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Candyflip

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Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« on: April 21, 2008, 03:51:47 PM »
Now I have to go track down each individual driver for my network card, audio, video, and a whole bunch other shit that should have been included on a disc.
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Mupepe

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 04:03:27 PM »
anything i can do to help?
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Tauntaun

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 04:14:33 PM »
Quote from: Mupepe on April 21, 2008, 04:03:27 PM
anything i can do to help?

You could fondle his balls baby.  :-*
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DJ_Tet

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 04:28:51 PM »
recovery partitions are bullshit

I couldn't believe it when the shit little PC I got from Best Buy a few years ago didn't even come with the one thing that made the purchase worthwhile, Windows XP Install discs.

Thank god for torrents.
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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 04:32:37 PM »
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Candyflip

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2008, 05:00:41 PM »
Quote from: DJ_Tet on April 21, 2008, 04:28:51 PM
recovery partitions are bullshit

I couldn't believe it when the shit little PC I got from Best Buy a few years ago didn't even come with the one thing that made the purchase worthwhile, Windows XP Install discs.

Thank god for torrents.
Yeah. There's exactly where I'm at right now. Pirated XP to downgrade from Vista lolo

Quote from: Mupepe on April 21, 2008, 04:03:27 PM
anything i can do to help?
Is there any way I can figure out what drivers I need for my NIC without cracking open my PC and taking it out? Don't know what I have other than this: http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.php?device_search_str=03ef&device_search=Search

Been looking all morning to no avail.
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Mupepe

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2008, 05:06:31 PM »
Is that an onboard NIC? 
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Candyflip

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2008, 05:14:18 PM »
Yep.
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Mupepe

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2008, 05:19:50 PM »
there's not that many pre-set ones that Windows gives you if you choose to install the driver manually from that list.  Go through and see if one works.  I've done that before and it was for another device but it worked.
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Candyflip

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2008, 05:46:50 PM »
Alright I'll try.
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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2008, 05:48:59 PM »
Judging from that link you likely have an nforce motherboard on that machine. What's the model number of the compaq? I can probably link you to full mobo drivers which will have LAN drivers as part of them.
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Candyflip

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Re: Fuck Compaq and their recovery partitions
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2008, 05:51:44 PM »
Compaq Presario SR5113WM

The problem is that all Compaq offers on their site are Vista compatible drivers, as that is what the computer's original OS was. Everything else is left for me to search for.
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