Quote Originally Posted by TonyRSX View Post
yea i tried to boot from CD...thats when it gave me the error "These system recovery CDs do NOT support this HP PC model"...when ive used this recovery CD in the past to do a system recovery...I think installing the service pack 3 fucked everything up cuz i read on other forums that thats what happened to other people as well...
You are getting that message because the HP CD's you have don't match the tattoo number on the motherboard. Its an HP thing.