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Armada E700 Reinstall XP Home
I'm reinstalling WinXP into an Armada E700 laptop for a friend. It had
got messed up pretty bad, so had to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch. The Compaq LAN drivers (SP22996) will not install because "...there is no Intel Network Driver..." Intel's network driver will not install because "...there is no Intel Pro Adapter..." I'm stuck in a loop. Can't get WinXP into Auto Update until the LAN is working. Suggestions? Regards, Terry Smythe Winnipeg, Canada |
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Armada E700 Reinstall XP Home
Best bet - Call Compaq and get the Quickrestore CDs for the notebook.
HH "Terry Smythe" wrote in message news:WqRoh.595879$R63.422203@pd7urf1no... I'm reinstalling WinXP into an Armada E700 laptop for a friend. It had got messed up pretty bad, so had to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch. The Compaq LAN drivers (SP22996) will not install because "...there is no Intel Network Driver..." Intel's network driver will not install because "...there is no Intel Pro Adapter..." I'm stuck in a loop. Can't get WinXP into Auto Update until the LAN is working. Suggestions? Regards, Terry Smythe Winnipeg, Canada |
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Armada E700 Reinstall XP Home
"Terry Smythe" wrote in message news:WqRoh.595879$R63.422203@pd7urf1no... I'm reinstalling WinXP into an Armada E700 laptop for a friend. It had got messed up pretty bad, so had to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch. The Compaq LAN drivers (SP22996) will not install because "...there is no Intel Network Driver..." Intel's network driver will not install because "...there is no Intel Pro Adapter..." I'm stuck in a loop. Can't get WinXP into Auto Update until the LAN is working. Suggestions? Regards, Terry Smythe Winnipeg, Canada Did you format the C partition ( leaving D there ? with the factory stuff ) Or did you format the entire drive ? Does he have a quickrestore CD ? If D is still Ok - boot from that CD. If you wiped drive, from another system , go to Compaq.com - search for your model - downloads - save all the drivers - burn to a cd and pop into E700 - copy it all to a DRIVERS folder on C and point XP there for the drivers. Save the Cd for next time. |
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Armada E700 Reinstall XP Home
Terry Smythe wrote: I'm reinstalling WinXP into an Armada E700 laptop for a friend. It had got messed up pretty bad, so had to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch. The Compaq LAN drivers (SP22996) will not install because "...there is no Intel Network Driver..." Intel's network driver will not install because "...there is no Intel Pro Adapter..." I'm stuck in a loop. Can't get WinXP into Auto Update until the LAN is working. Suggestions? Download net driver onto a CD or usb keys. install it. Away you go. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...OID=1098#11395 Regards, Terry Smythe Winnipeg, Canada |
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Armada E700 Reinstall XP Home
"Terry Smythe" wrote in message news:WqRoh.595879$R63.422203@pd7urf1no... I'm reinstalling WinXP into an Armada E700 laptop for a friend. Turns out this computer does not have a LAN/dial-Up adapter board installed in it all. Somebody uncovered the LAN port leading everybody to believe there is/was LAN capability. The option of course is a LAN PC card. Also turns out that the WinXP SP1 disk he used was legal, but for another computer. 'nuff said.... At 400mhz with only 128 megs memory, trying to get WinXP SP2 into it turned out to be an exercise in futility. We ended up reformatting his little hard drive, reinstalling WinME as it once was, and restored all his files from the backup. All is well, as it once was. Lesson learned - don't try to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. Regards and many thanks for the help offered, appreciated. Terry Smythe Winnipeg, Canada |
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