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Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:59:32 -0400
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Date:    Sat, 18 Jun 2005 16:18:48 -0400
From:    generalstuff <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Missing in OEM XP?


I have an HP Pavillion XP Home PC.  I think the OS is missing something that
my Dell OS had...

..I can't remember if I had this problem when I put a "pure" copy of MS XP
Home in this machine.  I couldn't use that because I couldn't find (and
neither could Windows or HP) drivers for the "SM Bus Controller" (I don't
even know what that is) and the sound device that HP had built into the
motherboard)...

..I'm not buying another machine that has a "pre-partitioned, pre-loaded" OS
with no way to re-install everything the way I want it, or to install a
different operating system.  Do any PC makers still include separate CD's
for the OS and software that you are supposedly buying as part of the deal?

I will appreciate any help you guys can offer.

Thanks,
AnnaSummers

I know that my Dell PC came with discs for the OEM version of the OS and
more discs for the drivers/diagnostic programs.
Is it possible there there are still links in the registry that point to the
old HP XP partition? Did you remove the cloned partition after you copied it
to where you wanted it?
As far as the HP dilemma and the XP install, that version of the OS would
probaly not have specific drivers for all of the hardware specific to your
motherboard. Although XP has common generic drivers for things like video,
it probably would not have specific drivers for the chipset/controllers
and/or sound chip that your HP requires. That would be on  another disc(?)
or you would have to get them from the manufacturers website.

Chris Ryan
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