Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS

From	BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS
Date	2011-06-17 15:57 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Bill wrote:
> On 6/11/2011 8:43 AM, BillW50 wrote:
>> On 6/11/2011 7:35 AM, Bill wrote:
>>> On 6/11/2011 6:27 AM, BillW50 wrote:
>>>> On 6/10/2011 10:29 PM, Bill wrote:
>>>>> The hard drive died and I have no replacement OS. How
>>>>> do I get a replacement XP home to put on this machine
>>>>> that has oddball stuff on it?
>>>>>
>>>>> At this stage I'd settle for a functioning linux that
>>>>> can address the built-ins.
>>>>>
>>>>> It came with an OS loaded on it and no repair disks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00810334&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help. Looks like I have to buy a recovery disk from an
>>> alternate source.
>>
>> Maybe this one will work? Dunno though, maybe not.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/400221940841
>>
>> This place wants $26.99 (free shipping) for a HP dv6000 recovery disc.
>>
>> http://www.restoredisks.com
> 
> I first tried ubuntu and I rather like the linux OS which has come a
> long ways since I used any form of unix as my primary machine. And
> I used to enjoy the challenges presented, but now that I'm in my 70's
> I no longer have the patience. I'll probably load ubuntu on a spare
> machine for playtime now that I've downloaded it and have been
> playing on the internet using it. This is from a guy who successfully
> ran both Microport Unix as well as a 3b2 providing early free usenet
> access over phone lines. That dedication and patience is now long
> gone.
> 
> Here it comes:
> 
> *HOWEVER*
> 
> Loading preferred software from third party sources, such as Open
> Office, is not only far from being seamless, it would require much
> more time and investigation than I am willing to devote. In our
> elder years the days get shorter and we can't achieve very much
> that we used to.
> 
> The secondary problem that I noticed is that although ubuntu
> discovered and logged the HP-5370DW printer hanging on my LAN
> and "installed it" a couple of hours of fiddling with the
> connection didn't allow the computer to talk to it. Plugging
> another printer directly into a USB port came up, was installed,
> and functioning in short order.
> 
> I can see that linux, as a whole, has come a long ways, it still
> has a long ways to go before it can actually compete with MS for
> the "ready to use" market that I've fallen into.
> 
> I've ordered the appropriate restore disk from the vendor you've
> mentioned. The eBay seller's product probably won't work. Thank
> you for all your help.

Hi Bill! I can't disagree with anything you said about Linux. I use it 
for small tasks like email, web browsing, and newsgroups. But it doesn't 
impress me for other tasks.

And let us know how that restore disc works out.

-- 
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)

Thread

HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-10 22:29 -0500
  Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-11 06:27 -0500
    Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-11 07:35 -0500
      Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-11 08:43 -0500
        Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-17 09:38 -0500
          Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-17 15:57 -0500
            Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-17 18:41 -0500
            Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-06-18 01:24 +0000
              Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-18 05:16 -0500
                Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-06-20 08:44 -0500
                Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-21 08:17 -0500
          Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-06-18 01:20 +0000
        Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-23 22:07 -0500
          Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 16:16 -0700
          Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-25 05:06 -0500
            Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-06-25 04:51 -0700
              Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-25 07:10 -0500
              Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-25 08:55 -0500
          Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-30 10:50 -0500
            Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS AJL <1245nomail@none.com> - 2011-06-30 09:59 -0700
              Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-06-30 12:28 -0500
                Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS AJL <1245nomail@none.com> - 2011-06-30 18:21 -0700
                Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-01 23:55 +0000
                Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-02 05:32 -0500
            Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-06-30 17:45 -0500
              Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-01 23:57 +0000
              Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-02 05:18 -0500
            Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-07-01 03:41 -0700
            Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-01 23:54 +0000
              Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-07-01 19:14 -0500
                Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-02 01:59 +0000
                Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS AJL <36566678nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-01 21:21 -0700
      Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-06-11 12:43 -0500
  Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS markfinn8_at_gmail_dot_com@foo.com (markfinn) - 2011-08-18 19:16 +0000

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