A friend has a compaq with no restorsation disks , will my Gateway
restoration disks work on his computer ?
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Jump to PostNo, absolutely not!
The only restore disks which will work are the ones which were supplied with the system when it was new!
Your friend will need to purchase a Retail copy of Windows, download the necessary device drivers from Hp's website (they provide support for Compaq systems …
Jump to PostOn the flipside, you may not need any drivers with XP if the system came with ME.
A lot of older devices are supported natively with XP. Before I looked to download any drivers, I'd check in Device Manager to check if there are even any yellow question marks …
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