How to use the Quickrestore CD...The REAL way to use it
Don Kelloway
That is the most useful post I've ever come across in this newsgroup. My
hat tips to you sir...
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Don Kelloway
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Robert wrote in message <357DD2C4...@ihug.co.nz>...
>And no, this isn't what you may think it is ;-)
>
>Since many people are complaining about Compaq putting the Quickrestore
>in to make them look like idiots, I'm going to post a quick explanation
>of what IS actually on the quickrestore, and some ideas about it can be
>used to make your life easier.
>
>The most useful thing contained on the Quickrestore is certified Win95
>drivers for the Compaq hardware in your system. These drivers can be
>accessed in two ways...either you can quickrestore your system, or you
>can access them straight off the CD-ROM in the D:\CPQDRV directory. I
>think you will all agree that the latter is preferable ;-)
>
>The drivers in the Cpqdrv directory will vary depending on your system
>configuration, but I'll list mine to give you some idea of what is what.
>
>D:\CPQDRV\APPQT_A2.212\QTEASY32.EXE - Apple Quicktime drivers. Not
>hardware specific, but there all the same if you need them.
>D:\CPQDRV\BEZEL_B1.250\SETUP.EXE - Easy Access Buttons drivers. If you
>want to get your internet,sleep,and volume buttons working, this is the
>file you need.
>D:\CPQDRV\CCSD_A5.400\SETUP.EXE - The Compaq 56K drivers.
>D:\CPQDRV\CPQIN_A1.117\SETUP.EXE - The Compaq Internet Wizard. Not
>TERRIBLY useful ;-)
>D:\CPQDRV\DFW\SETUP.EXE - Compaq Diagnostics for Windows
>D:\CPQDRV\DOSCD_A2.122\CPQIDECD.SYS - The DOS Compaq IDE CD drivers. I
>love these, they work with virtually every IDE CD drive out there.
>D:\CPQDRV\INDEO_A2.411\IVI_NT95.EXE - Intel Indeo Video Drivers for MMX
>D:\CPQDRV\MONSU_A7.100\MONITCPQ.INF - The INF file for Compaq monitors
>D:\CPQDRV\MOUSE_A2.911\IMOUSE.COM - A handy DOS mouse driver
>D:\CPQDRV\P6987_A6.100\SETUP.EXE - ESS driver setup utility. All the INF
>and other little files for the sound cards are here as well.
>D:\CPQDRV\S3KV2_C1.230\SETUP.EXE - S3Trio64V2 driver setup utility
>D:\CPQDRV\SPEG2_A1.133\SETUP.EXE - SoftPeg2 driver setup utility
>
>For your convenience, Compaq also include a shitload of other drivers in
>the D:\DRIVERS directory.
>
>D:\WIN95 - OSR 2.1 Windows 95
>The files that are missing that you need if you want to do an install of
>windows 95 are OEMSETUP.EXE. To get them, create an empty directory on
>your hard drive called C:\QR or something similar.
>If PKUNZIP.EXE is not already on your computer, copy
>D:\TOOLS\PKUNZIP.EXE to C:\QR
>Go to C:\QR and type
>PKUNZIP.EXE -sSMDCONSUMER -d D:\DATA\WIN95B windows/options/cabs/*.*.
>Change to C:\QR\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS, and you have a full win95 install.
>
>Don't use this information to pirate windows, because pirates go to
>hell.
>
>
>
>Robert
>
>
Beamer
Indeed, and if I had $.02 then it would definitely go on his pile !!!
Unfortunately I do not find myself with either the time or the brain
capacity to work this stuff out for myself. This, however, should be of
enormous help to those (like myself) who have no clue what the hell they are
doing, and constantly whine (UNlike myself) about how big a pile of s**t
their Compaq is.
Nice job Robert. Thanks.
Beamer
Don Kelloway wrote in message <6lklpv$nab$1...@chile.it.earthlink.net>...
Robert
Dan
You are to be congratulated, sir. What a great post. Thank you.
Dan Galcik
dga...@juno.com
icq 10732766
Robert wrote in message <357DD2C4...@ihug.co.nz>...
helmsman
Robert <hugo...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>And no, this isn't what you may think it is ;-)
>
>Since many people are complaining about Compaq putting the Quickrestore
>in to make them look like idiots, I'm going to post a quick explanation
>of what IS actually on the quickrestore, and some ideas about it can be
>used to make your life easier.
>
>Robert
>
Give that man a Cigar!!
helm...@mindspring.com
http://helmsman.home.mindspring.com
Mike
Thank you!
A most excellent post. Very informative.
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Mike
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"There's no need for paranoia." --Bill Gates, at NCTA '98.
Robert Wrinch
Robert, it is actually a great post, it does contain a very good piece of
information which is the password for the unzipped files, how you got this
password by the way ?
On the other hand you are wrong about the drivers section, there is no
drivers on the CD for the modem, and if there is, it is missing the setup or
the .inf file, theb directory you mentioned does not exist at all on my 4824
QR
thanks for the password anyway.
Robert wrote in message <357DD2C4...@ihug.co.nz>...
>And no, this isn't what you may think it is ;-)
>
>Since many people are complaining about Compaq putting the Quickrestore
>in to make them look like idiots, I'm going to post a quick explanation
>of what IS actually on the quickrestore, and some ideas about it can be
>used to make your life easier.
>
Al
Robert, I did everything you wrote about transferring Windows 95b to a
folder on my hard drive. Everything works beautifully however, what is
different than the folder that already exists originally on the hard drive.
If I lose windows 95, how can I restore it if I can't get into Windows?
I'm wondering, if I copied all of the files located on QR\etc. etc. to a zip
drive, could I install Windows 95b onto a clean hard drive. Also if I
wanted to reinstall Windows 95b over a corrupted existing Windows 95b could
I do this using a zip drive that has all the the copied files on it?
I am impressed with your knowledge. Hopefully you don't mind it I pick your
brain for this additional information.
Thank you
Allan Marques
Robert
The password's common knowledge, it's on a few of the information sites on the
web (not Compaq's own ones).
The drivers do vary from computer to computer, I should have made this clearer.
wlc...@mail.coin.missouri.edu
Super Post! Say bye bye to quick destroy!
Thanks a million
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Here's a question...
Using the procedure below it is possible to do a reinstall of the
operating system without having to run the quick restore program. For
me, this is prefferable because doing so allows Win95 to be installed
without having Internet Explorer 4 integrated into it, which has
caused me nothing but trouble.
However, during the install process there is never an opportunity to
enter the OEM product number into the system setup, so when it's
finished, the ID number in system properties is simply a bunch of X's.
Is there a way to enter the actual number back into the system?
Ed G.
Pietras
Sure thing
hit START
then RUN
type : regedit
in registry editor - choose edit
next = find
type in eaxactly what appears in place of your OEM #
once found - just click on the number & u get option to change to antyhing
;-)
Ed J. Garbin, Jr., E.I. wrote in message <3583e37d...@news.usf.edu>...
Eugene Nine
you can change that in regedit