wonder if doing an
>image backup of the HDD would allow one to get around
>the recovery-build count. Re-image the HDD after each try,
>and see if it resets the count to zero.
>
>--
>Regards, Bob Niland mailto:name@xxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com
>NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.
>
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