Re: [PCWorks] Computer is too slow
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin-OrpheusComputing.com & ComputersCustomBuilt.com" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:41:57 -0600
I believe Peter will have to answer that about
reformatting...if I remember correctly he has a similar laptop.
I say this because how you reformat depends on what kind of
media you have. If you don't have an XP CD, you can't reformat
in the conventional way. I don't even think you can reformat
with the CD that comes with it because they are usually some
kind of "restore" disk.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "LarryB"
I do not see a Ctrl F11 when I boot up Peter. I only see F12
and F8 I
think to go into Safe Mode.
I have contacted Dell and they are sending me the disks I
require. (free)
I should have them in a couple of days.
What is the best way to format the HD?
LarryB
K & L Electronics
South Carolina
Peter Kaulback wrote:
Larry when you boot the laptop there should be a system restore
message
that should say something like "press CTRL + F11" but you
should not do
this until after all the data on the drive is backed up
otherwise the
restore will wipe it all away. I did it once on a work laptop,
you don't
want to do it.
And if there is a "Drivers" folder then do back that up as
well.
If there is no "press CTRL + F11", then you will have to
contact Dell
and try to get the restore disk set, it's 2 or 3 discs. If that
doesn't
work then your neighbour gets to buy XP.
I might have suggested Linux as an option but since your
neighbour uses
Quickbooks, that rules out Linux, it just drives me nutty when
I try
that out. Just a thought.
Peter Kaulback
Nope no mapped drive. Wish I did though.
Thanks
LarryB
K & L Electronics
South Carolina
Ben Moore wrote:
You don't have a mapped network drive do you? Just a thought.
I agree with Peter. Copy all the data somewhere and reformat.
You can fool
with it forever and never figure it out. The laptop would
probably profit
with a new install anyway.
Ben Moore
-----Original Message-----
Thanks Hugh, I have run all the spyware, antivir*s programs I
have and
they have found things but hasn't helped so far. As I mentioned
I have
the startup programs to a bare minimum. I have also run defrag,
and chkdsk.
The Event Viewer shows one error during startup called "service
control
manager" then about 10 "information" tags after the error.
It also shows several DHCP type "warnings" that are probably
due to the
wireless setup.
I have no idea what to do with any of these.
LarryB
K & L Electronics
South Carolina
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