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What Dos Codes Prompt Program Loads of HP Celeron Windows ME?

06/29/2008 4:40 PM

I bought an HP Pavilion that apparently runs on some clunky program. When I loaded the Recovery Discs that came with it, load ends with / flashing slash, as if there is Dos command required to continue to load the next two of the three discs that I got with the purchase from the neighbor who moved back to Istanbul. There is no normally from my experience, an understandable way to complete the revival of this machine. I see no message on the package of discs that says there is a Dos code, but it sure acts as if there is one. My E Machine is dead, my other Workstation HP is dead, the Pavilion was intended as a stopgap spare backup, and we are getting a little done with the Q4 MAC. Truthfully, I think it wise to have a PC and a Mac in the house, though I have an opportunity to buy for a good price another Mac. My website is in trouble because the Microsoft internal email thing goes to hell everytime a computer breaks.

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Re: What Dos Codes Prompt Program Loads of HP Celeron Windows ME?

06/30/2008 2:06 AM

Hello Transcendian

These "Branded" computers, have a "Branded" piece of Software embedded into a ROM chip, by the Motherboard makers for the "Brand", and as the CMOS boots up, Voila! that @$#%^ Brand shows itself.

They are cursed things when they go wrong, and HP, IBM, and others just love their "Brand" showing before the Operating System boots the Computer into Windows, or whatever the actual Operating System happens to be.

Best advice I can give you, is to Format that HDD in DOS mode, even if you use a Friend's Computer to do the operation.

Once that HDD is Fully Formatted, Run the Computer to enter the Full Operating System once More.

You may need to buy a new CD or DVD to do that.

Once you have a "Clean Instal", instal what utilities and programs you need, to get you going.

Advise your progress, or lack thereof, here

Kind regards....

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Re: What Dos Codes Prompt Program Loads of HP Celeron Windows ME?

06/30/2008 11:02 AM

Sounds more like that/those recovery disk(s) are corrupted. You can do as the previous person noted, or there's another possibility that has a higher expense: You can call HP and purchase a set of recovery disks for that particular system.

For non-experts, HP's recovery system is great; it lets you get back to a certain point fairly quickly. Bad side: You can only make one set of recovery disks on a 'new' system; so make sure you have everything you want or need and working properly before you make that set. Also, a DVD burner would be great since it can use DVD's - although I'm not sure if it can use BR atm.

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Re: What Dos Codes Prompt Program Loads of HP Celeron Windows ME?

06/30/2008 6:29 PM

Well, I'm at a crossroads, I can buy another MAC for 450.00, and just learn how to make it give me the fonts etc., that I am used to, especially as regards my professional fiction, film, or website. Then again there is this pesky email connection from my website to my mail that is distinct to the website, and apparently is dependent on some microsoft program that must live in my computer, as opposed to hotmail, that lives outside my computer. I am a bit deficient in computer skills, and came very close to buying the HP Support, but opted to buy the first MAC. Apparently the Q4s are pretty well available semi new, for about what I paid for a reconditioned HP Workstation. It would be good if whatever computer I had, actually transferred mail to me reliably coming from the website, not to mention maintained the "donations" link reliably. My decision will pivot on the issue of mail and donations from my website. If another MAC will give my wife and I separate workstations and allow my site to progress, then I will just buy that since there are many less threats to the machines from virus and worms and all that, which pretty much destroyed my other stopgap machine, the E Machine. P.S. Thanks to Sparkstation & Guest.

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Re: What Dos Codes Prompt Program Loads of HP Celeron Windows ME?

07/03/2008 10:20 AM

Did you ENTER the unexpected "command"?

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