Restoring a Presario 1700 Notebook
 

I received a Compaq Presario 1700 Notebook (model number 17XL365) from my
neighbor a while ago. The laptop's OS (Windows XP) was in bad shape, so I
decided to reformat the whole hard drive. Big mistake. After formatting the
whole hard drive, I found out that the Quick Restore CD only contains 1.44
megabytes of information! The CD only loads a command prompt.

Anyways, I have been looking at Compaq/HP's website and have found nothing
on how to repair this laptop. The laptop's default OS is Windows Me.

Is there any way I can get this thing running with Windows Me in factory
condition? Any place I could get a CD that contains all of the restore
information... not just a lousy boot disk?

(Now, if we really want to get into detail, I also destroyed any hope of my
aunt's computer coming back to Windows Me also. They don't know that yet.)

Thanks for the help. It is GREATLY appreciated.
-Kevin S.

Order the QuickRestore kit ftrom 800-841-2761. It's $10.
HH

"Kevin S." wrote in message
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I received a Compaq Presario 1700 Notebook (model number 17XL365) from my
neighbor a while ago. The laptop's OS (Windows XP) was in bad shape, so I
decided to reformat the whole hard drive. Big mistake. After formatting
the
whole hard drive, I found out that the Quick Restore CD only contains 1.44
megabytes of information! The CD only loads a command prompt.

Anyways, I have been looking at Compaq/HP's website and have found nothing
on how to repair this laptop. The laptop's default OS is Windows Me.

Is there any way I can get this thing running with Windows Me in factory
condition? Any place I could get a CD that contains all of the restore
information... not just a lousy boot disk?

(Now, if we really want to get into detail, I also destroyed any hope of
my
aunt's computer coming back to Windows Me also. They don't know that yet.)

Thanks for the help. It is GREATLY appreciated.
-Kevin S.

So, if I order the Quick Restore kit, will the CDs contain all of the
original software that came with my laptop? Or will it be just a boot CD
that reads from the Quick Restore partition (which does not exist on the
laptop)?

Thanks
-Kevin

"HH" wrote in message
...
Order the QuickRestore kit ftrom 800-841-2761. It's $10.
HH

"Kevin S." wrote in message
...
I received a Compaq Presario 1700 Notebook (model number 17XL365) from my
neighbor a while ago. The laptop's OS (Windows XP) was in bad shape, so I
decided to reformat the whole hard drive. Big mistake. After formatting
the
whole hard drive, I found out that the Quick Restore CD only contains
1.44
megabytes of information! The CD only loads a command prompt.

Anyways, I have been looking at Compaq/HP's website and have found
nothing
on how to repair this laptop. The laptop's default OS is Windows Me.

Is there any way I can get this thing running with Windows Me in factory
condition? Any place I could get a CD that contains all of the restore
information... not just a lousy boot disk?

(Now, if we really want to get into detail, I also destroyed any hope of
my
aunt's computer coming back to Windows Me also. They don't know that
yet.)

Thanks for the help. It is GREATLY appreciated.
-Kevin S.

The QuickRestore CDs have the complete original software image.After you run
it, it will restart with the original boot sequence.
HH

"Kevin S." wrote in message
...
So, if I order the Quick Restore kit, will the CDs contain all of the
original software that came with my laptop? Or will it be just a boot CD
that reads from the Quick Restore partition (which does not exist on the
laptop)?

Thanks
-Kevin

"HH" wrote in message
...
Order the QuickRestore kit ftrom 800-841-2761. It's $10.
HH

"Kevin S." wrote in message
...
I received a Compaq Presario 1700 Notebook (model number 17XL365) from
my
neighbor a while ago. The laptop's OS (Windows XP) was in bad shape, so
I
decided to reformat the whole hard drive. Big mistake. After formatting
the
whole hard drive, I found out that the Quick Restore CD only contains
1.44
megabytes of information! The CD only loads a command prompt.

Anyways, I have been looking at Compaq/HP's website and have found
nothing
on how to repair this laptop. The laptop's default OS is Windows Me.

Is there any way I can get this thing running with Windows Me in
factory
condition? Any place I could get a CD that contains all of the restore
information... not just a lousy boot disk?

(Now, if we really want to get into detail, I also destroyed any hope
of
my
aunt's computer coming back to Windows Me also. They don't know that
yet.)

Thanks for the help. It is GREATLY appreciated.
-Kevin S.