HP Pavilion and restore cd's

Smarter Storage: 3Gen IntelliNAS and Restore

Published on June 03, 2008

3Gen seems to be just another NAS vendor. But its products, the IntelliNAS for four HDDs, and the 3Gen Restore, provide appealing value for SMBs and enthusiast users. Read more

CES 2007: MSI to showcase AMD Live! systems

Published on January 04, 2007

Micro-Star International (MSI) will display a series of its Media Live audio/video PC systems based on the AMD Live! platform at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, according to company sources. Read more

Nano-optical switches to restore sight?

Published on November 06, 2006

Californian researchers are now using light to control biological nanomolecules and proteins. Read more

HP notebook lines adopt Nvidia integrated GPUs

Published on May 18, 2006

From DigiTimes Read more

Latest Reviews & Articles

Roundup: The Best Overclocking Software

Published on November 06, 2008

Interested in overclocking but not quite sure where to start? We round up some of our favorite software utilities for tweaking processors, memory, graphics, and chipsets. Read more

Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide 2008, Part 1

Published on November 05, 2008

Welcome to the first installment in our six-part Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide. In Part 1, two beautiful models help showcase some of our favorite no-hassle hardware gifts for 2008. Read more

Round Up: Five Powerful, Light Ultraportables

Published on November 05, 2008

Executives, road warriors, and gadget geeks all lust after ultraportable notebooks. Five of these amazing machines battle it out in this roundup. Read more

Core i7: 4-Way CrossFire, 3-way SLI, Paradise?

Published on November 04, 2008

For the first time ever, gamers are being treated to a reasonably priced platform enabling the best that AMD and Nvidia have to offer. Is Core i7 a gamer’s nirvana or does the processor serve up more of the same? Read more

All the Reviews & Articles

HP Pavilion and restore cd's

Word : Username : Filter :
Bottom
Author	Thread : HP Pavilion and restore cd's

kowal

Profile: newbie

More Information

09-27-2007 at 06:18:21 PM

Ok....... a friend gave me a HP pavilion 511w.
It needed a new hard drive........so i bought a new one from newegg.
Anyway, i contacted HP to order a set of restore disc....they told me they were no longer available.
The windows XP COA sticker and # is still on the side of the pc.
I realize i could buy an oem copy of XP from newegg......but the restore cd's would have been much cheaper.
will the number on the COA sticker work with any XP oem disc?
Or will it only work with the original restore disc?
I realize i could install linux on it but most people are too novice to use it.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated?

Related Product

Grumpy9117

Profile: old hand

More Information

09-30-2007 at 11:45:06 PM

Hide

You can buy HP Recovery CDs from Computer Surgeons. http://www.computersurgeons.com/shoppingcart/5.htm

Grumpy

Tom's Hardware Forums » Windows XP » Windows XP General Discussion » HP Pavilion and restore cd's

Go to:

Page generated in 0.256 seconds

Google Ads