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Mission accomplished

Discussion in 'HP' started by dolphinsrok, Nov 16, 2005.

dolphinsrok Notebook Enthusiast

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I went ahead and formatted my 4 month old zd8000. I used my own copy of xp pro instead of hp's copy which contains too much crap. I would highly recommend this to anyone who has at least some technical experience. It boots up and shuts down a lot faster. It runs faster and its nice and clean of garbage software I don't need. I'm extremely happy with it now and the only trouble I had was installing the Intel chipset driver which was the only driver I didn't install. Everything else works fine.

I installed Avast antivirus, ZoneAlarm, and Adaware. Now I need to finish securing the windows side and I'll be all set!

dolphinsrok, Nov 16, 2005

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j0hn00 Notebook Evangelist

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I was under the assumption that the OS disc that HP provides only had the OS. At least that's what it looked like when I reinstalled my computer. All the drivers, programs, and other crap was on the second disc.

j0hn00, Nov 16, 2005

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Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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Yes, it is always nice to have a fresh start.

If you keep the computer tuned up (for tips, check out our "How to Optimize a Notebook Computer guide), it will run like that for as long as you take care of it.

Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 16, 2005

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