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    Hard-Drive failure...

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I'm backing up my Music, Photos, and other files to my Mom's computer. I may have to convert back to using my 30.7GB HDD that I gave to my GF for her computer :(

     

    No big deal. She has a 20.2GB HDD that came with her computer and I just replaced it with that 30.7GB that I'm having to convert back to. I'll have to reformatt and everything. I don't care though. I don't have that much Important stuff.

    password on network now..

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    I've had this happen before on my brothers Notebook and I just pressed Enter or cancel when trying to connect to my computer through his Notebook. Hmm... somebody may have gotten through your Router or whatever and made a password but thats highly unlikely to happen. No Idea how this had happen *Aaron

    Laptop fan

    in Hardware

    Posted

    If it's making a whinning noise then that means the fan is old and it's about to die out. I haven't messed with any Notebooks lately. You could try taking it to a near by computer shop and they may be able to help.

    Need info on install

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    i was always told to do a full format, not quick.

    whats the difference?

     

    Their is no difference although my friend who is an IT Professional told me Full format is just to make sure EVERYTHING is deleted or removed. Quick is a most used choice as it doesn't take as long :)

    Need info on install

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    Thanks again New Age. I assume the home & pro install the same. Talk about instructions for dummies. thats just what I needed . hehe, Thanks for your time. cowboy

     

    Your very welcome. Home and pro. are pretty much the same beside the OS themselves. They are alittle different but I'm not getting into that :rolleyes:

     

    Have a nice day.

     

     

    I see New Age replied while I was typing this and pretty much said what I was going to say but I'll post this also [mainly since I type really slow and don't want to erase everything, lol].

     

    If I remember right when I installed XP on my PC it did ask if it should do an upgrade [keeping old files and settings where possible] or a new install which wipes everything out and starts fresh. If she chooses new install it will probably ask to reformat the partition [meaning the entire hard drive if there's only one partition on it which is probably what she has]. That would be the best thing to do since she already has the files she wants to keep backed up and there may be infected files on there now. Just make sure she has the files backed up on to CDs or DVDs and not on the computer itself.

     

    If it asks whether to use the NTFS file system or the FAT32 file system NTFS is better because it is more secure and supports more features than FAT32 does.

     

    The only catch may be this and it could just be a problem with my PC so I don't know if it's something that will happen to her:

     

    For some reason when I install or reinstall XP onto my PC it always puts up a message saying that it can not find a previous Windows installation on my computer and that I have to insert a Windows 98 or other Windows installation disk before the XP installation can continue. I don't know why that happens because I've always upgraded from Windows 98 or 95. Like I said I don't know if that's a common problem or only happens on my PC. Hopefully someone can answer that for me.

     

    Windows XP does a pretty good job of guiding people through the installation and usually there should be no problems that pop up. Here are two sites you may want to look at for more info:

     

    Microsoft

     

    TheEldergeek

     

    Let us know if you think of any questions.

     

    Mike Rochip,

     

    Thx though. I'm a faster typer then you so... yeah. You did your part well. I believe what you were talking about you either had Windows 2000 Professional or Windows ME or even 98SE. You might of been using an upgrade version which is a tad bit defferent but anyways he got what he needed.

    Need info on install

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    Thankyou New Age for the quick reply. When she installs the new disk will it give her that option to delete the partition for me. because Her puters perty much dead exept for being able to run scandsk. She cant even get into safe mode. I,m not tryin to be a pain. but as detailed instructions as possible would be appreciated. as i will have to walk her thru it over the phone. Thanks again. Cowboy

     

    Well, ok.

     

    Try this out and see if this helps.

     

    Link - Go to step 3 and go on from there. make sure the computer is set within to Bios to boot from the CD.

    Need info on install

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    My sis,s puter crashed. it says invalid system d***. She booted from a floppy she made for backup. & was able to run scandsk & fixdisk ( I beleive ). it says system is fine. she has windows ME ( pirated ) so has no boot disk. I found her windowsxp home sp2 for $86.14 from royal discounts, & having it dropshipped to Her. She will receive it wensday. question is. What & how should she install it. i cant remember how I did mine recently, But i think it gave me options, like clean install or something. She doesn,t care if she has to start fresh, all important data is backed up. But i,m 90% sure Her puter is badly infected. Any suggestions. I,ve allready searched this site & couldn,t find anything. Thanks in advance. Cowboy

     

    Cowboy, it would be better to Install a fresh copy as you stated. All you do is delete the partition for Windows Me and then do a *Quick Formatt. Then after it's done with that it will copy the start up files to Install Windows and then you go from there. It will restart the computer and pop-up to pressing any KEY but DON"T press any key at that time. Windows will start up and Install and you will be Prompt to set-up Network, Name and Product key.

    360 vs PS3

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    I still play my dreamcast as well.

    I have about the same ones as you but add in power stone. :D

     

    I heard some good stuff about that game but never got the chance to play it. And... is it just me are is it that everytime I've seen Crazy Taxi being played it skips and has lag in certain areas with the maps. Is that caused by the Disc speed only being at 12x?

    360 vs PS3

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    Why go on... for this? Console is a console people. Heck, I still have a Dreamcast here.

     

    Have all the great games like...

     

    Sonic Adventure 1 & 2

    Sega Rally 2

    Sega GT

    Slave Zero

    Soul Calibur *Hell's Yeah!

    Speed Devils

    Star Wars Episode I: Racer

    Crazy Taxi

    HeadHunter

    Hydro Thunder *OMG Can't have a Dreamcast without it!

    House of the Dead 2

     

    Just naming a few that I own.

    Netgear RangeMax *240 Wireless Router (WPNT834)

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Ok, so Embarq our ISP came over like 1 month and 3 weeks ago to restore our DSL. We had to lower our Speed from 5MB to 3MB which isn't a big change but anyways...

     

    *Tarun's support site will not connect! What could be the problem. Tarun stated it was the Router and I believe him but is there a way to fix this? The router Auto detected the connection so yeah... Settings were made for me. Router is hooked with *ZyXEL's Prestige 660 series DSL Modem

     

    Edit: Please fix the topic name. It was *240... I forgot the 0 :)

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