Highlights; Defining Support; Support Software; Compaq Quickrestore - Compaq Armada 1500c White Paper

Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products

Highlights

This is the seventh edition of the document. This edition includes information about:
Operating system support for the new Armada E700, M700, and M300, as well as newer
models of the Armada 1500c, Armada 1750, Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 families.
Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. and Windows 2000 Beta 3.
Support for the Linux operating system on the Armada 7400 and 7800 families.

Defining Support

Compaq supports all operating systems that are currently factory preinstalled on its portable
computers. Today, the preinstalled operating systems are Windows 98, Windows 95 and
Windows NT 4.0. Refer to Table 1 for information about the specific versions that are
preinstalled. These operating systems support most hardware features.
Note: In this White Paper, all references to Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 refer to Windows NT
Workstation 4.0. Likewise, all references to Windows 2000 refer to Windows 2000 Professional.
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server are not supported on Compaq
Armada portables.
For legacy operating systems such as Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 Retail and OSR1, Windows
NT 3.51 or IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 & 4.0, Compaq provides support on selected product families;
however, limitations in the operating system may prevent enabling of new hardware functionality
included on newer hardware platforms.

Support Software

Compaq provides BIOS, drivers and applications to enable hardware features, extend
functionality help manage your PC, or add functionality not provided by the native operating
system. This Compaq software support is available to customers in a number of different ways
including various support CD-ROM (CD) disks, individual SoftPaq diskettes and the Compaq
Web site. See the white paper titled Alternative Software Delivery for Armada Portables for
more information.

Compaq QuickRestore

The Compaq QuickRestore Kit is provided with models of the Armada 7400 and Armada 7800
announced in 1999 and Armada 1500c, Armada 1750, Armada E700, Armada M700, and
Armada M300 families. The QuickRestore Kit consists of a System Recovery CD (SRCD) and an
Application Recovery CD (ARCD). The SRCD allows customers to fully restore or refresh the
original factory installed image. The ARCD allows customers to selectively refresh drivers,
utilities, or applications included on the original factory installed image excluding the operating
system.
The Compaq QuickRestore CD is provided with models of the Armada 7400 and 7800 announced
in 1998 and Armada 1500
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On selected models only.
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On selected models only.
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, 1700, 3500, 4200 , 6500, and notebooks. The CD provides an easy to
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