OT: Compaq Presario 1200 Restore CDs - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Nov 2001

On Nov 29, 20:22, Matt London wrote:
...
  Hi,
   I know this is completely off topic for the list, but I'm in a bit of a
 jam. My girlfriend owns a compaq presario 1200 laptop, and the windows
 install is b0rked (surprise surprise). The company she bought it from
 refuse to supply her with the CDs and manuals that came with it originally
...
  (it was supplied as ex.demo as a replacement for a
broken model they
 couldn't replace exactly).

   Anyway, the result of this is I'm looking for someone who has said CDs
 and wouldn't mind copying them, or even making isos for me, so I can get
 her laptop up and running again. 
You may not need them.  You can probably just do a standard Windows
install, and add any special drivers you need.  You can download most
things from Compaq's website, look at http://www.compaq.com/athome/support/

If my (limited) experience of Compaqs is anything to go by, you're probably
better off with a standard install anyway, all the special CDs seem to do
is make backups of certain things and possibly configure the BIOS.  You
used to be able to get all the setup disks from Compaq's website, though I
haven't looked at it for a while.

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