The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    HP nx9420 - first PROBLEMS!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lukaszzyla, Apr 13, 2006.

  1. lukaszzyla

    lukaszzyla Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi guys!

    I live in Poland and 2 days ago have bought a brand new HP nx9420 from HP Poland - model ES457EA with 1,83 Centrino DUO and WSXGA+ screen.
    I run it for the first time - some hp software asks me if I want to do backup cds - I answer no as I'm allergic to all 3rd party software preinstalled on my computer.
    The next thing I did was restarting my new computer with VISTA 5308 beta in the drive.
    I deleted the main partition (drive c) and left untouched the other partition called HP BACKUP, write protected with 8GB space on it. I thought that this is the place where all the recovery data stays.
    VISTA installation went wrong - there was no support for hdd controller - I managed to install one and the instalation finished.
    The first run was quite a dissapointment - First seconds after the boot - HP welcome screen, then display changes to VISTA loading screen (with small bar in the bottom indicating that the system is loading) - one more second of loading the system - then immediately blue screen flashes for a milisecond and system restarts.
    Then it goeas all the way round and could perform the start-load-blue screen-restart loop endlessly.
    Ok - I've decided to recover the system.
    No button, no bios settings allowing to do it, nothing!
    Thinkig that the easiest solution sometimes is the most difficult one to find -I've decided to call polish HP helpdesk.
    They were extremely arrogant, saying that by deleting the system I lost it and there is no way to have it back.
    More - They told me that the only solution for me is buying Windows XP in a store and installing it to the pc.
    I've decided to go for it and put a win XP media center into the drive.
    Installation start:
    There is no support for HDD controller in Windows XP - you need to provide it.
    The only way to do it is to have a floppy with drivers...
    quick ride to the computer store, I have bought new external MITSUMI floppy for about 27 euro.
    The system has installed, but now I'm experiencing giantic difficulties in making it work!
    Almost everything is on the hp.com/support, but:
    * The Audio drivers don't work - THERE IS NO AUDIO after installing it - system finds new devices but lacks drivers for them.
     
    lukaszzyla, Apr 13, 2006
    #1