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Posted by RalfG on October 29, 2007, 3:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options According to specs it's a similar model to mine. Having XP Home on the pc
when you try to do a recovery can prevent it. Best case circumstance if the
HP OS has been removed from the harddrive is that the drive is empty,
unformatted and unpartitioned before trying the recovery. IIRC there was a
similar problem posted in the HP forums, but I don't remember the outcome.
> Thank you for the info. I did wipe the harddrive but the system is stock
> from
> HP. I did a BIOS update after XP Home came up to running and retried a
> recovery but got the same error "Not for this PC"
>
> Thanks again,
> Sam
>
>
> "RalfG" wrote:
>
>> HP recovery discs are keyed to only install on the computer model(s) they
>> were intended for. To that end the motherboard is also "branded". If the
>> recovery software does not detect the correct HP branding on the MB it
>> will
>> not install on that computer. If you changed the MoBo or BIOS to anything
>> non-m7060n then you are SOL for recovering the PC with the HP software.
>>
>> It is possible that if you installed another OS on the harddrive or
>> modified
>> the original partitions (Recovery + OS) those factors could also be
>> interfering with the recovery process. If you haven't already, you could
>> try
>> wiping the harddrive completely and then try using the recovery discs
>> again.
>> Using a new harddrive is another option.
>>
>> The licence for the OEM Media Center Edition (and other software) that
>> came
>> with the computer is an HP bulk licence so HP is the only party who would
>> replace it for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> >I tried to recover this HP Media Center PC m7060n but the HP recovery
>> >disks
>> >I
>> > ordered and the second set HP sent me refuse to work. They say they are
>> > not
>> > for this PC. HP says I need to send the machine back because something
>> > is
>> > wrong with it. I have installed XP Home and it works perfectly except I
>> > can't
>> > find a bus driver so the RealTek audio will install. HP's site has
>> > nothing. I
>> > have a product key for Media Center but can't obtain the software.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Sam
>>
>>
>>
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