Forgone
12-05-02, 05:56 PM
As usual, forgive me if this has been posted before, but I wonder…
I am planning on upgrading my computer, and it is Windows 98 SE. Considering this will be for games, I find it would be wise to switch to XP while I do the upgrade.
Now, I am none too eager to go pay one hundred dollars for a new OS. I’ll do it, but I also have three CD’s from a hp notebook for system recovery… the system recovery would install XP home edition. I find it silly to buy two of the same OS’s.
However, the labels on the CD’s claim they are to be used only with a hp laptop. Here is the readme file the first CD:
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Using the Recovery CD
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The HP Pavilion Notebook PC package includes a bootable Recovery CD.
With this tool you can:
* Install Windows operating system (factory installation).
* Set up a PC Card or parallel port CD-ROM drive.
* Install specific device drivers for other operating systems.
* Create a Support Utility disk.
To recover the factory installation of your hard disk:
The following procedure describes how to recover the original Windows software and operating system that came with your computer.
Caution: This procedure will format the hard disk drive. After the hard disk drive is formatted, you’ll need to reinstall any applications. Reformatting the hard disk drive will erase all data on the disk.
Back up all data from your hard disk.
Connect the AC adapter to the computer.
Insert the bootable Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Reboot and, when you see the HP logo, press F2.
Select the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device, exit from the BIOS Setup utility, and reboot.
The recovery process can take as long as 30 minutes. Do not interrupt the process or unplug the AC adapter until the process is completed.
At the time of this release there were no known issues associated with this model. For the most current information, please refer to www.hp.com/notebooks
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First of all, if my wanting to use this is considered illegal, then woops, but this is all in the same household, so I really cannot imagine how I would be breaking the law.
However, would it be dangerous to use this for a desktop as the labels suggest? Does anyone have any experience? I’d imagine it would install the operating system first, then have me actually start installing the components for a laptop. Is there a way to just use it for the Windows XP part and stop there?
Or should I just buckle-up and pay the $93 dollars at newegg.com?
I am planning on upgrading my computer, and it is Windows 98 SE. Considering this will be for games, I find it would be wise to switch to XP while I do the upgrade.
Now, I am none too eager to go pay one hundred dollars for a new OS. I’ll do it, but I also have three CD’s from a hp notebook for system recovery… the system recovery would install XP home edition. I find it silly to buy two of the same OS’s.
However, the labels on the CD’s claim they are to be used only with a hp laptop. Here is the readme file the first CD:
--------------
Using the Recovery CD
=====================
The HP Pavilion Notebook PC package includes a bootable Recovery CD.
With this tool you can:
* Install Windows operating system (factory installation).
* Set up a PC Card or parallel port CD-ROM drive.
* Install specific device drivers for other operating systems.
* Create a Support Utility disk.
To recover the factory installation of your hard disk:
The following procedure describes how to recover the original Windows software and operating system that came with your computer.
Caution: This procedure will format the hard disk drive. After the hard disk drive is formatted, you’ll need to reinstall any applications. Reformatting the hard disk drive will erase all data on the disk.
Back up all data from your hard disk.
Connect the AC adapter to the computer.
Insert the bootable Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Reboot and, when you see the HP logo, press F2.
Select the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device, exit from the BIOS Setup utility, and reboot.
The recovery process can take as long as 30 minutes. Do not interrupt the process or unplug the AC adapter until the process is completed.
At the time of this release there were no known issues associated with this model. For the most current information, please refer to www.hp.com/notebooks
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First of all, if my wanting to use this is considered illegal, then woops, but this is all in the same household, so I really cannot imagine how I would be breaking the law.
However, would it be dangerous to use this for a desktop as the labels suggest? Does anyone have any experience? I’d imagine it would install the operating system first, then have me actually start installing the components for a laptop. Is there a way to just use it for the Windows XP part and stop there?
Or should I just buckle-up and pay the $93 dollars at newegg.com?