Compaq Presario 5320

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Hi:

I have a 5320 bought in Nov 2001. It recently started performing
sluggishly and I thought of doing a factory restore using the recovery
CD. However, the hard drive crashed during tis procee. My question is,
if I buy a generic hard drive and install on this machine, will it be
possible to use the restore CD on that hard drive? I realize that PC
prices have dropped so low that just junking the 5320 for a new
machine is an option. Thanks. - yaanai

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)

You may be able to get a original restore cd from
http://www.ambry.com. They usually carry all of them. All you need
is the correct part number from hp.


"HH" <hahunt42@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<%thYc.691$lV5.472@fe25.usenetserver.com>...
> The Recovery CD requires the Compressed Compaq folders on the D:System_sav
> partition in order to do a restore. You would need a QuickRestore CD kit to
> do it on another hard drive.Unfortunately, HP has stopped supplying QR CDs
> for many models which came with operating systems prior to Windows
> Millenium. You might try calling to find out. The number can be found in the
> Compaq FAQ.
> HH
>
> "yaanai" <yaanai@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7bb3a670.0408281142.2a2e32d@posting.google.com...
> > Hi:
> >
> > I have a 5320 bought in Nov 2001. It recently started performing
> > sluggishly and I thought of doing a factory restore using the recovery
> > CD. However, the hard drive crashed during tis procee. My question is,
> > if I buy a generic hard drive and install on this machine, will it be
> > possible to use the restore CD on that hard drive? I realize that PC
> > prices have dropped so low that just junking the 5320 for a new
> > machine is an option. Thanks. - yaanai