Help....bought a used HP system.

fisher45629 · 11-11-2005, 07:59 PM

I recently obtained a used HP system. Everything looked intact. Didn't pay much for it.

The system came with recovery disks but there is one scratch on disk 1 and it is preventing it from loading the OS, which unfortunately is ME. I contacted HP to see about ordering a new set of recovery disks but since ME is no longer made they cannot help me.

The previous owner did an Fdisk and wiped the system then discovered that they could not reload so they sold the system.

When I start the system it shows the ME logo and then goes to a DOS screen which states something like...could not find *** file. You may need to reinstall Windows.

What can I do at this point?
Thanks!

spacedude89 · 11-11-2005, 08:41 PM

eh, just go buy xp and insall that.

fisher45629 · 11-11-2005, 09:43 PM

I thought that I had to reload ME before I could upgrade it to XP.

I didn't think that it would be that easy. Any suggestions on all the drivers?

TUMMYPONY86 · 11-11-2005, 10:04 PM

Xp should have generic drivers available.

Camper · 11-12-2005, 12:22 AM

Can you boot into DOS

JimCorbett · 11-12-2005, 08:22 PM

Try getting your hands on a program called CD Roller, its handy for recovering scratched disks. I've used it many times with success.

Jim

fisher45629 · 11-13-2005, 06:27 PM

Okay, still need some help here.

I fdisk the drive and tried to install Windows 98, because that is all that I have that is not part of recovery systems.

It appeared to be working until it said
"Windows setup requires 7340032 bytes available on your C: drive"

I went and looked at the partitions and this is what it reads

Partition: C: 1 Status: 1 Type: PRI DOS Volume label:
Mbytes: 29206 System: FAT32 Usage: 100%

Help! What do I do next?

Thanks!

11-11-2005, 07:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
fisher45629 Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 26	Help....bought a used HP system. I recently obtained a used HP system. Everything looked intact. Didn't pay much for it. The system came with recovery disks but there is one scratch on disk 1 and it is preventing it from loading the OS, which unfortunately is ME. I contacted HP to see about ordering a new set of recovery disks but since ME is no longer made they cannot help me. The previous owner did an Fdisk and wiped the system then discovered that they could not reload so they sold the system. When I start the system it shows the ME logo and then goes to a DOS screen which states something like...could not find *** file. You may need to reinstall Windows. What can I do at this point? Thanks!

11-11-2005, 08:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
spacedude89 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Age: 19 Posts: 1,419	eh, just go buy xp and insall that. __________________ Desktop: Abit AW9D-MAX ~ Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.4GHz ~ Radeon X1900GT Laptop: HP ~ Core Duo T2050 ~ nVidia 7600 First smiles, then lies. Last comes gunfire.

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Camper Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: /dev/null Age: 22 Posts: 1,227	Can you boot into DOS __________________ Dell Inspiron 530 Q6600 Quad 3gb RAM Nvidia 8600 GT 500GB HD

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11-11-2005, 09:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
fisher45629 Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 26	I thought that I had to reload ME before I could upgrade it to XP. I didn't think that it would be that easy. Any suggestions on all the drivers?

11-11-2005, 10:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
TUMMYPONY86 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 87	Xp should have generic drivers available.

11-12-2005, 08:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
JimCorbett New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5	Try getting your hands on a program called CD Roller, its handy for recovering scratched disks. I've used it many times with success. Jim

11-13-2005, 06:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
fisher45629 Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 26	Okay, still need some help here. I fdisk the drive and tried to install Windows 98, because that is all that I have that is not part of recovery systems. It appeared to be working until it said "Windows setup requires 7340032 bytes available on your C: drive" I went and looked at the partitions and this is what it reads Partition: C: 1 Status: 1 Type: PRI DOS Volume label: Mbytes: 29206 System: FAT32 Usage: 100% Help! What do I do next? Thanks!