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Compaq Presario 5834 Restore Disk files needed!
I need some of the files on the restore disks for the 5834, my disks
are scratched, does anyone know how I might be able to get them? Compaq no longer has them or provides support for older models but I'm trying to restore it for my daughter.These are the ones I need: FILES MISSING DISK ONE In CPQDRV Folder: 151297 151308 151416 151503 In DATA Folder: FACTORY.009 FACTORY.010 FACTORY.PQI FOLDERS MISSING DISK TWO In CPQDRV Folder: 352269 352293 400603 TIA! |
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Compaq Presario 5834 Restore Disk files needed!
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I need some of the files on the restore disks for the 5834, my disks are scratched, does anyone know how I might be able to get them? Compaq no longer has them or provides support for older models but I'm trying to restore it for my daughter.These are the ones I need: Compaq (HP/Compaq) is one of the few computer firms that provides good mature system support (software and documentation). Your machine is amply supported: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...&lang=en&cc=us Select Software & Driver downloads for your missing software components; select Manuals for documentation. You can also download 'allfiles.txt' from ftp.compaq.com; if you know the softpaq number of something you're seeking, you can look for it in this catalog. Regards, Michael |
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Compaq Presario 5834 Restore Disk files needed!
Unfortunatally neither the Hp website has the files I need, nor the
Compaq site works/opens. Any other ideas? On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:39:09 -0600, msg wrote: wrote: I need some of the files on the restore disks for the 5834, my disks are scratched, does anyone know how I might be able to get them? Compaq no longer has them or provides support for older models but I'm trying to restore it for my daughter.These are the ones I need: Compaq (HP/Compaq) is one of the few computer firms that provides good mature system support (software and documentation). Your machine is amply supported: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...&lang=en&cc=us Select Software & Driver downloads for your missing software components; select Manuals for documentation. You can also download 'allfiles.txt' from ftp.compaq.com; if you know the softpaq number of something you're seeking, you can look for it in this catalog. Regards, Michael |
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Compaq Presario 5834 Restore Disk files needed!
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Unfortunatally neither the Hp website has the files I need, nor the Compaq site works/opens. Any other ideas? What doesn't work about the site? If you want to access the site from its root, try: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html ...and enter '5834' in the entry box for the product search. You will get to the page for your machine by drilling down. In your original post, you listed what appeared to be file or directory names from the damaged CD-ROM; a quick web search for the first name, '151297', by using 'compaq 151297' as a search query, produces a number of hits, including '151297.zip' which is the NIC/modem driver for the Presario 5834. This clearly shows that the files/directories that you listed are indeed various drivers, firmware or setup information for various operating systems to be used on your machine. You can continue to 'Google' for those names, or just use the 'softpaqs' referenced by the Compaq support site (from my previous reply) to obtain the missing material that you need. I would urge you to use the support site and simply select the material that you need for your hardware and o/s from the very well stocked archive. Regards, Michael |
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Compaq Presario 5834 Restore Disk files needed!
First of all, thanks for your help Mike, I'm not as knowledgeable as
you about how to find these files so I appreciate your help. I've tried the ftpcompaq site, it won't open using either IE or Firefox. I can only find the first 3 files in my list using Google, all on the DriverGuide site. Without knowing what kinds of files these are for, I can't know how to search for them as drivers or what ever they are. I don't mean to be a pain but can you assist me any further with this? Thanks in advance. On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:21:57 -0600, msg wrote: wrote: Unfortunatally neither the Hp website has the files I need, nor the Compaq site works/opens. Any other ideas? What doesn't work about the site? If you want to access the site from its root, try: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html ...and enter '5834' in the entry box for the product search. You will get to the page for your machine by drilling down. In your original post, you listed what appeared to be file or directory names from the damaged CD-ROM; a quick web search for the first name, '151297', by using 'compaq 151297' as a search query, produces a number of hits, including '151297.zip' which is the NIC/modem driver for the Presario 5834. This clearly shows that the files/directories that you listed are indeed various drivers, firmware or setup information for various operating systems to be used on your machine. You can continue to 'Google' for those names, or just use the 'softpaqs' referenced by the Compaq support site (from my previous reply) to obtain the missing material that you need. I would urge you to use the support site and simply select the material that you need for your hardware and o/s from the very well stocked archive. Regards, Michael |
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Compaq Presario 5834 Restore Disk files needed!
wrote in message ... First of all, thanks for your help Mike, I'm not as knowledgeable as you about how to find these files so I appreciate your help. I've tried the ftpcompaq site, it won't open using either IE or Firefox. I can only find the first 3 files in my list using Google, all on the DriverGuide site. Without knowing what kinds of files these are for, I can't know how to search for them as drivers or what ever they are. I don't mean to be a pain but can you assist me any further with this? Thanks in advance. If I recall that came with windows 98 and the "restore disks" for that unit were obsoleted years ago. They are not available for download. Even if they were you have windows 98 and it is not supported any more. That said, you can load another operating system on that machine. Windows 2000 should find and setup everything except the modem. On the modem, just find a cheap 56k modem if you need it but dispose of the one in the computer. Why ? The original modem driver was for windows 98 and is on the original restore disk. To upgrade that driver with the softpak you have to have the win 98 version installed before the upgrade (softpak) will work. In other words the driver is in two parts, the original and the upgrade. This "mentality" is one of the things that got Compaq in trouble. They were forcing you to buy restore disk if you didn't have them and the upgrade disk too. Now that HP acquired Compaq, everything they have for download is free, just that the win 98 restore disks are obsolete and not supported. Any other driver for that machine can be downloaded directly from hp. Phil |
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