Posted by RedWood on Mon Aug 6th at 3:58am 2007
Posted by rs6 on Mon Aug 6th at 4:37am 2007
What I usually do is hook up another drive and transfer all the files I need or want to keep to an external drive and then do a fresh install. A fresh install formats the drive, erasing everything,
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Posted by RedWood on Mon Aug 6th at 6:13am 2007
Ya, i wish i had a external.
Posted by Le Chief on Mon Aug 6th at 8:04am 2007
If you don't reformat when you uninstall than all your files should be nice other than the ones in c:windows.
When it asks select "Leave the Current file system intact"......
I'll walk you through it just in case.
1) Change the boot priority and make your cdrom drive number one priority so it..... inspects your cdrom drive before anything else of course it finds a compatible startup cd. You have to do this in bios, before your computer is booted up. There mabye a button that you have to press like [del] or [f1]. Than Restart
2) Press any key to boot from the cd, it will say. What do you do?
3) Wait for the bloody thing to load, it takes ages.
4) Now as you continue through the setup it will tell you there is another os already installed, we want to install over it so select the appropriate option and DONT reformat as mentioned before.
5) 1 hour later your pc will be refreshed and you still have your old files, but that doesnt mean that itunes will work. Its probably complicated like steam. Itunes could of put files into c:windows and this is the file where the xp os is. But anyway I have anw'ed your question. Time to do a spell check.
Posted by Crono on Mon Aug 6th at 9:26am 2007
This is by far the least hassling and no-nonsense method that requires the least amount of work and, should, work the best. I've never personally had it screw things up even worse than previously.
The downside is, you're sort of taking the "lets hope it's this" approach to the issue. There's a very real possibility that this will NOT fix whatever is wrong with the machine, since the problem may not be with the Windows system files.
I think, it'd be more prudent to roll the machine to previous back-ups (if you have any) before doing this. Hell, even if it's a problem with the registry that can be refreshed in less than 10 minutes to a previous state.
Posted by RedWood on Mon Aug 6th at 7:52pm 2007
Thanks guys!
Posted by OtZman on Mon Aug 6th at 7:54pm 2007
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Posted by RedWood on Tue Aug 7th at 12:03am 2007
I tried rolling back the system and it said "can not be restored" for two different dates. soo, im left with a reinstall. I'll let you know how that goes.
Posted by RedWood on Fri Aug 17th at 9:10am 2007
This is what i found on the disk...

Posted by Crono on Fri Aug 17th at 9:46am 2007

Posted by reaper47 on Fri Aug 17th at 10:50am 2007
I never regretted switching to OO. Never missed a feature, not even a super-complicate one. And it's free + updated more often.
Posted by Crono on Fri Aug 17th at 11:09am 2007
Posted by RedWood on Fri Aug 17th at 7:01pm 2007
If i think i'm going to have to buy a new copy of xp and if i do i'm just going to build her a new computer. shouldn't cost more than $300.
I bookmarked the open office. I'll install that when i have my new computer.
Posted by reaper47 on Sat Aug 18th at 8:23am 2007
Posted by Crono on Sat Aug 18th at 9:02am 2007
Never give advice again.
Posted by Le Chief on Sat Aug 18th at 9:35am 2007
Posted by RedWood on Sat Aug 18th at 9:38am 2007
(nothing against Linux)
I will never, ever, ever have vista running on anything i own. DX10 isn't worth it.
Posted by Crono on Sat Aug 18th at 9:58am 2007
I've heard enough of your Microsoft c**k sucking for a lifetime, please don't comment on the company anymore.
I was being sarcastic earlier, in any case.
At this point in time, in any case, there isn't a reason to use Windows outside of playing games (or development on a MS platform ... which only happens when your boss doesn't know anything ... this happens at Intel a lot "We wont use Linux machines because they aren't 'professional', but you need to use all these Unix and Linux tools through Cygwin". That conversation really happened.). If people still purchase it, it's because they are ignorant of (better) alternatives, which are, in almost all cases, easier to use and provide more power (as well as software efficiency).
Posted by Le Chief on Sat Aug 18th at 3:48pm 2007
Posted by reaper47 on Sat Aug 18th at 8:28pm 2007
The PC being for RedWood's mom changes things a bit (I don't expect her to become an avid "Crysis" player - but who knows!). Linux can provide all the programs ever needed for basic internet/office/leisure use.
But I could imagine your mom complaining that the program her friend recommended "doesn't work on the new PC". You'd make her a Linux rainbow-warrior without her having a clue what's going on (at least I don't expect your mom being very passionate about the ongoing OS war - but who knows!). What not even Crono can deny is that Linux does have less support from hard- and software firms which is a major issue. I, for example would terribly miss my Photoshop. Gimp, as impressive as it is, is not a replacement for it and running PS in a buggy program loader just isn't the same. And it's not yourself who has to deal with it, it's your mom.
The thought alone of going to a store and asking for a copy of Vista feels weird to me, too. I can't make that decision for you, pal
I don't have any intention doing so either. I can only give advice.
It's a dilemma.
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