HP LTE Notebook PC 5100 Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products - Page 9

Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 9 Windows 95 Windows 95 is currently being preinstalled on most Armada product families. The version being used on current platforms is the OEM Service Release 2.1 or 2.5 (OSR2). Refer to Table 1 for information on preinstalled operating systems by product family. Compaq offers full support across the LTE 5000 and Armada product families. Refer to Table 2 for information on which OSR version is supported on which product families. In general, Compaq supports OSR1 across most product families and OSR2.x on the Armada 1500 and later. Compaq software enhancements extend functionality or enhance the overall user experience. Refer to Table 3 for general information on Compaq software enhancements provided for Windows 95. For information on specific Compaq software enhancements for Windows 95 by product family, refer to the Armada Software Overview and Armada Pre-install Refresh white papers available for each product family. Besides meeting stringent internal criteria for Windows 95 compatibility, all Compaq portable products have passed the rigorous Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Test (WHQL). Information on Compaq portable computer certifications can be found on the Microsoft Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/hcl. Windows 95 Feature Considerations Windows 95 OSR2 offers enhancements over the Windows 95 OSR1 release and the retail version of Windows 95. Windows 95 OSR2 enables key hardware in the latest portable products and provides support for Compaq software that is not available under OSR1. For customers who choose to downgrade to OSR1 or the retail version of Windows 95, Compaq only supports those features inherent in the operating system. Table 4 lists new features and hardware support introduced with Windows 95 OSR2, which are not supported under Windows 95 OSR1. Note: Customers who downgrade from the preinstalled version of Windows 95 OSR2 to an earlier version of Windows 95 (OSR1 or Retail versions) will lose key functionality. Compaq strongly recommends that customers do not downgrade. Table 4. New Feature & Hardware Support Under Windows 95 OSR2 Feature Description FAT32 Enhancements to the Windows 95 FAT file system designed to efficiently support large hard disks, up to 2 Terabytes in size. Includes updates to FDISK, Format, Scandisk, and Defrag disk utilities to support FAT32 partitions. DriveSpace Update Windows 95 DriveSpace compression utility now supports compressed volumes up to 2 GB in size. Note: DriveSpace compression is not supported on FAT32 volumes. Power Management Improvements Support for Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 BIOS, wake-on-ring for modems, multibattery PC's, drive spin down, and powering down of inactive PCMCIA modems. Storage Enhancements Support for IDE Bus Mastering, 120M Floptical disk drives, removable IDE media, Zip drives, and CD Changers. Also adds the SMART predictive disk failure API's. PC Card Enhancements Adds support for new PC Card 32 (CardBus) bridges, PCMCIA cards that operate at 3.3 volts rather than 5 volts, multifunction PCMCIA network/modem cards, and PCMCIA Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) devices. CDFS Enhancements Support for ISO 9660 disks up to 4 GB in size, and CD-I format CD-ROMs. PCI Bridging & Docking Support for PCI devices for use in PCI docking stations. NA120D/0199