When I took it in for repares, I was told the Hard drive has crashed and to avoid buying the fake and expensive one,I need your help to get the original Hard drive from hp please.HELP
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just tell them that youve always counted on them and how dissapointed you are and that youll tell all your friends and family that there pcs are crap if they dont give you an extra discount of 25% on your next pc. worked for me! just be polite and make up tons of stuff.
520208
id recommend kepping it and buying an external hard drive like myself...its easy and portable depending on what model u get!
295480
What brand of computer?  I think a friend of mine has a HP with a recovery partition on the hard drive, no cd's.  Check the mfr's website and if you can't find anything there give them a call.  The more I think about it I think some Dells came with a Symantec restore feature on the hard drive also.\n\nNew info:\nIf you reformat, everything will be lost.  Make sure to back up any important files to cd or dvd.  Try this, double click on My Computer.  Do you see 2 hard disc drives?  Most systems only have 1 hard drive and it is labelled with a C.  If you system shows 2 then you probably have a partition (a section of your hard drive) with the info you will need.  Check the owner's manual for directions on how to use it.  What model HP?  I assume it is a Pavilion, but what series.  Go to HP and look in the support and drivers tab and enter you model number and poke around there for more info.  \nGood luck.
532476
First thing is this, if you aren't using that device you surely don't need a driver for it, so uninstall it.  Reboot your system, to see if new hardware is found.  If it is, it will ask you if you want to use an existing driver or a new one. Choose a new one, and insert your HP recovery CD.  Let it load from there.  Chance are it will not even see anything new.  Serial drivers are generally used for serial printers which are going obsolete anyway.  Hope this helps
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Take it back or send it back and get a new system!  That one sounds like it is full of beans!\n\nI have had some bad hardware at times.  Trying to fix it and not getting it back before the 30 day trial is expensive.  You end up with expensive junk.  \n\nI had a repair guy out several times to fix a PC I bought and even him told me to get it back to the store fast!  I ended up with a different model that had no problems at all.
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hmm, is it a self contained hard drive or an internal one. If it is external, open the thing up and see if you can place it in your pc and use it... \nIf it is internal, you need to be more specific and give more info on how it crashed, if your pc still works, ect. It maybe that it fried, got damaged or somehow got corrupted. If you get no response from it at all( try the variables, changing cables, power outlet, turn on off, install/backup drivers), either consult a personal comp tech to take a look at it, since it's hard to diagnose, or get a new one. Sorry
195256
Good luck with that one that can get very expensive! don't reinstall nothing whoever said that needs to go back to school. This isn't a software problem it's your bios. Google it see if you see anything just put like "resetting BIOS password for a HP Omnibook 6000" or something like that i had a bunch of hits for it but i didn't look at them all. You may find something out who knows.
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I'm sorry but as far as I know if you did not back up your files they are lost, but you may find soome help by doing HP live chat it can be  much easier than the phone and is also quicker (no press 3 blah blah blah) to accesss this just go here...\nhttp://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact/chat_1.html\n\nsimply enter your computer info and name (it will be your "screen name") and you are good to go
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Ok, with this type of situation you have to start small and then gradually work your way up.  You shouldn't just bite the bullet and buy a new hard drive because the problem may be very simple.  FIRST, make sure your electric cable is OK, is it plugged in securly?  take it out, plug it in somewhere else and try it out, maybe replace the plug.  SECOND, How old is the computer?  From the DOS prompt, run a chkdsk  (check disk).  Don't know how to get to the DOS prompt?  here's how:  Click START-RUN, then type CMD and hit enter...  there's your DOS window, now type CHKDSK... let it run, it'll give you some good info...  If it is still shutting down and restarting, you may even have some virus acting on your hardddrive, work to remove it with Spybot S&D and/or Lavasoft Adaware Personal.  If this doesn't work, get your copy of XP and try to do a repair by starting the computer with the XP disk in it.  If this reinstallation of XP doesn't "TAKE" then you may indeed need a new harddrive.  Take your harddrive out, read the small print on it and see who made it...  whomever made it will usually have some utility on their website that can WRITE ZEROS TO THE DISK, to fully re-write it, I have done this before and of course it takes long (several hours) but the harddrive will be like brand new.  HOpe this helps.
582989
Why not just go to a Electronics Store and just buy a new hard drive. It doesnt matter if its new or old, the wire that connects them does.
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Depending on your brand loyalty, and whether you want to get a replacement laptop, you might consider HP's Trade Up program.\n\nYou might get more than at the pawn shop.
418863
ow man i had the same problem with my external hard drive  and i also asked the question on yahoo as you did, and i also viewed the others questions about external hard drive...... and the all the answers i read were lame and doll telling me to pay to get information from the hard drive and so on.\nWell, after making a good research on the internet i found the good program that helped me to recover info from my hard drive 100% After i recoverd info from hard dirve to another hard drive i formatted non-working hard dirve and now it works really really good. \nOk the name of the program is EaseUs DataRecoveryWizard Pro 2.0 or 3.0\nIf you want i can give you that software 4 free, just email me.
646007
Did you start with a new O/S install after the upgrade? You need to advise the exact model number to have this question answered beyond looking at support.hp.com
604976
re install your drivers and then go to HP and download the update drive for it or go to driver.com!
501675
If the PC is still under warranty, you have no choice but to go through the channels of that warranty agreement so you don't void it.\n\nIf the PC is NOT under warranty, then you can do as you please with it. In this case I would take it to a shop and have them test the drive, it's connections, etc. before putting good money after bad by buying a piece of equipment you may not need. If the drive tests out bad then simply have it replaced.
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If it came with  the package of your computer, you can try contacting the company you purchased it and see if they offer replacements.
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You cant do that. You can go on your computer and look for system recovery  to make a recovery CD. But you cannot download it, it is almost illeagle.\n\nGo to HP.com and look for the support page. They offer comletley free technical suport where you can actually talk to a realy person on the computer.