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Compaq Presario C785TU laptop is an Intel based laptop with a Core 2 Duo processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Disk, DVD Burner, 15.4" display, Wireless and so on. The factory installed operating System is FreeDOS. You will have to install an operating system inorder to work in this machine. This machine is designed for Windows Vista. Drivers for Vista are given in the company's website. Installing Windows XP is not recommended as there is no guarantee that the drivers would work well with XP. Anyways, here we have given the set of drivers for this laptop for Windows XP
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Compaq Presario C795TU is powered by an Intel Pentium Dual Core processor. It is equipped with 1GB RAM, 160GB Hard Disk, DVD RW, Wireless and so on. It comes with a pre-installed FreeDOS. This machine is designed to work with Windows Vista only. In case you want to install Windows XP, the company does not guarantee that all the drivers would work well with XP as they are not properly tested to do so. Here we have given a set of links for drivers for Presario C795TU laptop from HP-Compaq.
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If you do a google search on this topic you will come across different posts that says how windows does not allow booting of a logical partition and why windows should be installed on a primary partition. The fact of the matter is that windows allows itself to be installed on logical partitions but it will want a primary windows partition to boot up. Recently we faced a situation where we had to make a windows installed on a logical partition boot up on its own.
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Compaq Presario A901TU is an Intel based laptop from the house of HP-Compaq. It is fitted with an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with 1.67 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Intel GMA X3100, 160 GB Hard Disk, DVD RW, 17" Widescreen, LAN, wifi, dial-up modem, Integrated web-camera and so on. This laptop comes preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. All drivers for Vista are available on company's website. Here are the list of drivers for Windows XP, which you would require if you ever plan to install Windows XP.
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Compaq Presario V3828AU is an AMD Turion™ based laptop from the house of HP-Compaq. It is equipped with an AMD Turion™64 X2 Dual-Core Processor, NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7150M graphics, 160 GB HDD, 1 GB RAM, DVD +/- RW Double Layer Drive, 14.1" widescreen LCD panel, wifi, LAN, a 1.3MP webcam and so on. This machine comes without an Operating System. So, if you want to start working on it, you need to install an OS. HP-Compaq strongly recommends you to use Windows Vista as they do not support use of Windows XP now. You would require hardware drivers once you install an OS. Drivers for Vista are available at the company's website but for XP, it not there. Here we have links for drivers for Windows XP, for Compaq Presario V3828AU.
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Compaq Presario V6410TU is an Intel based model from the house of HP-Compaq. It is equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 1.73 GHz, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 160 GB HDD SATA, 8X Dual Layer DVD Writer, 15.4" Widescreen, 5-in-1 Digital Media Reader, 56K Modem, wifi, LAN and it comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic. In case you want to install Windows XP, you may not find the list of drivers online from the company's website, as they have withdrawn their support for XP. Here are the  links for downloading compatible XP drivers for this laptop.
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Compaq Presario V3795TU is a model of laptop from the house of HP-Compaq. This is an Intel based machine and is equipped with an Intel Core2 Duo Processor (2.4 GHz), 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard drive, DVD Burner, 14.1” Widescreen, Bluetooth, Integrated Webcam and it comes without an Operating System. If you plan to install Windows XP in this laptop, drivers are not available at the company's site. Here are the links to all drivers.
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Compaq Presario C722TU, from the house of HP-Compaq is a good laptop. It is an Intel based machine with Intel Dual Core Processor (1.86 MHz), 2GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, DVD RW, Wifi, 15.4" Widescreen, Web Cam and so on. This machine comes installed with FreeDOS. This machine is designed to work with Windows Vista. All the required drivers and given in the company's website. Links for drivers for Windows XP are not present in their website. Here we have given all the links of hardware drivers for the same laptop, for Windows XP
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Compaq Presario V3228AU is a laptop from the house of HP-Compaq. It is an AMD based machine with a Turion 64 Mobile proccessor with a speed of 2.0 GHz, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 14.1" Widescreen Display, NVIDIA GeForce graphics, 80 GB Hard drive, 8X DVD-RW, Wireless, LAN and all the standard features. This is a DOS based machine. Here are all the drivers for Windows XP. Keep in mind that these are designed only to work with Windows Vista. The drivers given below are not tested for XP. Neither Zyxware nor HP-Compaq can guarantee that these driver will work well.
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Compaq Presario V3754TU is another model laptop from HP-Compaq. It is an Intel based machine with configuration as given here - - Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.67Ghz, 160GB Harddisk Drive, 1GB DDR2 Ram, 14.1” Widescreen, DVD+/-RW Double Layer Drive, Built in Card Reader and Webcam, 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth and it comes with FreeDOS. If you are planning to install Windows XP, you need require drivers for configuring different hardware. Drivers for Windows Vista are available at the company's website. Here are links for drivers for this laptops for Windows XP.
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Compaq Presario C739TU is a model of laptop in the product line of HP-Compaq. The specifications are as given. It comes with an Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2330 (1.6 GHz), 512 MB PC2-5300 DDR2, 160 GB SATA, 8X Double Layer DVD +R/+RW Writer, 15.4" WideScreen, Wireless LAN, Integrated WebCam & Mic. This machine comes pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. If ever you plan to downgrade to Windows XP, you need to install drivers for various hardware. The list of hardware and drivers are given below. Please note that this laptop is designed to work with Windows Vista.
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Compaq Presario V3713AU is another laptop from HP-Compaq. This is an AMD based machine with Dual Core technology. The features include 14.1” WideScreen, 160GB Hard Disk, 512MB DDR2 RAM, Built-In Webcam, DVDRW & Double Layer Burner, 802.11 b/g Wireless Lan, Bluetooth, Card Reader, ExpressCard / 54 PC Card, Expansion Port 3, 56K Modem, 10/100 Lan Port etc. This is a blank machine with a FreeDOS. If you are planning to install Windows, you would require various types of drivers to run this laptop. They are given here. A word to remind: This laptop is designed for Windows Vista.
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Compaq Presario C734TU is an entry level model in HP-Compaq's product line. This is a Celeron based machine. Other features include - 512MB DDR2, 120GB SATA HDD, DVD/RW Multy drive, 15.4" Widescreen Display, Altec Lansing Stereo Speakers, 56K Modem, Integrated Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g, LiIon Battery, TouchPad, Web cam 1.3 mg, S-Video TV Out, 2 USB 2.0 and the operating system in the laptop is FreeDOS. You will have to install an operating system (Windows, Linux etc) to use the laptop. Incase you are planning to install Windows XP, you might have issues with compatible drivers.
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Presario C747TU is another model laptop in HP-Compaq's notebook product line. Thinking of installing Windows XP in that maching would be a problem, as you would find it difficult the find the drivers for the sameHere we have given all the available drivers for XP. Neither Zyxware nor HP does not give you any guarantee that these driver would work properly as they are not tested for Windows XP. Here are the drivers. You can either click or copy the given links on to a new browser to download the drivers.
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Presario C708LA is another model of laptop from HP-Compaq. This is an Intel Core Duo based machine with a speed of 1.46GHz, 1GB DDR II RAM, 120GB HardDisk, 15.4" WideScreen, Modem, LAN, Wifi, 3 USB ports and it comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. Drivers for Windows xp are not available from company's website. We have provided all the links here. Neither Zyxware nor HP gives you any guarantee that these drivers will work perfectly in your laptop for Windows XP, as these laptops are designed to work with Windows Vista.
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Presario V3225AU is another model of laptop from the HP-Compaq's product line of notebooks. It is equipped with an AMD Turion processor (MK-36) at a clock speed of 2.0 GHz. Other specifications include NVIDIA C51M Chipset (512KB L2 Cache, Upto 1600MHz FSB), 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 80 GB SATA Hard Disk, 8X DVD +R/+RW Writer, 14.1" WideScreen, Windows Vista Home Basic, WirelessLAN and Express Card. The company does not provide driver CD along with the laptop. They have given drivers for Windows Vista on their website.
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Another model of laptop in HP-Compaq's Presario V3000 series product line is Presario V3172AU. The manufacturer has stopped shipping driver CDs along with the box. In their website, you can find all drivers of the same laptop for Windows Vista. They do not provide drivers for Windows XP. You will not be able to install XP without proper drivers. Here are the list of drivers of Presario V3172AU laptop. We strongly recommend that you get a legal and licensed copy of Windows if you are planning to install it.
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Presario F733AU laptop is another model in HP-Compaq's product line. This laptop comes with an AMD Athlon X2 TK57 (1.9 GHz) processor, 512MB RAM, 120GB hard Disk, Dual Layer DVDRW, Wireless, 15.4" Widescreen, Modem, Built in camera and microphone and it is pre-installed with DOS. You need to install an operating system in to the machine so as to use it. If you are installing Windows, we recommend that you obtain legal and licenced version of the same (Windows XP or Vista) and install it. You can also try installing Linux, which is another operating system that is available free of cost.
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HP Compaq has a model of laptop - Presario C751NR. This is a US based model. Drivers for Windows XP is not available in their site, if ever you think of installing XP. This model of laptop is specifically designed for Windows Vista. The drivers are not tested for Windows XP. Neither Zyxware nor HP assures any guarantee that the drivers will work perfectly in XP. Here are the list of drivers for Presario C751NR for Windows XP.   You can either click or copy these links onto a new browser to download the drivers. Display Driver:
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HP-Compaq has a model of laptop - Presario C748TU. This model is specifically designed for Windows Vista. They do not provide drivers for Windows XP along with the package. You will have to download and install it seperately. However, if you try to install driver for Windows XP, you might face compatibility issues. You can try the given links for drivers for the same.