HP Armada 1750 Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sept 19 - Page 3

Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 3 Highlights This is the eighth edition of the document. This edition includes information about: • Operating system support for the new Armada E700, M700, and M300, as well as newer models of the Armada 1500c, Armada 1750, Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 families. • Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. and Windows 2000 Beta 3. • Support for the Linux operating system on the Armada 7400 and 7800 families. Defining Support Compaq supports all operating systems that are currently factory preinstalled on its portable computers. Today, the preinstalled operating systems are Windows 98, Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Refer to Table 1 for information about the specific versions that are preinstalled. These operating systems support most hardware features. Note: In this White Paper, all references to Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 refer to Windows NT Workstation 4.0. Likewise, all references to Windows 2000 refer to Windows 2000 Professional. Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server are not supported on Compaq Armada portables. For legacy operating systems such as Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 Retail and OSR1, Windows NT 3.51 or IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 & 4.0, Compaq provides support on selected product families; however, limitations in the operating system may prevent enabling of new hardware functionality included on newer hardware platforms. Support Software Compaq provides BIOS, drivers and applications to enable hardware features, extend functionality help manage your PC, or add functionality not provided by the native operating system. This Compaq software support is available to customers in a number of different ways including various support CD-ROM (CD) disks, individual SoftPaq diskettes and the Compaq Web site. See the white paper titled Alternative Software Delivery for Armada Portables for more information. Compaq QuickRestore The Compaq QuickRestore Kit is provided with models of the Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 announced in 1999 and Armada 1500c, Armada 1750, Armada E700, Armada M700, and Armada M300 families. The QuickRestore Kit consists of a System Recovery CD (SRCD) and an Application Recovery CD (ARCD). The SRCD allows customers to fully restore or refresh the original factory installed image. The ARCD allows customers to selectively refresh drivers, utilities, or applications included on the original factory installed image excluding the operating system. The Compaq QuickRestore CD is provided with models of the Armada 7400 and 7800 announced in 1998 and Armada 15001, 1700, 3500, 42002, 6500, and notebooks. The CD provides an easy to 1 On selected models only. 2 On selected models only. 1189-1099A-WWEN