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Thanks again to all who are working on this problem.Especially Calpitor. While I was clicking through the QR disks files I came across some files that were interesting. One was CPQX that popped up in a windows dos box that saidCompaq Quick Restore is designed for Compaq Computers This is not a Compaq PC........ Evidently the dawgone thing is looking for some type of system identifier after all. I still have the HP-Quauntum HD installed. Also their is a bomid file ( with nothing I recognize ), and a uiabomwr file. I will continue to look for a Presario boot diskette also. Compaq people were nice enough to search their data about that bomid# and say the system doesnt have one. But then go on to say that there might be one?? Wonder which answer it could be? Any way Im not going to work on this problem much longer. I will probably tackle the problem of getting my COA # back on that computer thru other ways if this QR deal doesnt work out. I will start a new thread about that subject.
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Late 1999 was when they started changing over.
So this applies; Possibly.
After installing a new hard drive on my Compaq, I tried to use the Quickrestore system CD that came with the PC to do a clean reinstall. But I keep getting to a part of the installation procedure where my screen asks me for a number related to a BOMID file. When I call Compaq, they won’t give me this number. What can I do?
A: When you installed your new hard drive, you lost a file called BOMID that contains info the software uses to verify what model your Compaq is (and to install itself correctly). This may also be a safeguard to ensure people don’t use Compaq’s Quickrestore CD with other companies’ PCs.
Sometimes there’s a reasonably quick way to retrieve your BOMID number: When the procedure asks for the number (or directly after you fail to give it one), the installer should offer you the option to continue. If you select continue, it should send you to a DOS prompt. Type uiabomwr bom id number at the prompt and press ENTER, and you may get the information you seek.
This trick may not work on some older Compaq models. If it doesn’t, you can always temporarily reinstall and boot the old drive to get your PC’s ID information from its BOMID file, and then reinstall the new drive and proceed with your installation. To get your BOMID info off the old hard drive, boot your PC with the Compaq boot diskette, but when your PC demands the BOMID number, cancel the procedure. That should get you to a DOS prompt. There should be a drive partition called N: which you normally don’t see or deal with. Type n: and press ENTER to get to this prompt; then type cd map and press ENTER (on some systems you may need to type cd tools instead of cd map). Next, type type bomid.txt and press ENTER a final time.
This should display some text with a line that includes “uiabomwr_201” (or something similar). The number (201, for our example) is what you need. Now reinstall the new hard drive, load your Quickrestore CD, and enter the number you got when it prompts you for your BOMID number. Visit Compaq’s Web site (<http://web14.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ461>) for more information regarding this method.
I found this also:
Q: After installing a new hard drive on my Compaq, I tried to use the Quickrestore system CD that came with the PC to do a clean reinstall. But I keep getting to a part of the installation procedure where my screen asks me for a number related to a BOMID file. When I call Compaq, they won’t give me this number. What can I do?
A: When you installed your new hard drive, you lost a file called BOMID that contains info the software uses to verify what model your Compaq is (and to install itself correctly). This may also be a safeguard to ensure people don’t use Compaq’s Quickrestore CD with other companies’ PCs.
Sometimes there’s a reasonably quick way to retrieve your BOMID number: When the procedure asks for the number (or directly after you fail to give it one), the installer should offer you the option to continue. If you select continue, it should send you to a DOS prompt. Type uiabomwr bom id number at the prompt and press ENTER, and you may get the information you seek.
This trick may not work on some older Compaq models. If it doesn’t, you can always temporarily reinstall and boot the old drive to get your PC’s ID information from its BOMID file, and then reinstall the new drive and proceed with your installation. To get your BOMID info off the old hard drive, boot your PC with the Compaq boot diskette, but when your PC demands the BOMID number, cancel the procedure. That should get you to a DOS prompt. There should be a drive partition called N: which you normally don’t see or deal with. Type n: and press ENTER to get to this prompt; then type cd map and press ENTER (on some systems you may need to type cd tools instead of cd map). Next, type type bomid.txt and press ENTER a final time.
This should display some text with a line that includes “uiabomwr_201” (or something similar). The number (201, for our example) is what you need. Now reinstall the new hard drive, load your Quickrestore CD, and enter the number you got when it prompts you for your BOMID number. Visit Compaq’s Web site (<http://web14.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ461> ) for more information regarding this method.
I hope it helps you!
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:) :) Am I missing something here? What you say "you found this also is the same thing...... isn't it? :) :)
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You can do what ever to revive/ restore that pc of junk but what you will get is the same thing.
mach
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dump the pc... simple.
next issue?
mach
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PROBLEM SOLVED: MACH2 looks like I won't "dump the PC" after all. While running Max Blast 2 it told me I had a cd and zip drive on the primary and 2 hard drives on the secondary. I pulled the new drive and reversed the IDE connectors on the mobo and instant Quick restore. I guess the Compaq tech must have reversed them when he installed the new mobo under warranty about 5 years ago. Thanks to all(especially Calpitor) who put their personal time in on this problem. Looks like"Lets see if we can get this puppy to roll over, sit up and beg for you" worked.
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Congratulations and thanks for refreshing my memory. A few years back a co-worker told a tale very similar to yours. We found this this was a sure fire way to get the "EZ Series" to run a QR. This line was nothing but problematic usually for constant lockups, getting anything USB to be recognized, including thier own Keyboard and Mouse, when they wouldn't QR they usually stopped dead immediatley part way through POST. I filed it away under "Quick Restore Peculiarites" and forgot all about it. Glad you got it worked out. :)
