laptop drivers

D

DaddyC

New Member
i am purchasing a hp laptop (r4000) i want xp pro of which i already own a copy.
It is only $75 more to upgrade pro thru hp
so the question is would if i upgrade with hp is going to come with all the xtra programs?
and if i decide to reformat and upgrade out of the box how hard would it be to install the drivers from the system recovery disc?
 
It'll be easy, but if I was you, I'd just download the latest drivers on their website, save it on a CD or thumbdrive and then do a clean install of WinXP Pro.
 
Yes, best thing to do would be to either A. Save the drivers from the previous install (in System32 or System I believe [the dll files but I'd save the whole folder]) and just point it to that folder when you are re-installing or B. just download them from HP's site.
 
DaddyC said:
i am purchasing a hp laptop (r4000) i want xp pro of which i already own a copy.
It is only $75 more to upgrade pro thru hp
so the question is would if i upgrade with hp is going to come with all the xtra programs?
and if i decide to reformat and upgrade out of the box how hard would it be to install the drivers from the system recovery disc?
Click to expand...

you should be able to get all the drivers from the website. my dell laptops came with a partition full of software which i reformatted.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top