Compaq laptop

I have a compaq laptop and it is bein a terd and like it wont play music things dont erase, have the programs are missing, the compaq site doesnt give me shit for help and it wont let me reformat or is there another way to reformat besides going to c right click and hit format it gives me some gay message and im getting pissed off at it (lol it was free) thx for any help ahead of time

Try this: copy all the files from your windows CD into a folder called 'cabs'. Then boot to DOS and run setup from the cabs folder. Install windows over the top of the original installation to replace any missing/damaged files. :)

i dont have any windows cds

Well, time to get some.

or time to let the pos sit in my closet

LOL. OK. I didn't mean actually pay Microshaft, just burn a copy of ME or something. Or borrow of friends. Once copied, you don't need 'em again.

i wouldn't borrow ME when you could get XP, I have ME on my computer and I hate it, its the pits when it comes to applications. I use XP at school and its so much better.

Originally posted by ILike2DriveCars
i wouldn't borrow ME when you could get XP, I have ME on my computer and I hate it, its the pits when it comes to applications. I use XP at school and its so much better.

Do you have any concept of how hard it is to have an illegitimate copy of XP installed and working? It's like George W having Osama over for dinner. Microsoft would have the copyright police at your place faster than you can say 'Maybe it's time to install Red Hat or Mandrake'.....

:finger:

Originally posted by Oz


Do you have any concept of how hard it is to have an illegitimate copy of XP installed and working? It's like George W having Osama over for dinner. Microsoft would have the copyright police at your place faster than you can say 'Maybe it's time to install Red Hat or Mandrake'.....

:finger:

Well, I wouldn't say that. I haven't had any problems yet.

You have a bootleg copy of XP? The only successful way I have heard of doing it is making 2 mahcines with IDENTICAL specs then GHOSTing the HDD. And even then, if you change anything you're fucked. Tell me when something goes wrong. :smoker:

Originally posted by Oz
You have a bootleg copy of XP? The only successful way I have heard of doing it is making 2 mahcines with IDENTICAL specs then GHOSTing the HDD. And even then, if you change anything you're fucked. Tell me when something goes wrong. :smoker:

My dear Oz what you are forgetting is that there are corporate licenced XP version which do not require activation.:devil:

Shit. Yes, I did forget about them. Shit.

You da man. :bandit:

Yes, yes we are.

Hehe, Neutrino, were going to have to have this thread torched for our own safety. :D

Originally posted by Neutrino


My dear Oz what you are forgetting is that there are corporate licenced XP version which do not require activation.:devil:

Yup - Micro$oft does that for all their product lines. Quite handy actually :)

Originally posted by YogsVR4


Yup - Micro$oft does that for all their product lines. Quite handy actually :)

Not that we take advantage of that.:angel: