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Posted by Rich on March 12, 2006, 9:09 pm
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PS - I was considering buying a new PC and using the new PC's OS disc to do a
reinstall. This would be Media Center 2005 instead of the Media Center
?2003? that originally came with the computer. After reading some lower
post, I am unsure of the legality of this...
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Rich
"Rich" wrote:
> Admittedly, I'm an idiot. I backed up important documents and decided that I
> would make my Windows Media Center Laptop “like new” by reinstalling the
> operating system (prior to giving it away – I’ve done this before with XP
Pro
> on other manufacturer’s equipment)…
>
> I placed disc 1 of my OEM (HP) Operating System CD in my drive and pushed
> restart. As it was going through the install process, there was something
> showing a dual partition (C and D drives). This was new to me as I only knew
> of 1 partition (C was the internal HD and D was the CD/DVD drive). I chose
> to delete D and install on C.
>
> During the reinstallation process, it asked for disc 2 – no problem. Then
> it asked for Windows XP Service Pack 1 CD… This was not provided by the
OEM.
> I have Disc 1 – 4 and a couple other discs, but none that read Service Pack
> 1. I finished the process, but now the computer does not appear to have any
> of its built in Network hardware working correctly (Wireless card, LAN card,
> etc).
>
> I called the OEM (HP) before to ask for any special instructions they said
> there should be no problem. I phoned them during, and after 2 hour of no
> assistance, I lost patience.
>
> Do you have any suggestions on how I can get this laptop back into full
> working condition?
>
> Thank You!!!
>
>
> --
> Rich
>
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