Quickplay 2.1 & Quickplay 2.1 Direct???

There is already a huge thread on QuickPlay, and within that thread is info on re-installing 2.1.

If you do a search within that thread it should take you right to the point within that thread that QP 2.1 started to be discussed.

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread141817.html

Well as someone who spent many, many hours on the subject, and waiting for several months for the secrets of QuickPlay 2.0 to come to life I don't feel sorry for you.

Yes that thread is huge, but if you run a search you will find the answers you seek within that thread.. QuickPlay 2.1 coming out later, so posts mentioning QP 2.1 of course being towards the tail end of the thread.

TIP: When searching note that 2.0 and 2.1 are differant. If you use the search term 2.1 it should take to the point within that thread in which 2.1 started to be talked about.

Since your doing a fresh install this might help...I think this machine was running QP 2.1


GUIDE TO REFORMATING THE HP DV2000T... with the Intel Core Duo

A guide, which is what I actually did in order to format my drive and reinstall Windows XP.

NOTE that the references to using NLITE should not be needed if using the OS re-install disc if it came from HP with your unit. It should already have the needed SATA drivers. (OS re-install disc being $10 at time of order)

What u need is:
- A Windows XP installation disc (I used a Windows XP Professional SP2 ENG disc)
- BACKUP of your C:\SwSetup folder
- SATA driver (which I guess might be found in SwSetup or on Intels Website)
- nLite program (google.com)

So, heres what Ive done and what made my laptop work properly right now:

1. I burned the whole C:\SwSetup onto a DVD and backed it up in the LAN (to another CPU, a desktop one) - just in case anything happened to the DVD
2. I used nLite to slipstream SATA drivers onto my WinXP installation disc. The only options you need to check are: Integrate Drivers and Create Bootable ISO. When it prompts you which driver to choose, you basically have to choose the one looking like ICH7M or something like that. Then you create an ISO file and burn it using e.g. Nero.
3. I did not back anything else up, however if you feel like doing so, go ahead. As you all know, there are two types of people: the ones that are making backups and the ones that are going to.
4. I put the new WinXP disc in the drive and rebooted the unit. Windows installer has easily found my disc and asked what to do (meaning where to install it). When I was doing it for the first time, I left the HP_RECOVERY partition, but the second time I removed it anyway - its useless. Dont tuch the NTFS 1028MB partition which is Quickplay and which will prolly be useful. One more thing - create ONLY the system partition at this moment (prolly round 15GB), leave the rest unpartitioned so that quickplay installation may go rapidly.
5. Then I let the installer do what is supposed to, meaning install all that crap and so on. It managed, with no problems.
6. After the reboot, the almighty Windows came up. Heres where SwSetup folder comes in handy. You might either copy it at once to the drive, but I guess I would wait with that till everything works just in case you wont have to copy it again if something goes wrong and you want to repartition, reformat, whatever.
7. The first thing I instlled was Swsetup\QPW, which is the first part of QuickPlay. After thar, I installed SwSetup\HPQPDP thich is Direct Play part of QuickPlay. Thins one should create a whole partition and set everything up. It does take some time to do all of that, so be patient. After you install those two, I would shut the system down and try to load the QP using e.g. the DVD QuickPlay button on the notebook itself. If it does work (QP runs), then youre on good way.
8. After that run Windows again and install following directory contents (all from SwSetup):
- Video (GM950 drivers for me)
- WLAN2 (wireless lan adapter)
- NETWORK (only right click on the e100b325.inf file and run Install.. which will make it automatically work)
- Chipset (loads of intels chipset drivers)
- QLB (function buttons and quickplay buttons drivers)
- MISC2 (which is the Ricohs driver for the Media Card Reader)
- Touchpad (not really necessary, but useful)
- BTOOTH (if you do have BT)
9. Now the audio and modem are the tricky ones. You first need to run the setup from SwSetup\1UAA folder. Its some microsoft drivers or whateva. Then you need to go to Control Panel->System->Hardware tab->Device Manager and click on System Devices. A dropdown list prolly appeared and should have one PCI device something icon with an orange exclamation mark. Right click on it, check properties, then reinstall driver and then let windows look for it in the SwSetup\Audio directory. I should find it in no time. After that just run the Setup file, which should find, install drivers and activate audio in you notebook. The same thing should be done with the setup.exe file stored in SeSetup\modem folder.
10. And here you go, the notebook should be working properly, so does Quickplay and HPRECOVERY.

ATTENTION

1. Before installing HP, DO NOT TOUCH the quickplay buttons or you will have to reinstall the whole WinXP again. That is why I told you to install those drivers as the first thing you do after the reformat.
2. If you found that review helpful and you got a dv2000t and want to reformat it, and you would somehow like to say thanks, well.. If you could please upload me the WALLPAPER that came originally with the laptop (and I accidentaly lost it during the format), showing those "Waves" that the laptop has on the lid and an HP logo on it.
3. The unit after the format does actually run/boot up/whatever in a matter of seconds. It is truly remarkable and worth it all.

WEARENOTALONE: Thank you very much for all your help without your guidelines I would probably not have the balls to format it! As you can see, it worked so I owe you. Cheers and cu.

PS. Could any1 stick this one?

Here's some addtional info...

One poster saying that unlike QuickPlay 2.0 in which a "install disc" is needed (that was unavailable for many months) , that HP on QuickPlay 2.1 is providing an "installer" for QP 2.1 in the C"\SwSetup folder: http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...=QuickPlay+2.1

Yes, this is my best understanding of what you have.

Quickplay 2.1 Direct = Install s/w to create the QP partition and allow you to Directly boot the machine into QP2.1 without loading your WinXP environment.

Quickplay 2.1 = Installs Windows s/w that allows you to use the QP functions while you have WinXP loaded.

Hope this helps ... and I understand the feelings about the loooong post, good for those involved but rather tough to start with.

Can someone please explain how to do this? I've backed up the c/swsetup folder (using 2 dvds) and I've downloaded nlite and inserted the media center installation disc that came with my dv5000t... now the 1st box after clicking "next" at the nLite 'choose language' screen is asking me to "locate the windows installation". I'm thinking I should choose E/cmpnents/mediactr/1386.... but I don't wanna screw anything up! The other folders on the same level as "CMPNENTS" are: DOCS, 1386, SUPPORT, SW_VER, & VALUEADD. Any help would be appreciated, thx. EDIT: should I create a folder in the E/ directory like "SATA drivers"?

do I really NEED to "slipstream" sata drivers into the install? Is there another way? What would happen if I just tried to install media center and then the programs I want off of the swsetup backup cd?

Can anyone help me out here? I'm just stuck on this one damn step... after that I should be fine.

And I can't find much on google either...

No, choose the directory named I386 at the same level. No, you don't HAVE to slipstream the drivers it just makes it easier during the install. Your other option is to have a floppy (or something) with the SATA drivers available during the MCE install. Then you must hit F6 (or whatever the key is) during the early part of the install when it asks if you have any other drivers to load, and point to the saved SATA drivers. And, no they cannot be on the hard disk since it is SATA and not available. WeAreNotAlone - Good point, but fishing is not always as easy as it seems, since some of us don't know what bait is much less a line.

Alright when I click on the E/I386 folder & then 'OK', I get this message: "You cannot choose CD to store temporary internet files".

If I just try to use the E/ drive in general I get: "You shouldn't use partition root as ISO folder. Make some other folder instead."

So am I supposed to make a new folder under E/ or I386/ ?

Where are these sata drivers located? On my hard disk (where on the hard disk?) or is there a place to DL them? Could I copy them from the HD to a usb key and then use that when re-installing?

And why the hell is this so difficult? Shouldn't microsoft include everything you need to reinstall the OS on the reinstallation CD? wtf is wrong with these people?

So the only way you can install windows on a pc with a sata drive is by using outdated technology (floppy drive) or third party freeware (nLite)??? What about a usb key maybe?

The media center reinstallation cd says s "Contains software & drivers installed".... except for the sata drivers I assume??

Plz, someone help me here I want to dl some new stuff with this pc but don't want to till I reinstall the crappy OS.

I just had a PM from another member who used Nlite and he said he's back UP and running.


USB key, I don't think so.
USB floppy? Some reports that some drives work, some don't. I was trying to use several "custom" XP installs XP+ all my apps) already sliptsreamed in and I never could get the floppy drive method to work.

XP installer would ask for the drivers (F6)... read them, let me FORMAT, wipe the drive totally... then when it went to go about the install process itself at some point it would ask for the stupid drivers again..

Problem is XP is so stupid on the second go around it won't let you point it to the location of the drivers again. (A:\\drive.. USB floppy)

I'v heard they've fixed that problem in VISTA.


Due to time issues I ended up using a HP provided install disc.... Popped it in, and it installed smooth as silk..

No asking for SATA drivers.... so they must have slipstreamed the needed files in.


http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/01/how_to_slipstre.html

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/


PS: Just be THANKFUL there is NLITE.. . and programs like it...

The $10 XP PRO disc I received from HP must have had the SATA drivers in it... Stuck in in and it worked..

Disc was the OS only. .. NO bloatware

alright I'm going along just installing it normally off the cd.... I deleted the HP recovery partition & left the quickplay one alone, but now there is 14214MB of "unpartitioned space"... should I install windows to this partition? Cuz I would have thought that I should install it to C: but I don't want to waste 15GB on "unpartitioned space" that I can't use.

edit: alright I took that 14+GB and made it a new partition, and I plan on installing xp on that partition. Is this ok? It's now formatting the new partition to nfts.

edit #2: damn I'm thinkin I shouldn't have done that... should I just leave the unpartitioned space and install windows to C:, so it cleans out the crap already on that drive? Or will C: be cleaned even if I installed windows to another partition?

ehh shit i dunno what to do

Shit, that's the piece I was lookin for. eh, but how will that effect quickplay if it's got it's own partition?