HP dv8000t Reinstallation Guide

Anirudhn,

I think you are better off downloading the quickplay 2.0 (which is actually 2.1) from the internet. Use the link that Superman23 listed. Burn the image using nero onto a disk. Follow MDesigner and Superma23 guides for the install. Both guides as essential to a successful install.

Look at the highlight guide I created yesterday if you have not already because I tried to mention where to incorporate each guide and I did have one issue that happened that was not mentioned in either guide so I explained on how to fix it.

Really have no idea on the system information issue. Maybe if you do another reinstall it will show up correctly.

In my opinion, the way to get quick play to work correctly is that the harddrive preparation is the key. When you get to the screen on installing xp you need to see 2 selections: 1 for a huge chunk of the drive and you format that with NTFS and use FULL format not quick. the other listing needs to be UNALLOCATED SPACE 1028nb. Not sure but do not be tempted to increase the amount of Unallocated space. Leave at 1028.

Any other questions let me know.

Scott

 

Considering I don't have a dvd burner, can I put the swsetup on an external HD?

 

Yes you can.

 

yes u can but you will need to be more involved in the driver finding. YOu will need to help xp more. WIth a cd/dvd xp will search without human interaction

scott

 

Am I going to know what files to point it to?

 

You should be able to let it search the disc/external HDD and find the appropriate drivers. It might notbe able to find one or two drivers for which you will have to manually install, but most of th major drivers the utilty should be able to find the correct drivers as long as you direct it to the SWSetup folder or the disc(if you burn it).

 

I followed this guide, everything works, but I arrived at the same problem that many others had. The quickplay doesn't launch when your computer it off. According to a post above mine, all I have to do is install the QP 2.0 iso? It said I had to have 1028mb unpartitioned space, but my HD is has two partitions. One being the big C drive and the other being the F drive (Quickplay). Does this make a difference?

 

Stotic,

If you have already tried the QP 2.0 ISO and it didn't work, try removing the existing quickplay partition prior to the reinstall., so you have >=1028MB that is unallocated space, rather than a partition not recognized by Windows.

 

Well I never did try the QP 2.0 iso cd. I just tried the QP off of SWSetup. Should I try just installing QP 2.0 over the existing QP?

 

QP from SWSetup is Windows quickplay only.

 

What I'm asking is if I burn the QP 2.0 iso to a cd and install that, will it overwrite the QP I already have or does it necessarily have to create itself in unpartitioned space?

 

I think the 2 major issues people are having with quickplay is that they are not using the correct files for the quick play 2.0 ( follow superman23 guide to download them) and the other major mistake is that the drive is not being prepared correctly. You have 1 partition only!!!! The 1028 mb is NOT a partition. it must be UNALLOCATED SPACE. I think if you try to create a partition on the 1028mb, quick play thinks that is has no more room to do its little trick so to speak. It sounds like quickplay looks for unallocated space when it boots up and does its magic. If no space is there it will not work. After you end the movie session in quickplay it will then free the space back to unallocated space. sounds confusing but that is what I think happens.

Scott

 

I don't know. Just delete the partition anyway so you have unallocated space, and it will be sure to work.

 

Hello,
A friend bought a dv8000t and asked me to "clean it up" and get rid of the huge recovery partition. I'm used to building my own PCs, so am used to installing an OS and drivers in a certain way with no hassle. So, it didn't occur to me to see if I could track down a thread like this. (I'll know better next time. )

Anyway, I approached reinstallation in a different (and probably more time-consuming way). I first made a set of recovery DVDs. I then downloaded drivers from HP's website. I then inserted the XP Home disk, deleted the recovery partition, formatted the drive (full, not quick) and installed XP Home. I then installed Partition Magic for partition management. I then installed all necessary drivers. The only problem I ran into was with the Quick Launch Buttons driver, but that was easily solved once I looked at the hardware ID. (I had also managed to do a partial driver installation, which told me I was looking for a human interface device driver, so that narrowed things down as well.) I then went back to HP's site, did a search and found more recent Quick Launch drivers, which worked.

Everything is working fine except for the QuickPlay feature, which is what led me to this thread. My friend thinks she doesn't care about QuickPlay, but I plan on getting it running anyway, in case she changes her mind. (The 1024MB partition is still there with everything in it.)

As noted, doing the reinstallation this way was pretty hassle-free, albeit time-consuming. The laptop is completely stable after 48 hours of various burn-in/stress tests. No problems in Device Manager. I'll be dealing with trying to get QuickPlay working tomorrow.

On the one hand, I'm confident everything is fine. On the other hand, ever since I found this thread, I've been second-guessing myself. For example, doing it this way, I did not burn the C:\swsetup files to DVD. Instead, the c:\swsetup folder was automatically recreated as I installed the drivers I had downloaded. However, I do NOT, for example, have SwSetup\HPQPDP or SwSetup\QPW available to install.

Basically, I'm wondering if I should start over, i.e. use the recovery DVDs I made to restore it to the (ugh) factory state and then follow this guide?

Perhaps I'll wait to see if I can get QuickPlay going tomorrow.

Any opinions?

 

SWSETUP isn't going to help you install the DirectPlay portion of quickplay -- which the 1GB partition is for. This is for the QuickPlay function where you can play a DVD without booting into windows. The Windows only QuickPlay, nothing more than a media player replacement, is stored in the SWSETUP folder.

What you need to do is download an image of the QuickPlay installation disc, about 450MB. HP never gives this with the computer. See my dv8305 installation guide for a link to download this, although the link may be dead by now. To install this you must only have one partition on your hard drive, and at least 1028mb of unallocated space, so delete your existing 1gb partition and leave it unallocated before installing.

 

So I followed this guide, and so far so good. However... the 1UAA folder is not there. I copied the entire SWSETUP folder to the dvd, and I hadn't touched the folder before that (I didn't even realize what it was). Needless to say, now I'm stuck at the audio drivers... any suggestions?

 

ok, I found the needed uaa thing on support.hp.com download page, and the audio drivers are now installed. However, in the device manager I still have a question mark entry for (formerly PCI thing) but now Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus. Can I uninstall this or somehow remedy this? Thanks

 

Thanks for the reply and for the explanation as to what the QPW file is. I did download the image to burn the QP installation disk -- your link worked fine for me, thanks. I'll follow the rest of your instructions to get QP going.

 

Will get my dv8000t in a a little while and am wondering what the Media Center Feature Pack folder (MedCtrFP) contains? What do these files do and thanks.

Gary

 

Whew! This looks a lot more complicated than I can handle.
All I want to do is upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro <laughing at myself>
Wouldn't it be easier to just swap out a new IDE HD, and disable SATA in BIOS?

 

Be careful George t. You can't put an IDE HD in the dv8000t. It is SATA only. But it can hold two SATA drives if you buy the bracket from HP and some how find the right screws. I can't find the screws anywhere at all.

 

I just got a new dv8000t and followed the procedure, here are some notes:

Since I chose the option from HP of XP Home instead of MCE or Pro, it only needed 3 DVDs for the recovery discs (although I did have some small problems burning the third disc). Also, because I got Home edition, there was no MedCtrFP folder inside SWSETUP so all the drivers fit on one DVD.

After installing the first SATA controller, I didn't have to do anything else hard drive related after changing BIOS and reboot... it all looked like it should.

There was a 'phantom' Unknown Device that it had trouble finding the driver for... eventually it found one saying it was a gigabit ethernet adapter then it disappeared from the device manager a few minutes later.

I had trouble accessing the TCP/IP properties page on both the wired and wireless adapters. I uninstalled the drivers then went to control panel/add new hardware and let windows auto-detect and reinstall them... that cleared it up.

I could run the SWSETUP\Audio installer immediately after SwSetup\1UAA\Disk1, didn't have to mess with Device Manager.

I didn't touch the QuickPlay partition originally, and after running the thing in HPQPDP it worked flawlessly.... although, once all the HP crap was wiped off the system, it actually boots slower than windows proper. Go figure.

 

Earlier I wrote:

> Whew! This looks a lot more complicated than I can handle.
> All I want to do is upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro
> Wouldn't it be easier to just swap out a new IDE HD, and
> disable SATA in BIOS?

Based on overclock's response (can't use IDE HD) and not wanting to buy an SATA drive -- I have a spare 2.5" IDE drive but no SATAs -- I'm leaning to formatting the SATA and installing XP Pro. Which raises another question:

I have an unregistered full copy of XP Pro SP1. Reading this thread, I get the sense that dv8000t only accepts SP2.

Someone verify this? TIA.

 

George,

Download the sp2 file from microsoft and then do a slip stream and create a new xp oper cd with sp2 in it.

Use the following link to show you how to create a sp2 disc. It works great.


http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

Once you do the guide you will have a sp2 xp disc and you will also cut down on updating xp after install.

scott

 

Scott: Thanks for post #124. GD good advice and info. I'll attempt it tomorrow evening.

 

Just wondering -- why is there such interest in voluntarily reformatting and reinstalling factory software?

I can understand _having_ to, or wanting a dual-boot option, or upgrading to a non-factory OS (my case) -- but with the Restore and with the Backup Disk options, it seems unnecessary to go through this much pain. What am I missing? You can tell I'm a newbie.

 

George t,

HP sends out the laptops with loads of bloatware, extra junk you'll never need or use - such as HP games, Vongo, and other trialware. Sometimes uninstalling the programs just doesn't do enough. A registry key is left in or a dll file is leftover, etc. This can potentially bog down the system or get it confused and cause BSODs like crazy. So some like to reinstall the OS so they can set it up like they like it without the HP junkware. Plus, it is the geeky thing to do.

Be sure and make the restore discs BEFORE you format your hard drive. It takes a while but will be worth it should you ever desire to go back.

As for integrating SP2, you can use the instructions ScottM pointed you to or you can check out nlite Deployment to for Unattended Windows install. Great little program with lots of support around the Web. You can even use it to integrate SP2 and the RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack. Takes some work but worth it.

Enjoy!

 

Now that I have a slipstreamed XP Pro SP2 -- thanks ScottM (#124)...

I know this is going to horrify all you geeks on this thread (looking at you, overclock -- #127) but I'm going to try "upgrade" rather than "clean install." I know I'll still have all that bloatware, as overclock put it, but I just don't like my chances of successfully reinstalling all those drivers. It'll just drive me crazy if I even have one exclamation mark in Device Manager.

I assume I'll have that option after disabling SATA support in BIOS (thanks MDesigner -- #1) and entering Setup.

BTW, slipstreaming SP2 with XP Pro was so easy, I'm going to buy another XP Pro SP1 (about $50 less than SP2 on eBay) and get it up to SP2 and install it as a second OS on my CoreDuo Mac. Not that I need it, but it'll be cool.

If that doesn't gain me entrance to geekdom, at least it will compensate, in terms of street cred, for my upgrading to XP Pro rather than clean installing it.

 

Hey, I'm having some major probs lately and was wondering if anyone is having the same issues.

1) Sometimes when booting up, I log into Windows and it sits there.. I get the taskbar and wallpaper, but no desktop icons. They never show up, and I have to do a hard reset.

2) Sometimes when shutting down, it just sits there and won't do it.

3) Sometimes when coming out of standby, the keyboard misbehaves and sometimes applications start acting oddly (locking up, etc).

Anyone else having these probs?

 

Hi all, a newbie here... I bought my V3000T with WinXP Home thinking on formatting and clean installing the XP Prof-SP2 (which I got from school for $20). I haven't found an installation guide for the V3000T but assume it'll be equally complicated to this one (for newbies like me). After reading the thread I feel the same as George_t, I don't think I'll be up to the task of doing the clean installation. So I posse the same question: is it possible just to upgrade and get rid of the bloatware as much as possible? If so, what would be the best way to go about it?

Thanks a bunch in advance!!

BTW this is my lappy....

Genuine Windows XP Home Edition
- Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2500 (2.0 GHz)
- 14.1" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)
- Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- 2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
- 100 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
- Super Multi 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support
- Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network w/Bluetooth
- 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- Microsoft(R) Works/Money
- IMPRINT Finish + Microphone + QuickPlay

I'm getting it tomorrow!!

 

MDesigner,

Sounds like you have service issues and XP is having a hard time either starting or stopping during boot up and shutdown.

Try a system restore to a good point. It could be software related too.

Check your local settings. Are you clearing the pagefile,sys before shutdown?

scott

 

Hi I'm new here. Last month I got my dv5000t and yesterday I got around to reformatting it thanks to MDesigner's excellent instructions. I'm new at this stuff- computers are like a foreign language to me, but you guys helped me through it.

Everything worked out fine. No errors or problems. Quickplay and Quickplay Direct work. Not sure about Lightscribe though--haven't tried it yet.

One thing I noticed (not something big) after reformatting was that the HP logo and info are no longer in the System Properties (supposed to be under 'supported and manufactured by' section). Anyone able to get this back?

Also, would I have to reformat again if I put in a new HD or memory?

Here's the specs of my laptop:
-HP Pavillion dv5000t
-Intel Centrino Core Duo T2250 (1.73 Ghz)
-15.4" Brightview Widescreen
-128MB GeForce Go 7400
-1 GB SDRAM
-80 GB 5400 RPM SATA HD
-Lightscribe 8x DVD+/-RW with DL
-Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
-Works/Money

Again, thanks for the great guide!

 

I don't remember what a good point was though. I disabled some stuff in the registry startup.. it's got to be something that's trying to run. Or a service, as you said.

 

Nevermind. I got it to work by running the brandit in swsetup. Unfortunately that darn wave background shows up before the welcome screen again. Any ideas on how to get rid of this?

It's pretty amazing how much faster my computer starts up. When I got it, I clocked it at one minute, 20 seconds. After reformatting, it was 30 seconds. Sadly now it's up to one minute, and I haven't even put any programs on yet.

 

Okie.. 2 things:

1. I've created more than 1 partition - 3 partitions
But, i still have the 1028 mb unallocated space...

So, can I assume that QuickPlay will use this space automatically for its installation

2. I've copied the HPQPDP folder (630 MB) in SWSetup into a CD (data).. now can I use this cd for QuickPlay DP installation.

 

superman posted in a previous page (7, i believe) about having trouble activating Windows MCE once it was installed. I had the same problem, and ended up having to use the restore discs. Does anyone know how to get around this? I never did disable the Native SATA (used a USB Floppy, expensive as heck, I might add), which could be the cause.

I was hoping someone might have a solution for this before I go reformat, as I need to have the laptop working this weekend (with or without all of my software).

Thanks.

Also, I keep seeing that you guys are installing XP Pro. Are you using XP Pro, or MCE? (I know they are almost the same)

 

Mattewt,

Do you mean that you were having problems activating mce at the microsoft site? If so, and you have a legal copy of xp or mce just call microsoft and tell them you cannot activate normailly thru internet and they should give you a new cd key and activate over telephone.

Is your copy of xp or mce legal? then you will not have an issue.

Now if you downloaded mce via superman23 guide then you might have no workaround. I believe the non workaround of the native sata has nothing to do with it.

scott

 

Last time, I called MS and HP several times, and ended up being given another Product Key, which did not work either. I am using a 9-in-1 install disc that my company uses. If there is an ISO I can download online that would work, I'd be happy to give it a try.

 

I generated the ISOs from the CD, and the md5's are as follows:

468841000e0000003a3a3d00acfe1300 *MRMPFPP_EN.ISO
468841000d000000393a3d00acfe1300 *MRMSD2_EN.ISO

Huh...I can't believe that these MD5s are so similar, yet the file structure is different...

 

ScottM, I saw your guide that was in another post. I'll try the Product Key that MagicJellyBeans returned.

 

V3000T
I clean installed WinXP Pro SP2 following instructions on the starter of this one (MDesigner #1) until step 20 and for the QP installation I followed the dv200t installation guide ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=59471). From there on I follow a bit of each guide until I got everything to work (I think): SATA enabled, Direct QP, sound/modem OK. My lappy is incredibly fast now!! (I still need to install my programs though, so we'll see). I couldn’t have done it without you guys. Thanks a lot!!!

PS: The only thing I don't see any more in the task bar is the little antenna-like icon, but my wireless works and BT is installed. Does it mean I'm not using all the capabilities of the PRO/Wireless? BTW, I don't have any question signs in the device manager.

 

I have an DV4000 (DV4170) with a DVDRW that will not show up. I am only showing a Primary IDE Controller in the device manger. Could this be something to do with the QuickPlay feature? Possible to install QuickPlay 2.1 on this machine? I do not have CDROM access so have to boot to OS CD etc.

 

does this guide work for the dv2000?

 

HP Pavilion dv2000t reinstallation guide:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=59471

 

I have had trouble before installing the MCE2005 OEM that normally comes in the 9-in-1 disc. It would not accept the license key on the COA sticker beneath the laptop.

I did finally find an unattend.txt file in C:\I386, and I will try that in a VM tonight before I reinstall according to the guide. I'll post my results later this weekend.

 

Ok. I've tried the sticker, the one in unattend.txt and the one for Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder. I can't get any of these to register as a valid product key.

Exactly which version do I need to use (Pro, Home, MCE, and Retail or OEM)? I'm using VMWare to test, so that I don't lose my current installation when I try to reinstall.

 

I've been doing more research, and apparently Windows won't accept the product keys that HP gives out, and requires that you use the OS Cd that they ship with 2005-and-previous systems.

 

yeah but this guide is written better. thats why i want to know.

 

Thanks. You may just wanna try using this guide to reinstall the dv2000t. I think some people have had luck doing that.

 

it doesnt matter what type of windows xp i use right?