Re: HP 873n Media Center upgrade

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Yes wishfull thinking on my part about NoNoBadDog's post, I did miss read his
post, but alas it changes nothing the ability to create your own recovery
cd's DOES NOT COME WITH THE HP 873N I don't know how else to tell you other
than in english but if you need it translated into something else maybe
someone at the UN could decifer it for you. Or Maybe better yet check out
HP's website which clearly states that only some models come with this
ability not all.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?dlc=en&lc=en&product=90829&lang=en&cc=us&docname=bph07143,
also to clear the fog in your mind if you had been following the post
correctly on the other matter of Home or Pro , you would have found out that
I was going on the information that was listed on a Microsoft page as follows
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/features.mspx you
will find the item about a quarter the way down. Since referring to that
article I was told that yes I am correct for new installs. So unless you are
saying that HP and Microsoft are lying out their teeth and I'm pretty damn
sure that isn't the case. I'm going to believe them before you. So quess who
needs brushing up on their english afterall, have a nice day.

"Eskeda" wrote:

>
> I guess your english is not very well. Please read the NoNOBadDog's post.
> He's supporting what I said before. The utility to make the Restore CD set
> "DOES" exist on the MCE computers. You are always providing wrong
> information. Like when you said Win XP Media Center Edition is based on Win
> XP Home Edition. Everybody knows Media Center Edition was based on XP Pro...
>
> --------
> Eskeda
>
> _________________________
> http://www.doomsday.s5.com
>
>
>
> "Gio" wrote:
>
> > Thank you for backing me up there NoNOBadDog. I can't believe this Eskeda
> > person. For someone who works at HP there information is the shits. I will
> > repeat for this person so they understand THERE IS NO ABILITY TO MAKE YOUR
> > OWN RECOVERY CD'S ON THE HP 873n THAT COMES WITH THE UNIT. YOU MUST ORDER
> > THEM OR HAVE A 3RD PARTY APPLICATION, PERIOD. Oh and I agree with Larry
> > Gadbois advice that maybe go ahead and try the upgrade first and see if it
> > fixes anything before you go ahead and install a whole new harddrive, and for
> > Brinoto let me know how things work out.
> >
> > "Larry Gadbois" wrote:
> >
> > > Some of the advise you have received from this group is incorrect. If you
> > > have the HP 2005 MCE disk, go ahead and do the upgrade first. Then, test the
> > > operation of your TV feature. By clicking on your Ctrl-Alt-Del keys you can
> > > bring up your Windows Task Manager. While running the TV, check your CPU
> > > usage (under the Processes tab). You should be running under 50%. If not,
> > > you have a decoder problem.
> > >
> > > You may have to download the free version of Movie Mill and install it. You
> > > will get their Decoder with the program, and it is one of the best out
> > > there.
> > >
> > > After getting your system upgraded and updated, you can install a new 7200
> > > HD as a slave and use Ghost to clone the boot drive to the new drive. Once
> > > that is finished, remove the old drive and boot off the new drive.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > >
> > > "Brinoto" <Brinoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:8CC769BB-9F53-4177-AE8A-9EAE04F472BF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > 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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