When you do a complete reinstall, install onto a new HD. You won't know which program disks and activation codes you are missing until you need them. At least then you can mount the old HD as the second disk and copy stuff over and try to get things working again if it's worth the effort.
In the windows world you can boot into the recovery console and run a chkdsk, then do a repair installation if need be. If you are lucky that will preserve installed programs and data. The Repair wipes out all service packs and hotfixes. It's not a quick solution, does not always work, and if it does work a lot of garbage gets carried over from the old install. That's about when people start thinking seriously about getting a Mac. -Dave Walton On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:05 AM, relng...@aol.com wrote: >> ...I also wonder how many people advise re-installing the OS because its >> faster than trying to figure out what's really wrong... >> > I think that is the universal first-answer from any telephone or online > tech support anywhere. Reinstall it and call us back........... > > Outraged denials will now be heard. > > RLE > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
