Long Term Project:

Magicrafter13

If you saw my last post about win 98 or win 95 or whatever (the serial key thing) which was solved (thnx btw) but I now have a long term (if lucky short) project in mind:
Like I may have mentioned somewhere on this forum before I have a Compaq Presario 1625
I still have the Quick Restore Disc (somewhere, gotta find the damn thing) and I am trying to find a copy (zipped or not) of the system.sav folder since mine got deleted ages ago. The point is to return it to factory defaults. I also want some of the software that came with it... plus I have a product key for it still. Feel free to ask any questions about any other specific things I am trying to get for this old laptop. Or if anyone has the img for the Compaq Presario 1625 Quick Restore Disc since I can't find mine as of now lol, that would be helpful.

thinkpadman

I had a similar model (was an AMD K6-2 450) when they were brand new. I recall playing Quake 2 and using Napster on it.

I don't really remember but there might have been originally 2 CDs.

If it was me I'd just:
1. Use a standard Windows 98 SE OEM copy.
2. Download and use drivers available here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=20&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=95211#N5191
3. Download the following Compaq wallpaper:
http://orig01.deviantart.net/e305/f/2015/129/3/b/blue_compaq_presario_wallpaper_by_brianwiiartstudios-d8ssgv0.jpg
http://www.fondopc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Compaq-Wallpaper.jpg
4. Install MS Works 4.5, Encarta & Bookshelf 98, and Quicken Basic 98 (may be trickier to find).

That would pretty much get it close to original installation.

Magicrafter13

thinkpadman wrote:

I had a similar model (was an AMD K6-2 450) when they were brand new. I recall playing Quake 2 and using Napster on it.

I don't really remember but there might have been originally 2 CDs.

If it was me I'd just:
1. Use a standard Windows 98 SE OEM copy.
2. Download and use drivers available here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=20&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=95211#N5191
3. Download the following Compaq wallpaper:
http://orig01.deviantart.net/e305/f/2015/129/3/b/blue_compaq_presario_wallpaper_by_brianwiiartstudios-d8ssgv0.jpg
http://www.fondopc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Compaq-Wallpaper.jpg
4. Install MS Works 4.5, Encarta & Bookshelf 98, and Quicken Basic 98 (may be trickier to find).

That would pretty much get it close to original installation.

I did install a Win 98 SE copy (from this site in fact) and I have the drivers and Encarta bookshelf and someother thing (although not ms works but my serial key says it came w/it I guess it was preinstalled) anyway, I can do that, it's just that I just really want this thing to be like it was when I bought it (minus crap battery that doesn't work and 10 to 20 megs of surface damage on hard disk lol)