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First post, by SETBLASTER

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I have been trying for hours to reach info on this old compaq computer using the wayback machine.
My idea was to reach the compaq old support&drivers website in order to actually see WHAT softpaqs are the ones that belong to that specific model. (presario 4100)
(i know there are ftp sites with the softpaq collection copied from compaq, and the ftp got a txt with the list, but the problem is that many of those softpaqs sometimes don´t tell you what pc model it is tied to)

for example this is the pc im looking for:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961225221114/ht … odels/4112.html

and i want to know the full list of softpaqs that were released for that specific model, lets suppose you format the harddrive and you install who knows win95 OSR2
You would need those softpaqs in order to get sound working correctly, or getting the modem working correctly or even getting the sound volume wheel from the monitor to work correctly with the operating system.

but so far every time i reach here, its a dead end:

https://web.archive.org/web/20000815053606/ht … /support/files/
https://web.archive.org/web/20000815060310/ht … mpaq.com/falco/

i was wondering is someone here managed to get more info on compaq old pcs like the presario. I hate when they did these types of websites that wayback never works.

Reply 1 of 4, by vetz

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Here is your list for 4112: https://web.archive.org/web/19990202195056/ht … 0/pres4112.html

Trick is to go to https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.comp … pport/softpaq/*

Then filter on the presario model you want. Look for pages around 1999.

The SOFTPAQ's are hosted on HP's FTP server and on other mirrors.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq

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Reply 2 of 4, by SETBLASTER

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vetz wrote on 2021-03-02, 01:36:
Here is your list for 4112: https://web.archive.org/web/19990202195056/ht … 0/pres4112.html […]
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Here is your list for 4112: https://web.archive.org/web/19990202195056/ht … 0/pres4112.html

Trick is to go to https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.comp … pport/softpaq/*

Then filter on the presario model you want. Look for pages around 1999.

The SOFTPAQ's are hosted on HP's FTP server and on other mirrors.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq

you are an expert
thank you so much!

Reply 4 of 4, by vetz

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schlomoe99 wrote on 2021-03-02, 01:47:

For a clean install with the bundled Compaq software, its required as Compaq as far as I know never released the individual drivers on the webpage, only driver/software updates (as softpaq's).

But even without that restore disc, finding drivers for the hardware shouldnt be any issue as it quite common parts. I ran my Compaq Presario 4766 for years with a clean Win95/98 install.

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