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Question posted by brunocauin on June 22nd, 2011

Hp Ex475 Mediasmart Home Server Installation Disc

Hello, could you please help me with a HP EX475 MediaSmart Home Server (AMD Live, Windows Home Server, 1 TB Hard Drive).I bought one of these at a yard sale but the guy didn't have the software installation disc, PC restore disc or server recovery disc.I was able to find the recovery iso as a torrent but the most important the software installation disc i can't find. Would you be able to help me get a clone or copy of the software installation disc? Please help me with that because i don't know what else to do. Not even hp sells the cd... i'm looking forward to your reply! Thank you. my email is [email protected]

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on June 22nd, 2011 12:13 PM

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You will not be able to find the CD's for download due to the fact that licensed software is on them. Your best bet is to buy a copy and HP does sell them.

See here: http://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/hp-3-0-software-shipping/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:MSWHSMSWindowsHomeServer

You won't get anyone to send you a copy either due to software piracy issues. You might give eBay a try.

Honestly unless there is some burning desire to run Windows I would see about installing a Linux version. They are (almost) all free and have many of the same features.

For example: http://samuel.thollander.net/projects/linux-on-hp-ex470/

Many more like this out on the Internet. Just Google "linux hp ex475".

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