Easy Start CD does not apply to this one model (per HP Easy Start docs), SmartStart 'not supported model' (have tried 8.4, 8.6 and 8.7 just in case), and drivers cannot be loaded as .exe via cd-rom becasue the system does not read them (just results in failure to boot).
How can I get this machine rebuilt? Step 1 getting the HP drivers loaded and disk array set up seems next to impossible?