Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS

From	Bill <llib@vacant.void.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS
Date	2011-06-25 07:10 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 6/25/2011 6:51 AM, Bob Villa wrote:
> On Jun 25, 5:06 am, "BillW50"<Bill...@aol.kom>  wrote:
>> Innews:iu0v0t$u0o$1@dont-email.me,
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>> Bill wrote:
>>> On 6/11/2011 8:43 AM, BillW50 wrote:
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>>>> This place wants $26.99 (free shipping) for a HP dv6000 recovery
>>>> disc.http://www.restoredisks.com
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>>> The restore disks from this placed arrived today. 3 CD's. It took
>>> almost 7 hours to load everything but the look and feel is just as
>>> it was when I bought the machine new. The long load time was
>>> mostly the machine sitting there quietly and doing stuff without
>>> intervention. It announced the time it would take and kept ticking
>>> down the seconds as it went.
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>>> I'll have to overcome the built-in Microsoft Office suite that
>>> Microsoft installs with the hope that the machine owner will buy
>>> it. Other than that minor nuisance I'm happy to get my laptop
>>> back as it was.
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>>> Thanks for the pointers.
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>>> Bill
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>> Oh good deal Bill, glad it all worked out. 7 hours? Sounds like it
>> reinstalled Windows through DOS. As that is about how long it takes
>> using SmartDrive. Without SmartDrive, it is like 24 hours.
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartDrive
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>> And that Microsoft Office trial, well it should be easy to remove
>> through add/remove software. As that always worked well for me.
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>> --
>> Bill
>> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
>> Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3
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> Thanks for reminding this "old dodger" about SmartDrive. *L*

I ran the built in diagnostic provided by HP and it gave "good"
results. Also ubuntu loaded in a reasonable time period of well
under an hour.

And yes, I killed off the office suite as well as that nasty
norton that came built-in on a 60 day trial.

Thanks again.

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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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