HP Hard Drive Compatibility?
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Yes, you will not have to worry about compatibility unless you were to pickup a laptop model instead of a standard desktop hard drive.  I would get a 7200rpm.  Personally I would recommend a Seagate Barracuda as they are known for being fairly quiet.  Save up enough money for the right size hard drive so you don't have to replace it in a year again.
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=90770&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us
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check your bios to see if the drive is being properly recognized. You may need to properly partition the hard drive, but that would be unusual if you are installing windows from this century.
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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.
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they are very hard to find, there a couple of guys who still keep files, because they are collectors. You will just have to search around,\nYou can start here\nhttp://support.packardbell.com/uk/\nnot sure that is a bios issue though, could be a lot of things.\nYou can IM me, I will see if I can help
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not quite sure what you are looking for exactly.\ngo to this site http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/siteHome \n\nselect your language and get started.
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The community (free version) doesn't support some harddrives and CD roms drives.\n\nCheck Hardware compatibility
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http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html\nor\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=58623&os=228#
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goto thia website\nhttp://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/hp-3970.html\n\nOR\n\nHp website( drivers)\n\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us%E2%8C%A9=en&dlc=en&product=298548&\n\nHp Websites(info and support)\n\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?lc=en&cc=us%E2%8C%A9=en&product=298548&dlc=en&
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hi...\n\njust install the Power Quest Partition Magic 8.0...\n\nIt will help u lot about ur hard disk configuration...\n\n\ntake care
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It should work... I had an 80 gb hooked up to my Duron 700.  It all depends on the motherboard, that's what recognizes the hard drive.\n\nPost your computer make & model # and it can be looked up for you if you want.  But I think you would be safe...
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no . buy IBM. COMPAQ . HP
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?lc=en&lang=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=60118&os=228#
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wow, that's an old computer. which one do you have?\nA940 4x4 E570 can support up to 256MB (2 banks of 2)\nhttp://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Packard+Bell%2BA+Series&mfr=Packard+Bell&tabid=AM&model=A940+4x4+E570&submit=Go\nA940 4x4 E660 can support up to 128MB (2 banks of 2)\nhttp://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Packard+Bell%2BA+Series&mfr=Packard+Bell&tabid=AM&model=A940+4x4+E660&submit=Go\n\nbut, for an upgrade of 128MB you need 2x64MB memory modules.\n\naddendum:\nseller of 64MB EDO, 72pin, Non-Parity, 60ns, 5V\nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3475191145&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT
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Yes.  The HP printer will come with a CD with drivers on it for Windows XP (which is what I assume you're running).  As long as it's XP, it won't matter what the hardware is.
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is the operating system from the u.s.?  if so then yes.  if not, then probably.  hard drives are all the same, but when you install the operating system you get your choice of format types (nfts, fat, fat32 etc)  i'm pretty sure those file formats are all the same in the uk but if not, you might have a problem.  what you might want to worry about is your plug.  will you need an adapter to plug your laptop in to a u.s. outlet?
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It doesn't have to be the EXACT same drive.  In reality it doesn't even have to be the same size.  BUT it is recommended they be the same type/size for best performance and to eliminate "waste".  What does need to be identical is the partition sizes on both drives. Another 7200rpm 160MB SATA HDD would be recommended in your case.