Recovery discs

terrystar · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:20

Hey all. I have an old HP Pavilion, the HDD has failed. Am I able to install XP onto a new HDD using the recovery disc's I made?

Thanks

MagicBoy · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:23

terrystar said:
Hey all. I have an old HP Pavilion, the HDD has failed. Am I able to install XP onto a new HDD using the recovery disc's I made?

Thanks

Yes

Gimpymoo · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:48

You might need a tattoo, in which case contact HP support.

MagicBoy · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:01

Tattoo's are still around?

I remember when Packard Bell started using them in the late 90s. Frigging annoying PITA they were!

As long as it's only a new HDD (using the PB yardstick) it should be fine. It was swapping the motherboard plus HDD under warranty that caused lots of problems with the PBs.

terrystar · 28 Jan 2011 at 07:53

Ok thanks guys. Yeah just a new harddrive it is.

Pestilence · 28 Jan 2011 at 11:05

HPs are normally more picky about the Motherboard when it comes to tattoos; shouldn't be a problem just swapping the HDD - though you never know with those bloody things.