Sheesh,it sounds like you're S.O.L. without a CD. I never could understand the idea of shipping a computer without the operating system CD. Oh well, it sounds like you can boot from lilo or grub. This might interest you also: http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0125.boot.html Good luck, Al On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 17:44,Joshua Lee wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 02:09:15PM -0800, Big Al wrote: [...]
If you have written lilo to the Windows partition, the original Windows boot sector can be restored by booting to the Windows install CD. I forget the details, but it is one of the repair options.
I have XP Home ed. pre-installed with a BIOS lock, my computer didn't come with a WinXP install CD. In fact, unfortunately, it doesn't even come with a vendor rescue CD. The space in the top of the case for the rescue CD they must have included in the near-past before they found another way to increase profits has a cute little CD-shaped piece of cardboard with the phone number of Hewlett-Packard's toll support line. Cheapskates. They did include a special propritary rescue partition in the hard-drive, so it is possible to roll the computer back to the original condition; but who knows what'll happen to XP if the HD really gets fouled up. I got this system because HP used to be known for quality, but considering this I feel a little disappointed.
Josh said that HP used to be known for quality. I guess that "used to be" is the operative expression. There is only 30 days of support for their ink jet printers, and only 1 year for their Laser-Jets. After that, it will cost you big bucks for telephone support. I'm pretty bummed, since I have a couple of their printers, and I have needed support on the Laser-Jet. Fortunately under the 1 year point, but not much. Don't know how they support their computers. --doug At 18:19 01/30/2002 -0800, Big Al wrote:
Sheesh,it sounds like you're S.O.L. without a CD. I never could understand the idea of shipping a computer without the operating system CD.
Oh well, it sounds like you can boot from lilo or grub. This might interest you also: http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0125.boot.html
Good luck,
Al
On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 17:44,Joshua Lee wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 02:09:15PM -0800, Big Al wrote: [...]
If you have written lilo to the Windows partition, the original Windows boot sector can be restored by booting to the Windows install CD. I forget the details, but it is one of the repair options.
I have XP Home ed. pre-installed with a BIOS lock, my computer didn't come with a WinXP install CD. In fact, unfortunately, it doesn't even come with a vendor rescue CD. The space in the top of the case for the rescue CD they must have included in the near-past before they found another way to increase profits has a cute little CD-shaped piece of cardboard with the phone number of Hewlett-Packard's toll support line. Cheapskates. They did include a special propritary rescue partition in the hard-drive, so it is possible to roll the computer back to the original condition; but who knows what'll happen to XP if the HD really gets fouled up. I got this system because HP used to be known for quality, but considering this I feel a little disappointed.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 08:06:00PM -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Josh said that HP used to be known for quality. I guess that "used to be" is the operative expression. There is only 30 days of support for their ink jet printers, and only 1 year for their Laser-Jets. After that, it will cost you big bucks for telephone
I've got one of their inkjet printers. A Deskjet 940c. I'm having difficulties printing with it, it often only prints after I cycle the power on it while a print job is que'd; and even then it usually misses the last line or two of each page. I've tried all of the drivers, that come with SuSE Linux 7.3 pro for it. The ghostscript, generic, and brand name ones. (In accordance with the advice on the net I'm using the HP's ghostscript inkjet driver, it does provide somewhat better quality, but like all of them it misses the last couple of lines.) I wish I knew a solution for this; I should have asked the group earlier. (Incidentally, it *is* out of warrenty.)
I have XP Home ed. pre-installed with a BIOS lock, my computer didn't come with a WinXP install CD. In fact, unfortunately, it doesn't even come with a vendor rescue CD. The space in the top of the case for the rescue CD they must have included in the near-past before they found another way to increase profits has a cute little CD-shaped piece of cardboard with the phone number of Hewlett-Packard's toll support line. Cheapskates. They
Update: according to an article on ZDNet, which strangely spun it into praise of the company for it's forward-thinking, they've changed their policy. They now will provide a rescue CD for $10 if you ask for one and have a problem with hard-drive failure, hard-drive partitioning or a hard-drive upgrade only. You must also provide proof of ownership. New HP computers are now shiped with rescue CDs, but old users must either lie to HP and pay $10 or wait until the problem really occurs, pay $10, and wait with an inoperable computer until HP's rescue CD arrives.
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