Posts by Mark-AM

Just FYI, I torrented a DVD (2.5gb) that had all versions of Windows on it, and used the method described here in this post to painlessly reactivate. With drivers, I just downloaded my new DV9500 series lappy's drivers from the HP site...

AFAIK the bloatware could be on disk 1 and 2.

Lol, just now trying a "system recovery" instead of a "factory reset", and it's doing EXACTLY the same thing! Gotta love the HP "Total Care"!!

No, they'll give me exactly the same shite as I've just burned as "recovery disks". Looks like I'm back to where I was with XP on my other pcs: have to d/load a ISO torrented version and try to make it legal once installed. Great.

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn m$ offers online retail version download with no issue, i do not know about download from other un-official sources It's at the M$ site for a PRICE, not a free or trial...

Anyhoo, chose factory reset and now it is reformatting my entire zillion GB drive and then it will "reinstall original content" without giving me any options or choices. Why is everything so ferking dumbed down nowadays?

Burned the recovery DVDs and booted from Disk 1. The stupid "recovery manager" gives you a list of options, including "system recovery" and "factory reset". There is no explanation or help as to the...

Just received my new HP DV9543CL (DV9500 series). T7300, 2GB, 320GB). With my other lappies I found that the OEM XP CDs just couldn't do what I wanted them to do, including repartition the disk to my liking. They also re-installed all...

This is funny: Dear Bill Gates, Give me back my weekend.

The DRM issues in Vista means I shall never, never use it. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12..._drm_analysis/