son of a bitch...

[slipknotpsycho]

oh it's not that old, just about 3 years.... there are alot more computers our there older then mine...

it's just mine was bought, never upgraded, then about a year and a half ago... my grandpa decided he wanted to play electrician... so he ends up fucking around with the breaker box... and sends a fucking power surge through the house.... fries our tv... blows the fuse in our vcr, fries THEIR tv, fries the microwave, fries the coffee maker... basicly everything that was plugged into the house other then light sockets and the fridges... INCLUDING MY COMPUTER....

i notced my computer was getting no power, so i went and bought a new power supply and put it in, an dit turned on... but the damage to the circuits had already been done... it's been a downhill ride with this pos ever since..

[Skink]

Never trust customer service like youi said,,,I asked that lady three times and she assured me the CD comes with it...

[Skink]

I got a reply back from HP...

Dear George:

Thank you for contacting Hewlett-Packard.

I am sorry for any inconvenience. Due to licensing issues with
Microsoft, HP does not ship OEM versions of the operating system with
our computers. You can order recovery CDs to be shipped with you PC or
you can choose to create them during your initial setup of your PC.

HP Pavilion Media Center m7760n (RK570AA)
- 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 processor
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
- NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE graphics controller
- 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive
- 2GB of 533MHz DDR2 PC2 4200 SDRAM

For further information on the HP Pavilion Media Center m7760n, please
visit the following web site:



HP Pavilion Media Center m7760n Desktop PC - Product Specifications
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[slipknotpsycho]

ok so then the recovery cd's will work basicly the same rgiht? cuz that was my original plan, make recovery cd's right when the comp comes outta the box, then erase everything and put on xp...

[Skink]

I have to look into it cause I think a recovery might ask to slip in the original oem disc... recovery is recovering a loaded OS You will have no Vista OS loaded to recover...

I think you need like a Norton ghost image or Backup image to reinstall and I don't know if there are new safegaurds in Vista to prevent it,,,it's to new IDK sheet about it yet...

[slipknotpsycho]

well i guess it couldnt' hurt to try? i mean, i have a surplus of cds laying around (anyone with a cd burner should lol) and i'll be puttin on xp reguardless... but i would feel better knowing i could always go back without having to pay out extra money.. if i had to...

i've said it before, i have no plans to go back to it, but it'd be nice to have that option...

[sam44]

im sure youll get the package dude, just chill, newegg is great with customer service from my experiences

[Skink]

I'm thinking you want to do a dual boot more than a wipe... Make a partition and install XP on it and only boot XP...

[slipknotpsycho]

i'll umm need some help with that skink lol....

although, i got 500 gigs... so i got plenty of room...

i wonder.. it's 2 harddrives, so there's obviously going to be a master drive and a slave drive, what if i switch the two and install xp on to the master (which used to be the slave) then just use the other for storage? would that work?

[Skink]

i'll umm need some help with that skink lol....

although, i got 500 gigs... so i got plenty of room...

i wonder.. it's 2 harddrives, so there's obviously going to be a master drive and a slave drive, what if i switch the two and install xp on to the master (which used to be the slave) then just use the other for storage? would that work?

it's a SATA system so the 2 drives are written to as one,,,so consider it one drive...

I'll be moving this to Tech...

I will help on the partition,,,I have Acronis PartitionExpert too it will make things easy...