Re: Where to get a CD
- From: databaseben <databaseben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:28:01 -0700
ok, i can understand what you are sayin....
Your boss really messed up the laptop if it only2 months old "and" the
restore disks are ruined. My guess would be that the hidden partition
containing the dos executable imaging software does not funtion and thus the
restore disks are simply unreadiable. But this doesn't mean they are
ruined.... Here's a thought...
If you have access to another pc, make a P.E. with it. A preinstallation
disk may get you into your command prompt and possibly recover the o.s. (I
emphasize possibly). On another pc, download a freeware called Barts PE
and install it. It will then make a bootable cd with some helpful commands.
But would might be really helpful would be to see if you can get any free
downloads from Compaq for that laptop, like the recovery software and
everything else as well. Just possibly (emphasizing just possibly) the
recovery software for the compaq might be a usuable pluggin by Barts PE.
If so, then you might be in business with getting on the bosses good side.
Theres a lot more to discuss with the above mentioned. So a followup posting
would be helpful from you. In the interim, find another pc, download barts
pe and download everything from compaq for that laptop..... Then we can get
to the next step...
I never appreciated comcrap's because they always used "special" drivers.
And withouth them, the machine was very irratting.... I threw an old one i
had away a couple of years ago....
Anyway, i hope you are helping your boss out for a promotion or
something.... (Me?, I might, but I would ask what would i get in return....
Scratch you and scratch me back. Otherwise i would recommend to send the
machine back while its in warranty...)
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"Ordinary guy trying to help ordinary people w/ ordinary problems w/
ordinary solutions. Hey Luigi ! That''sa extraordinary!
"chubster" wrote:
im reluctant to get the disks back because i hate the compaq.
preinstalled crap... another reason i havedecided to start from
scratch.. the laptop is a compaq presario V2000... nice little
laptop.. the disks work but every time i install the recovery it is
already corrupted (its my bosses computer and i am GOING to fix it)
with compaq you have to actually make your own recovery disks... they
have a built in imageing tool that you do at the very beginning or
after you get all you software installed..
i was going to fix it but something very wrong has messed it up..
basic .exe files wont run... like i download winrar to unzip a file..
but i cant install winrar because something in windows is totally
F'ed... i think its beyond the point of no return... so.. that gets me
back to having to start from scratch and i dont think he's going to be
willing to spend another 90$ to get a copy of windows that already came
with his 2 month old laptop..
he's bout 2 new programs already... Roxio 8 for revocery, Norton
Systemworks 2006 (he tried fixing it with those.. and those 2 arent
cheap) and i dont think he's going to put more money into this thing
before he throw's it (hence why i got the task of fixing the stupid
thing... if noone knows where to get a copy of a XP Home SP2 Disk that
is clean of CRAP (i dl one off bittorrent but it has all sorts of
garbage to crack it.... no f'n way)
i dont use a pirated copy of windos, nor will i ever.
so to those of whom which can answer my question thank you ..
Clinton
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