guccilvr, it sounds like you're in the clear but just to stack more useless advice... I've had few to no problems installing OEM or retail windows on HP desktops or laptops. Of course, you have to use an OEM product ID to use an OEM key, but otherwise it's smooth. HP's online driver support is good, even for old systems.
There's probably some HP system that will make a liar out of me but I don't expect you'll have any problem.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
What the fuck is a hard drive tattoo? I'm really confused.
There's the master boot record, the partition table, and the rest of the hard drive. Is there something else? Do they draw pretty pictures on it, or what?
I can't find anything online, and the newest seems to say that it's not necessary when you're using a real OS.. ?
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Pretty pictures, in the form of secret codes. Sometimes it's the layout, others a combination of the layout plus codes in unused areas. I don't think HP does this, or at least I haven't fought it with any HPs.
It's frightening the way so many techs are going the route of the classic car repair shysters: Preying on the less knowlegable. I just helped a wonderful old gent (WW2 B17 ball turret gunner) who had already taken his stuff to a repair shop. They completely forkled his Windows install and "fixed" the problem by selling him a new printer and other junk. Of course, he had to have someone else help (me) before he could use anything again. Makes me want to pay them a special visit. Hell, I'm tempted to do the hidden camera expose thing. Prep a system with small problems and have him take it in for diagnosis. Grrrr. Sorry, it gets under my skin.