hmmm well truth be told its what I do when I have no idea how to fix something. I had it lucky though for a while was easy to do and I have backups of everything. Since I have not heard an issue where sertain files are not accepted on other drives, of a user's system, etc then there are 2 avenues the user error which could be probably the case where they don't have the right tools for the job then actual computer error. If such an error it could be a virus, or a program or something. In some cases where for example its a long process to reformat I try to solve the issue issues like this have happened to sapi which with another system I resolved though it did take a while. In the other case with a recorder the system did something weird during install and it didn't work unless I fiddled with it some got it working semi ok but then after updating it realising I didn't need the update or lost some function I uninstalled it again. and the same issue. The recorder in question has never worked properly so I have a replacement. However if I ever want to get another recorder like that again I will probably have to reformat. however for now as long as I don't lose both recorders the latter of which does not need software at all I should be ok. In most cases when I do maintain a system in particular those which little kids and those that go all over the net the first thing I do is reformat. this gets rid of any viruses and wastes less time in the fact I know that It can take me a couple days to a week to reinstall rather than take an unknown ammount of time to fix another issue. this was the case in my uncle's system. a good reformat fixed that. But being a del and the fact loads of visual work had to take place before I could use it the second time round I had to take the long road. The basic issues were fixed, that of the updating, cleaning and spyware and virus removal. in fact this was all done in 2 hours. it took me 3 days to trouplechute and fix issues that the system did not run right with some drive display issues. On that note I have been spoilt with the fact that on my previous system if something went wrong all I did on my old system was put in a disk, and push 3 keys at startup. the system was reformatted and nothing was really wrong until it crashed again naturally I have been spoilt. If I find any unknown issue that I can't find the solution about I generally solve first and research later depending on when the system is needed by. So a reformat is always what happens, and if I can find a way to prevent other issues I put it into practice. though, I have had instances, one where myself I did not have the right app loaded, and took it for granted that i had the right settings and never checked I did or not. I put up with the issue, and when it went I reformatted. that was until by chance I manually envoked the settings to fix the issue found that the program was on my drive and I had not loaded it or set it up. the other issue was when I tested some scripts and found bugs. However it took a long time searching for them, and reporting the issue was a snap. I have also got my share of worms in the past. Thankfully with this newish system although I have had my share of klango and system lockups, screen reader crashes mostly on the net, etc I havn't had any real issue. 7/01/2010, you wrote: >Sean, out of interest why do you suggest reformatting as the answer to any >computer related tech support question? > >Appologies for seeming abrupt, but it just seems someone mentions some slight >problem, ---- which might be as much a case of a user not yet knowing the ins >and outs of how to work things, and you instantly suggest reformatting, ---- >even before we know what the problem is. > >This seems a little to me like suggesting someone bulldose their house down >when they say their front door is stuck. > >Of course, there are circumstances were reformmatting is necessary, --- but as >a last response, not a first. > >appologies for the comment, it just seems that whenever someone brings up a >technical question of any type your answer is "reformat" and we always have >this discussion. > >Beware the grue! > >Dark. > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [email protected].
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