[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #642

MikesWhatsNews, 30, 01, 2003
in today's issue #642
AlexWarp
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Backup Program for Windows XP Home Users
Opera 7 for Windows Final
CCC      Click-N-Type 
        Reformat & Re-install Part 3
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Backup Program for Windows XP Home Users
http://www.winxpnews.com/
A lot of you Windows XP Home Edition users have been writing to 
us about a backup program for your computer. 
Windows XP Professional includes the NTBACKUP program, but 
some of you can't seem to find it in Home Edition. 
You Home Edition users do have access to NTBACKUP; you 
just need to install it. Here's how: 

Put your Windows XP Home Edition installation CD into the CD 
drive (your vendor DID give you the CD, right?) 
Open the Windows Explorer and click on the CD-ROM icon. 
Find the VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder on the CD and click on it. 
Double click on the ntbackup.msi file. 
That will start the installation process. 
When the installation is done, you'll find the backup program in 
your Accessories\System Tools menu. 
This is the same backup program that Windows XP Professional 
users have.
From; WinXPnews
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Opera 7 for Windows Final Rocks the Web
http://www.opera.com
Download Opera 7 today to see why our users are calling this 
the fastest, smallest, most full-featured desktop browser on 
the market.

If you enjoyed the famous classic Opera innovations such as 
mouse gestures, integrated search, and multiple document 
interface, you'll love the new features in Opera 7. 
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
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Click-N-Type 
http://www.ac.net/~lakerat/cnt/
Freeware
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

This is for people who can't use a keyboard (for whatever
reason). Even if you can move and click the mouse, this tool can
help you enter data into almost any Windows application. 
URLs can be passed through using the "buffer" field 
(rather than trying to click inside the address bar). 
Here's another idea: it makes a great learning tool for 
young kids. As opposed to old kids... who, as we know, 
have been using the computer for quite some time.
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Reformat & Re-install Part 3

CD ROM INSTALL 

OK, at this point we've looked at making a boot disk, setting up
partitions, and formatting your hard drive. You're almost ready
to re-install Windows, but first you'll need to get your CD ROM
drive working.

As I had mentioned earlier this week, some computers (especially
newer ones) have a CD ROM driver
built into their BIOS. All you do is take your "recovery disk"
(as they're usually called) and place it into
your CD ROM drive. Turn the computer back off, wait 10 seconds,
then turn it back on. The recovery
disk will run and help you restore your system back to the way it
was when you first purchased your
computer. 

If you're not lucky enough to be in the above group, you may
still have an easy way out. If your computer came with a full
version Win 98 (and possibly ME) disk, you should have a 3.5 inch
floppy boot disk called something like "Setup Disk 1".   Anyway,
if you have that disk, stick that puppy into your A: drive and
restart your computer (make sure your Windows CD is in your CD
ROM drive).

The disk comes with a "universal" CD ROM driver that will load,
then it will start the Windows Setup
program. Really cool, really easy.

OK, if you weren't able to do the recovery CD thing and have no
clue what 3.5 setup disk I'm talking
about, you'll need to install a CD ROM driver. 

Most CD ROM installs are fairly easy, but at the same time they
are all slightly different. So, I'm going
to give you a very general outline for CD ROM installation:

1. Boot the computer. It should be at a C: prompt. Stick your CD
ROM driver disk into the A: drive and type:
 A: 
 Press ENTER.

2. You should now be looking at an A: prompt. You probably need
to type INSTALL in order to start the
install program. You may need to type something else, depending
on the driver. To get a list of the files
on the drive, type:

dir/ w Then hit ENTER.

Look for an ".exe" program. Again, it's usually called INSTALL,
but it may be called SETUP or any other
name the manufacture sees fit to call it. 

Anyway, type the name of the setup program at the A: prompt and
hit ENTER. With any luck, the setup
program will run and you'll be all set.

If you get an error saying that the setup program can't find the
Autoexec.bat or Config.sys files, then
you probably need to create them.

Stick in the boot disk that we made the other day and type EDIT
at the A: prompt.

You'll get a nifty little program that lets you edit files. Right
now, we're just gonna use it to make your
autoexec.bat and config.sys files.

Hit the file menu (no mouse, so use your ALT key, arrows, and
Enter key) and select Save. Make sure
you're saving to your C: drive and name the first blank file
autoexec.bat and the next one config.sys.


Try the install again, it will probably work this time.

The last problem you may come across is a missing MSCDEX file.
That's the file the computer uses to
run the CD ROM. Some setups come with it, some don't. If your CD
ROM isn't working after a setup, it's
probably because this file is missing (or your setup program may
ask its location).

Copy the file to the root directory of your C: drive by doing the
following:

If you're not at the C: prompt, type:

C:

Hit Enter.

Now, (with that little boot disk we made the other day in your A:
drive) type:

copy A:\mscdex.exe 

That will copy the MSCDEX file to your hard drive. Try
re-starting the computer and see if the CD ROM
is now working. If not, you may need to modify the autoexec.bat
and config.sys files. They are probably
trying to find MSCDEX in a different directory.

To do this, copy the EDIT.COM file to your hard drive the same
way you copied the MSCDEX file. Then
at the C: prompt, type:

edit autoexec.bat 

Hit enter.

The editor will run. Make sure the path to MSCDEX points to the
C: drive only and save the file. Do the
same with the config.sys file.

That should do it.

WINDOWS SETUP 

OK, all that's left is to get the Windows setup running. Place
the Windows CD into your CD ROM and
switch to your CD ROM drive by typing:

D:

Hit Enter (This assumes that your CD ROM is drive D. If it's not,
use the appropriate letter)

Now, type:

setup 

Hit Enter.

That's it. Your Windows setup program will run and all you need
to do is follow the prompts. If you've
come this far, I don't think you need me to walk you through the
setup process :-)

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