Hey Jim. Thanks for the reply. I have everything running the way I want
now and a reformat has been avoided once again! :-) My Dell came with
the reformat feature - control f11 - but prior to purchasing it, I
bought the oem version of XP Pro - Dell came with Home. I reformatted
and put the oem version on. I have all the driver disk so reformatting
has never been a problem for me, just time consuming.
It is nice to get a helpful reply instead of the sarcastic, egocentric
ones I have received. Thanks once again Jim :-)
Mick
jpurcell wrote:
>
> Mick,
>
> > My machine usually runs pretty good. I take good care of it but as
> > you say, times do warrant a reformat.
>
> If you have restore disk(s) for you machine, use them since it/they
> will probably have drivers for your hardware. Of course if you got the
> machine before XP came out you may need to update drivers [unless you
> already upgraded to XP]
>
> > I keep saying I am going to get an external backup but haven't as of
> > yet. It has been over a couple
> > years since I reformatted and I know I need to do it again.
>
> If your computer is misbehaving a restore/reformat might be a
> solution. But otherwise I wouldn't rush into it. However one thing
> about doing either the reformat or using the rescue disk you gain
> experience doing it. Each time you do it you get better at it and gain
> confidence.
>
> > I have been able to stabilize it once again but there is allot of
> > garbage that I need to get rid of.
>
> Yes, when you get to that point the reformat 'covers' a multitude of
> sins. :-)
>
> Jim
> I'm a Mac and I'm a PC
>
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>
>
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