Hp m9040n project

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timko

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Hello All,

Yes, I'm a newbie to the forum and it is a tremendous site. I am so lost. I don't know where to post my question. So, please direct me. Many thanks, - Tim

I have a HP Pavillion M8150N with a quad core 2.4, (2)320 drives, upgraded to 4gbram (that was a waste) ... and ... its a great machine. I bought it 18 months ago and it fixed every problem I had with my old celeron 1.7 machine.

I bought a project pavillion M9040N desktop box with no hard drives. I bought an HP Restore Disc and moved my (1) unused 320 SATA drive from my 8150 to the other machine ... and expected to just restore vista and have a backup machine.

It wasn't quite that easy. After (20) tries, I <powered on>, <hit F10>, entered the setup program and made the HD the first device, made the CD the 3rd device, made the HD the first boot device, and set it to display the parameters as it loaded. I dont know if I said that right.

So then it displays the following and then ... stops .. hangs? ...

AMI Bios ...
Press F10 to run setup
Press ESC ...
Initializing ...
3072 ..
USB ...
SATA Port1 Samsung HD ...
SMART ok
Auto detect Sata 2
sata 2 CD ...
Auto detect USB device 1 generic
Auto detect USB device 2
Auto detect USB device 3
Auto detect USB device 4
04 USB Mass Storage devices found and configured

Thats it, then it stops scrolling or loading ...

Where do I go from here?

I have the restore disk in the CD.

I was expecting a prompt.

If I dont have the RESTORE CD in ... same result ... it hangs.

Thanks very much everybody.
Tim
 

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Re: Quad core 2.4

If building a computer from scratch using an asus motherboard and a quad core 2.4 cpu, what is the setup procedure for loading vista?
 

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Have you set your bios to boot from cd?
 

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Hello Z3, Thanks for the reply.

It was set as the HD, but I changed it to the CD. via <F10> setup; <boot> tab; <priority> CD
Power down, power up and it stops at the same spot (after the 04 Mass Storage line).

Do you think it may be a bad CD drive.
 

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When you mention you have your restore CD in do you mean the Vista disk or the backup image from the original computer?
You need to have a Vista disk in the drive for this to work.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
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    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
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    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
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    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
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    Logik
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    288 / 4000
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Hello Roy, ... and thanks.

The machine had a vista license tag with a valid serial number. I bought a RESTORE CD from HP. It was about $13 and I got it in 3 days.

I never had this running so I don't have a backup disk. It was sold as a previously running machine without hard drives. It is extremely clean with no damage.

I put in a hard drive, hooked up a monitor, keyboard and mouse and did the setup in the bios. Thats where I'm at at this point.

Thanks
Tim
 

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Take a look at the restore cd on your working computer using explorer.
Ensure that it includes all the files required to boot and is not just an image.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
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    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
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    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
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    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
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    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
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    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
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    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
Thanks Roy.

You know,I have been calling it a RESTORE CD because I thought thats what I was buying. It is actually labeled:
"System Recovery
Windows - Vista Home Premium
All media provided for recovery purposes, do not separate this media or you may not be able to reinstall the operating system.
HP5014-0417

Is RECOVERYthe same as a RESTORE?

I'm a little afraid to pop this into my working machine for fear that it is going to take off on its own ... But, thanks. I'll check it out.
 

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Roy,
Here is a jpg of the contents of the CD on the E: Drive.
 

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boot.sdi is a boot image. I have had to do a little bit of research into this as I have never had this sort of problem. Always built my own computers.
I would say that you should be able to boot of this disk.

I have a laptop which is HP.
This comes with a HP_OS_RESTORE.
It does not look like the directory structure of yours:(.
I also have an application and driver CD which also does not look the same.
Have a look at what is in the HP folder. Basically you are looking for an operating system install. There should be some setup files.
Post the link that you bought the cd from so I can look at the HP website.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
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