Re: hp recovery dvd
- From: "Gonzo" <r_murphree@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:06:42 GMT
Very interesting and good to know. Thank you.
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
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> 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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