RE: HP 873n Media Center upgrade

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Hi there, I also have an HP 873n and was wondering if you had your recovery
OS disk's I believe there are 8 cd's in the pakage, you would have gotten
them from HP in case your hard drive ever did fail and you needed to install
a new hard drive. I ordered mine about a year and a half ago just in case my
hard drive ever failed. If you do have these then you should be good to go.
Then when you have totally loaded your new OS and got all your revelant
updates from HP and Windows update (Don't load SP2 or Media Player 10 or
direct X 9.0c from windows update these are included in your Media Center
2005 upgrade disk). Now go ahead and load your upgrade disk and let it do its
thing, then when it's done go back to windows update and get all remaining
updates that it says. Hope this helps you, also I would highly recommend that
you increase your memory to 1 gig. I have 1 gig in mine and notice a
difference in stability,, I also upgraded my video card to a fx 5600 256mb,
and am really happy with the difference. If you can't get the restore disk's
from HP let me know on here and I might be able to help you out as I have 2
complete set's that they sent me.

"Brinoto" wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> Would appreciate advice on the following:
>
> I have an HP 873n Media Center, 2.53GB Pentium 4, 120GB HD, 5400 rpm hard
> drive, 512MB ram, Windows XP media center edition, purchased in early 2003.
>
> My hard drive has some system glitches that I can’t seem to eliminate
> (boot-up errors), my video/audio running the Media Center Live TV is choppy
> and out of sink and freezes, and I’m inclined to replace my hard drive to a
> 7200 rpm.
>
> I have obtained from HP a “Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
> Upgrade” CD.
>
> I have basically two questions:
>
> 1) For a “fresh” operating system installation with a new (7200 rpm) hard
> drive, will the “Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Upgrade” CD
> install Windows XP AND the Media Center software components? Or do I have to
> get a separate copy of Windows XP (Professional??) and install the Media
> Center upgrade disk after installing Windows XP? Or, is the Windows Media
> Center Upgrade disk for use ONLY with an upgrade on an existing hard drive
> with an existing operating system (useless for a “fresh” install on a NEW
> hard drive)? Finally, is there any reason to believe my motherboard or
> system would have problem accepting a new 7200 rpm hard drive?
>
> 2) If I stay with the existing hard drive, is it possible that the Microsoft
> Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Upgrade will overwrite existing glitches
> in my XP system files? Would a combination of “system restore” and install
> of the Media Center 2005 upgrade possibly eliminate glitches to my system
> “boot up” and media center malfunctions?
>
> Thanks for any/all advice.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
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