Looking for laptop setup advice

Hello

I just purchased an off-lease HP Omnibook 6000 on eBay and am expecting it
to arrive in a couple of days. The laptop will have no operating system
installed. The company that sold it to me is a pretty reputable one, so I'm
hoping I didn't get a lemon.

Besides having my copy of Windows 2000 Professional handy, is there anythng
else I should plan on having to do ?

Should I be going to the HP web site and downloading drivers, for instance
?

Anything else ?

Thanks very much for your help.

Bob wrote:

> Hello
>
> I just purchased an off-lease HP Omnibook 6000 on eBay and am expecting it
> to arrive in a couple of days. The laptop will have no operating system
> installed. The company that sold it to me is a pretty reputable one, so I'm
> hoping I didn't get a lemon.
>
> Besides having my copy of Windows 2000 Professional handy, is there anythng
> else I should plan on having to do ?
>
> Should I be going to the HP web site and downloading drivers, for instance
> ?
>
> Anything else ?
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
Hi,
Just make sure to get the W2K going, then download all the latest BIOS,
drivers. I'd deal with BIOS and video driver first.
I use W2K Sp4 and Linux on all my boxes.
Works well.
Good luck,
Tony

Before loading the operating system, I'd try to use the setup tools to
partition the drive, if possible. Otherwise, I'd consider getting a copy of
Partition Magic and creating a second partition for all YOUR files--makes
backing up a lot easier. You can do this at any time, but if you do it
before you load a bunch of stuff, it will go faster.


"Tony Hwang" <> wrote in message
news:Ooblc.346801$Ig.213350@pd7tw2no...
> Bob wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I just purchased an off-lease HP Omnibook 6000 on eBay and am expecting
it
> > to arrive in a couple of days. The laptop will have no operating system
> > installed. The company that sold it to me is a pretty reputable one, so
I'm
> > hoping I didn't get a lemon.
> >
> > Besides having my copy of Windows 2000 Professional handy, is there
anythng
> > else I should plan on having to do ?
> >
> > Should I be going to the HP web site and downloading drivers, for
instance
> > ?
> >
> > Anything else ?
> >
> > Thanks very much for your help.
> Hi,
> Just make sure to get the W2K going, then download all the latest BIOS,
> drivers. I'd deal with BIOS and video driver first.
> I use W2K Sp4 and Linux on all my boxes.
> Works well.
> Good luck,
> Tony