HP's QuickPlay v2.0 - Page 6

Let's get ready to ramble...

My HDD according to the management console:

(C 80.27 GB NTFS (System)
HP_RECOVERY (D 11.88 GB FAT32
1.00 GB NTFS (Unknown Partition)
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The recovery partition is very much inaccessable, unbrowsable, and untouchable, with an HP warning intercepting attempts to view it. The folders within are represented by a rather ominous padlock icon.

I tried to share the drive, but unfortunately the computer I shared it with was also unable to view it.
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Recovery CD 1 (cd0) is also protected by the same padlock icon, but only when viewed on the HP machine... on my Toshiba it includes some additional interesting crap, including "QP_BOOT.INI"

Someone brighter than me could probably figure some good stuff out from these CD's, just using them in a non-HP computer.

As of right now, I am using windows backup to create a copy of the recovery partition. I'm seing thinks named D:\PRELOAD and D:\MiniNT. A few things flew by relatively quickly, but I'm pretty sure there were some .exe files in there. who knows, maybe a QP install?
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QPV2 does appear in the add/remove programs list in windows, meaning that it is something ADDITIONAL to windows, probably not linux like V1. The additional 1.00 GB should most likely be left when OEM windows installed, with the installer for QP writing onto it with some kind of magical hardware access thing. After all, if the thing shows up in windows add/remove, it would have had to theoretically have been installed after windows, right?

Well that was crap.

The recovery partition contains exactly the same files as the disks. Not suprising, but disappointing. Would have been nice to find a Holy Grail. There's a good possibility that the instructions for writing/running/integrating QP2 into windows are written so broadly across the board on those CD's that an installer can't be hacked, and HP will just have to create a disk.

I wonder...

Since HP Notebooks, when ordered custom, are actually available with recovery disks (listed as OS disks), do they also come with a QP recovery disk for V2? anyone who knows this should post ASAP. Mine was purchased through Compusa, so no options for disks. But ya gotta figure that if the DV5000 series was available for custom config with/without disks from 1.0, and they're still available with/without disks... i'm lead to believe there are 2.0 disks floating around somewhere, same as 1.0

I purchased a custom dv5000t and got no disks besides lightscribe update drivers and the $10 OS disk. I tried to talk to HP and they said they would sell me a CD for $45 but I know it was qp1, and if it wasn't I'm not going to spend 45 to see if it is. I guess I'll wait before the 21 day is up and then send it back.

Based on my Computer Management view:
HP_Recovery (D: ) FAT32 Healthy 7.5GB total 512MB Free
(C: ) NTFS Healthy (System) 84.55GB total 50.39GB Free
NTFS Healthy (Unknown Partition) 1.0GB total 403MB Free

When Direct play is running and i click the "i" button this displays:
Build Number 2.0 2412 -HP

p.s. sometimes it boots right into Direct Play, sometimes the "Resuming Windows" screen comes on first, although I think it has to do with how it is shut down ie: Hibernate or Shut Down.

We Todd Ed!

Well, that settles that. I guess that means there may very well be no such thing as a QP2 CD. Without a proper install wizard file, we could spend hours/days/millenia trying to copy files to a clean windows install and still never hit paydirt.

Anyone know what the recovery CD's that they make you burn (4 lightscribe DVD's at a buck a piece) do yet as far as the partition scheme? Also, anyone figured out a way to recover individual app's from them?

and how'd baltimoredsmguy get such a "tiny" recovery partition?

XP pro/home recovery about 7.5gig
XP Media edition... about 12gig

I'm on the phone right now with HP. They said they can sell me a $45 restore disc which they say has qp2 on it. The reason he gave me for them not offering the d/l on their site is b/c it is close to 900mb (1gb about) and for them to host it would be "too hard." Apparently hp figures you will never loose/damage your restore discs. I will update when I confirm.

...God HP hold music blows...

Ya sorry, I updated I guess I accidentaly forgot to hit save. Ok. So I bought the CD and the guy assured me that it contains QuickPlay v2.0. I will definitely figure this out and if I cannot get qp off the disc, I will ask help from other people. I will try my hardest to figure this out. The disc will come on the 4th but I won't have time until next weekend so you guys will just have to wait a little. This might be a breakthrough.

The only problem I have is like what I said earlier. This file will probably be close to 1gb so if anyone has a server or something, that would be great. Some service like yousendit or megaupload will take friggen forever to upload and I don't have the time nor the pacience to do that. So if anyone has any ideas that would be great.

My upload speed is my Cox internet...It is not fast and mabe close to 256kbps. My schools is even worse.

256kbps on the upload speed?
Your upload speed isn't that bad. You could start the transfer and go watch some TV or something... It's not like you're on a dial up (56k)

Heck, you could even start the transfer, then go to sleep. By the time you wake up (or get up in the night to go to the the bathroom) the transfer would be "done"....

(While you're sleeping the computer would be doing all the work, Hence not much of your time wasted...Since you would be "asleep, it shouldn't take up too much of your time, nor stress your "patience" as you mentioned previously...)

Ditto on making the ISO, NRG, Image... Start the process, then go take a break, Watch some tv... Then upload it somewhere.

That's what I do on transfers that may take a few hours... It's not like you have to stare at the screen the whole time while it's doing it's thing

Nah it's allright, I am a nice person. I will find a way to do it. The only thing I have a problem with is sometimes when I update something, it'll stop and fail. I hope it doesn't but if I just cannot do it, I could probably send a copy of the cd to wearenotalone or something. I'll figure this out.