Hardware Question about HP's Pavilion Recovery process

[Deleted_413010]

Hey,

So...today I cracked 2 HP Pavilion Recovery Disc's. One has Windows ME and another has Windows 98 (probably FE). The files were .paq so basically just a password protected zip file. But now I need to find out how it restores these files and puts them on the hard drive so in that way I can design a custom method to move the files inside these .paq's to the hard drive to make a working system restore.

If anybody has done the recovery process before and can tell me how it does it or if anybody has like been inside and can tell me then please do.

 

[FAST6191]

Seems like a roundabout way of doing things. I would usually build up from a stock install with whatever baseline drivers are necessary (about the only thing a restore disc has over a bog standard install disc).

Did not have to do it for 98 or *shudders* ME but stuff like nlite was what was used on XP. vlite did later ones. Back when I was playing with such things there were also people seeking to make 98 and such as good as they possibly could (and they did well) so they probably made some customisation tools to handle it. Terms like deployment customisation are probably a good start.

 

[Deleted_413010]

Seems like a roundabout way of doing things. I would usually build up from a stock install with whatever baseline drivers are necessary (about the only thing a restore disc has over a bog standard install disc).

Did not have to do it for 98 or *shudders* ME but stuff like nlite was what was used on XP. vlite did later ones. Back when I was playing with such things there were also people seeking to make 98 and such as good as they possibly could (and they did well) so they probably made some customisation tools to handle it. Terms like deployment customisation are probably a good start.

Well they do provide OEM wallpapers and screensavers. And of course the bloatware that nobody likes. I have cracked 3 Compaq's, 3 eMachines and 1 Gateway. Its impressive.

 

[FAST6191]

If it is just screensavers, vendor logos and wallpapers you can presumably install them or pull them from some kind of working install and wind them back in.

Depending upon the vendor then a lot had post install thing you could run from Windows too.

 

[Deleted_413010]

I got it to install with a very custom method...it took me hours but I figured it out and got it done!

https://i.imgur.com/V8o5f6A.png