Hey Robert; no offense in not using your name initially. Was going for as much anonymity as possible outside your original post.

Since you're here: Thanks a ton for your efforts in obtaining all of this and providing it. Good lookin out.

21Gb? Yikes. Need an alternate host? I can make a .torrent for QP3 and seed it if you like.

Hi Toxico,

Thanks for your effort in uploading the links to all the files needed to install QuickPlay 2.3. I have downloaded HPQPDP.rar from http://ridickulous.net/quickplay/ and extract the folder HPQPDP. Everything went normal (no extracting error at all) but when i run setup.exe, i keep getting ComponentMoveData error, Error number -2147418113.

Have also downloaded the other data2.cab and data3.cab files from the depositfiles link to replace the ones in HPQPDP folder (as suggested) but getting the same error. Any ideas? Thanks.

Are you running Vista? Reason I ask, is I recently installed Vista on my notebook and I get the same error. If I'm right, your install will sit at 5% for a few seconds, then error at 15%. Is this what's happening?

I haven't found a way to get Quickplay Direct to install when using Vista yet. Emphasis on yet.

Of course, if this is happening to you in XP, I have no idea. You shouldn't have to replace the two .cab files any longer; I uploaded two versions of the HPQPDP directory (a .rar and a .zip - they contain the same files) that contain the complete package and don't give any errors on uncompressing. Since you downloaded the .rar, you might try the .zip before anything else (I used no compression with the .zip). Like I said, if you're on Vista, forget it for now and check back later. :P

QP 2.3 is XP-only, as far as HP is concerned. Personally, I don't think it should matter, since it runs on its own partition with a stripped-down OS, but I do wonder if it makes calls back to the boot partition for the main OS. I'll find out tomorrow when I begin the really extreme methods and I'll update this thread with the results.

HI when I bought my notebook((dv4000)) it came with Xp home Edition And QP put when boot it at first time I get some erros so I format all the HD and Repartion it
((I know now It A big Mistake)) And Install XP Pro From CD I have Now I cant open the Qp I Download This File (((HPQPDP))) and Unzip it now What can I do And I contact The Local Support And he said that must format all ahe HD I said no Can I Do It Wihtout HD Full Format

I need Some Help!!!!!




And Sorry for my English Becaous Iam From Eygpt




Please HElp!!!

And IN This Case Do I Need To Update The bios Or not

& QuickPlay 2.3 can be run on dv4000 or not becaous i dont know what is the original vertion that came with it

Hi AmigaDude,

I have download all the necessary files for Quickplay 2.3 (for windows XP) using the link posted by Toxico. As suggested by earlier post, i found out that renaming the unallocated ~1024MB of free space to letter X: allow the installation files to proceed to the stage where it will ask you to reboot. However, there is another problem. When I click "OK" to the reboot, the computer basically just restart and stop at a blank black screen.

Initially, i thought this is normal and part of the process but an hour later, nothing happen. I have then reinstalled winXP and followed your instructions in your post #584 but the same thing happen, blank black screen. To me it looks like as if BIOS does not know how to boot up windows XP and got stuck there. Have you got any experience with Boot.ini? My boot.ini before i reboot the computer was

"default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS"

where (3) is the third partition in my hard disk that contains the Quickplay files.

Should it be

"default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS" ???

Is there any other method to ensure that my computer can complete the reboot process? I could not quite understand how the following works. Could you please explain. Thanks.

Install QP Registry Update by creating a text file and putting these lines into it:

Code:

Hi Toxico,

I am using WinXP on my pavilion. The files in the link is OK. I've since found out that i need to assign letter X: to the unallocated space for installation to continue pass the 5% or 15% mark. However, as i posted in previous post to AmigaDude, the computer comes to a black screen once i reboot the computer. Must be something to do with the boot.ini or the registry not being able to load windows XP when it reboot to complete the QuickPlay installation. Any clue how to fix this? Thanks.

I've honestly not seen that happen before. On install, it should pause at a black screen and install the remaining files.

I will poke around and see what I can find for you. Not that it helps you, but assigning X: to the free space in Windows has gotten me to the reboot prompt for installing QPD 2.3. Now to reboot and see if I get any further...

Wow, that did it. I now have QP2.3 working in tandem with Vista. It's kind of humorous to see the XP logo appear when booting into QP. Glad I didn't go the route I was planning (it involved installing XP on another partition)! My bad for not assigning the drive letter.

Anyhow, about your problem: It sounds like the files on the QP partition are not being read when the computer restarts. Since it's basically starting with its own operating system (the files it writes to the X: partition) it's not actually utilizing the registry on your boot drive. It is looking at the boot record, though, and I suspect this is where you're having trouble.

Start from scratch by deleting whatever partition was created and assigning it X: but not formatting it (it should show as a RAW partition). Then run setup for QP 2.3 and follow it as normal. If the same thing happens on restart let me know.

I'm no expert but I'll do what I can to help you.

You will need to create a 1028 MB partition at the end of the drive. If one isn't already there, you can do this through Disk Management in XP (right-click My Computer and select Manage, then go to Disk Management). Select your partition (the last one, if you have more than one) and choose to shrink it. For the amount of space to shrink the volume, put 1028. Give this new volume the drive letter X: but DO NOT format it. Then run the setup.exe in the HPQPDP folder.

I hope these instructions are clear enough. If you don't understand something let me know. Also see http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...25#post2542025 for the full instructions.

The set of instructions I wrote on a previous page for reinstalling QP have been updated to reflect new file locations and assigning the drive letter.

http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...25#post2542025

These instructions also worked for me to install QP 2.3 in Vista. YMMV.

isch - A couple of things.

1) Don't worry about the registry update, since it is just to let the install complete on some machines. Obviously, you've completed the install phase so you don't need that trick.

2) Although that's not exactly what I originally intended for the drive letter scenario, it sounds like it worked. To answer your question of the boot.ini you need to take into account what is installed on your machine, and where it is installed.

Normally, ( if there is such a thing), you have something like this: (just an example)
Partition 1 { 59Gb } = C: (WinXP)
Partition 2 { 1Gb } = QuickPlay
In this case, the boot.ini (on the X: drive using your setup) should point to Partition(2)

Sometime, like with me, you have another partition already (another example):
Partition 1 { 44Gb } = C: (WinXP)
Partition 2 { 15Gb } = D:\ (User File)
Partition 3 { 1Gb } = QuickPlay
In this case, the boot.ini (on the X: drive using your setup) should point to Partition(3)

Other points - The install usually fails at that 5-15% mark when it cannot properly buiild the Quickplay partition. This can be due to Not Enough Free Space (< 1Gb), too many partitions already (more that 4 I think) or non-standard boot records (Vista, etc..) though I'm sure there are other reasons as well. If you get past this point, to where it requests a reboot, then 2 things happen:

1) The Master Boot Record (MBR) is temporarily altered to mark the Quickplay partion as the Boot partition. (Normally it is your WinXP partition that has this flag) And QP code is added to the MBR, but you never see this.
2) The Boot.ini (on the Quickplay partition) is built to reflect it's own correct partition number.

I grabbed the Quickplay 3.0.rar file and stuck it in the http://ridickulous.net/quickplay/ directory.

i do it but i have erroe in 5% say partion error allocation
((shrink what is mean ))

Another time sorry for my bad english

There is something that is keeping Windows from resizing the partition. How many partitions do you have? I would try getting a copy of Partition Magic and using that to try resizing the partition. Or try resizing the partition in Safe Mode maybe.