Drive Copy 4.0

Does anyone know if you can use drive copy 4.0 to copy the hard drive in a Compaq Presario 5000 computer and not loose the BOMID number. Can it be done?

 

Uh oh Dusted1
I've certainly not got an answer for you, but see that your post slipped by. Sorry about that.
Have you found any information about it yet?

Daizy

 

Thanks for the reply. I haven't found an answer yet as to weather or not it can be done but i'm still checking around. In the mean time i have install Win98se into the new hard drive and the computer is working very nice. I still have the old hard drive, which was clicking away and the reason the new hard drive was installed. It would be nice to know if it is possible to copy the BOMID number installed on the hard drive to another hard drive and make it work. Thanks again.......

 

Drive copy, which version do you have? The reason I asked is that the Bomid and a couple other items are in a non dos partition. .
Oops, Drive Copy 4.0 , I would say not a complete copy. It probably will not get the Bomid so the QR cd will not work.

Anyway I ghosted with Ghost 2001 and it worked fine, except the Compaq stuff did not work afterward. Dos was fine and the OS worked fine also. So that told me it did not pick it up and transfer it. Drive Image 2002 and Ghost 2003 should though as they work with non dos OS's.
But I did not do anything but put that old 4200 rpm hdd up just incase something went goofy. But the boot time difference between 4200 and 7200 was to great for me ever to hook the Big Foot back in. So it is still in storage.

No one says anything about it, so go into the QR Icon on your desktop and make those "Restore/Rescue' floppies and protect them.

When was your computer manufactored also will depict where the Bomid is. Yes, the later ones have on the QR cd and not on the hdd.

 

If i remember i think the BOMID number resides in a small Fat 12 partition on the hard drive. I did get some instructions from HP-Compaq on how to reinstall but it didn't work out, so i/m not sure just how good the information was. Very hard to understand the people there, sounded like they had routed me to India. Well, anyway the computer is running very nice right now. This Compaq was made in 1999 or 2000 and it is model 5BW120- 5000 series. One of the last ones installed with Win98se.

 

Then if you take a new hdd, just for the heck of it. Replace the old one, Then turn it on and insert the QR cd and reach back and turn it off. Wait 20 seconds, then turn it on, It should boot to the cd and see if it will install. I think it will without having to install the bomid like the older ones did. You are at the transition period though. But, I still think it will.

The old instructions run like this.

Compaq FAQ: How do I Quickrestore my New Hard Drive? (FAQ461)
During the manufacturing process, an identification number (BOMID) is
written to the UIA area of a hard drive. This BOMID identifies the model
of the PC into which the hard drive is installed. Replacement hard drives
do not contain this information.

Therefore, when using QuickRestore on a Compaq Presario PC that contains a
replacement hard drive, QuickRestore will be unable to identify the model
of the PC.

SOLUTION

Follow the steps below to write the BOMID to the UIA area of the hard
drive:

1. Insert the QuickRestore diskette (when applicable) and CD into the
appropriate drives, then restart the computer.

NOTE: If a QuickRestore boot diskette is not included with the
QuickRestore kit, you can create this diskette from the BOOTDISK
subdirectory on the QuickRestore CD.

2. From the initial screen (Program Language Selection), Exit the
QuickRestore utility.

3. From the A:\> prompt type uiabomwr_xxx (where xxx is the BOMID of the
PC), then press Enter.

Unless you can get it from the old hdd, guess who will not give it to you

 

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

 

And here you thought I'd deserted you Dusted1
I just had to go searching for my brilliant friend Train! Nice to see you again. Thank you.

Daizy

 

Sure hope I was of assistance Daizy. You are welcome. Thanks for the reminder about the forum.

 

Well this is better info than i got from Compaq. I have copied the info above and will wait and see if the Compaq computer comes back. I still have the old hard drive and will try to use the info above to see if it does the job. Thanks again Daisy and Train for all your help. This site has helped me out many times in the past. Dusted1