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Roy A. Ackerman
I have a disk. My friend has an HP computer that is
acting up (and I am fed up).
What I want to do is reformat the HD, kill all the HP
hidden stuff and install a new version of Windows.
However, when I tried to install a New Windows (w/o
reformatting) it said that my disk and his s/n (on the
side of the machine would not work (it said I had an
invalid s/n). Is that corrected when I reformat the HD
and reinstall?
I ask, since I read the other problems about needing
floppies to enter the recovery console (since there is
some sort of junk on the HD that won't let me use recovery
with the CD- it says I don't know the Admin P/w, which I
do).
Thanks.
Roy
acting up (and I am fed up).
What I want to do is reformat the HD, kill all the HP
hidden stuff and install a new version of Windows.
However, when I tried to install a New Windows (w/o
reformatting) it said that my disk and his s/n (on the
side of the machine would not work (it said I had an
invalid s/n). Is that corrected when I reformat the HD
and reinstall?
I ask, since I read the other problems about needing
floppies to enter the recovery console (since there is
some sort of junk on the HD that won't let me use recovery
with the CD- it says I don't know the Admin P/w, which I
do).
Thanks.
Roy