HP Pavilion DV7-1020US ... what were the error code and message?cheers ...

almmohd · 11-02-2008, 11:59 AM

just bought this laptop, it has 64bit vista home premium is it possible to change the hard drive and do a clean install using either a 32 bit xp or the 64bit vista home premium?

MDRhoades · 11-03-2008, 08:04 PM

Not unless you have another set of Vista retail discs lying around. HP packages their laptops with a restoral image that you use to re-install the original image (with all of the crapware too) to restore the drive to its original state and make one set of restoral discs which again will only get back to the OEM, original, Vista install.

They definitely do not make it easy to remove the crapware except for uninsatalling the unwanted apps.

- Mike

almmohd · 11-04-2008, 03:47 AM

oh, i have an xp 64bit and another laptop hard drive but when i swapped the hard disk and tried to install i got an error

qhn · 11-06-2008, 06:57 AM

what were the error code and message?

cheers ...

11-02-2008, 11:59 AM	#1
almmohd Hmph... Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 385 Credits: 559	HP Pavilion DV7-1020US just bought this laptop, it has 64bit vista home premium is it possible to change the hard drive and do a clean install using either a 32 bit xp or the 64bit vista home premium? __________________ XPS M1710 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2.33GHz/667MHz/4MB), 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 677MHZ, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX, 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Dell BT KB & Mouse,3yrs comp care, 3dmark06 5250 stock, dell driver Thermaltake Toughpower Modular 1200W PSU,dual e-GeForce 512MB 9800 GTXs, Corsair 4GB PC8500 DDR2, Wolfsdale 3.0 GHz, Asus P5N-T 72 Preimium Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI, Logitech G15 Keyboard

11-04-2008, 03:47 AM	#3
almmohd Hmph... Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 385 Credits: 559	oh, i have an xp 64bit and another laptop hard drive but when i swapped the hard disk and tried to install i got an error __________________ XPS M1710 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2.33GHz/667MHz/4MB), 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 677MHZ, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX, 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Dell BT KB & Mouse,3yrs comp care, 3dmark06 5250 stock, dell driver Thermaltake Toughpower Modular 1200W PSU,dual e-GeForce 512MB 9800 GTXs, Corsair 4GB PC8500 DDR2, Wolfsdale 3.0 GHz, Asus P5N-T 72 Preimium Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI, Logitech G15 Keyboard

11-06-2008, 06:57 AM	#4
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11-03-2008, 08:04 PM	#2
MDRhoades Little IMP Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 120 Reviews: 2 Credits: 2,424	Not unless you have another set of Vista retail discs lying around. HP packages their laptops with a restoral image that you use to re-install the original image (with all of the crapware too) to restore the drive to its original state and make one set of restoral discs which again will only get back to the OEM, original, Vista install. They definitely do not make it easy to remove the crapware except for uninsatalling the unwanted apps. - Mike