Posts by jka/v

Well, I purposely didn't wipe the 1024mb partition in my hp, figuring that not touching it would not eliminate the quickplay functions. My quickplay still works, though it now boots to xp before it loads. I figure it's something to do...

My XP Pro reformat came out fine. All drivers, including the HDD drivers were located in the c:\swsetup folder, so just burned a copy of that whole folder to dvd. Still have to have a usb floppy to load the sata driver (hit F6 when...

Well, after picking up my usb floppy drive from my office, I got my dv8000t reloaded... Shall we say it's fast?! I should think so!! Did have one small issue, wondering if anyone else has reloaded their dv8000t, and gotten their audio...

Ordered 3/1/6, got it 3/23/6 My config is in my signature. Pics will be coming, have been tied up and not able to get it all reloaded yet (pc's crashing left and right)..

Ok, thanks to a post from Flashram, found my drivers. They are in c:\swsetup for anyone that is intending on reloading their dv8000t/nx9420 Now I'm in reloading land, will post info/pics when I'm done

flashram, I'm wondering if I can get away with using the drivers from a 9420 for my dv8000t I just got (same boat as you, want it clean and fresh, tons of junk preloaded)

Thanks, Tried the recovery discs as well, locked, and can't access. True, it's brand new, but the quantity of junk that's loaded on it bogs it down. It will be faster and cleaner, and I purposely ordered it with xp, as I have xp pro to...

I'm wondering about drivers.. I can only get the Audio, and Softmodem, and Nvidia drivers from hp's site. Folks tell me drivers are in the recovery partition, but I can't get into that to burn copies of the drivers (unless someone...