Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS

From	Bill <llib@vacant.void.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS
Date	2011-06-17 09:38 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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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.

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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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