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06-20-2008, 03:23 AM
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Laptop reformat
I have a 2 year old HP dv5000 laptop that has just had a hard drive failure. Now I take it that i can't just put a new hard drive in it and install the recovery disks? I saw mention in another thread that i might be able to borrow a copy of window XP pro and install using the number on the green sticker under the laptop. Has anyone tried this?
I am assuming that HP will want an arm and leg for a genuine HDD. The drivers appear to be available on the hp site. |
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06-20-2008, 04:41 AM
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It should work, thats what the recovery disks are for. And hard drives aren't proprietry, they are just standard drives.
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06-20-2008, 04:58 AM
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I will certainly try that and I hope you are right. I have been led to believe that there is some sort of marker on the HDD "Tatoo" was the word used. I would of course be simpler if i could just use the recovery disks.
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06-20-2008, 09:52 AM
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I may be wrong, but I think the only thing that's tattooed is the bios.
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06-21-2008, 08:13 PM
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Well I went out and bought a new hard drive fitted it and ran the recovery disks, All went well untill i was asked to remove the last disk and reboot. Then it said "NTLDR is missing" - A whole other issue. I will seek proffesional help on this one (for the computer)
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06-21-2008, 11:27 PM
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Maybe the drive does have to be tattooed.
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