Sorry, I had to cut and paste.. cause I forgot to take of the PC address at the bottom. so I'm sure it's' not going to go thru.. So here it is.. the 2nd time..
Sorry, Marlene.. Hi Ben.. I just looked under My Computer.. and I have a C Drive, A Drive .. a A drive.. As far as what discs Dell sent me with the computer.. as it was shipped... Here's a listing.. A total of 10 CD's.. Operating System - Reinstallation CD Microsoft Windows XP Professional, including Service Pack 1 Drivers and Utilities. Dell Dimension Resource CD. contents Device drivers Diaganostics and utilities. and computer documentation. Application... For re-installing Dell Tools Systems Software,, contents.. Anti-vir** software, support software, Multimedia Software, Internet Software. Dell 1703FP Color Monitor.. User Documentation.. - contents.. HTML User Documentation, Drivers, (INF, ICM and CAT Files) Drivers and Utilities,, For re-installing V.92/56 K Telephony,/ Data/Fax voice modem sofware for Microsoft Windows.. Contents.. Diagnostics and Utilities, Online documentation, Phone tools for fax softwre, Modem on Hold. Application,, For reinstalling Roxio Easy CD Creater.. 5.3.4.. SPB Basic System Software, Office XP Version 2002.. Service Pack 1 Money 2002 Office XP Small business - 2 CD's.. Wierd colors..(hallogram type ).. LOL.. One is Media Content.. The other is Version 2002. Then Dell sent me... 4 CD"s. that are what are called... SR' CD's.. those are what the tech, when he/she comes out. will be installing.. Oh, btw.. I went to Staples.. and got a set of 50 CD's. (made sure I got a high number content).. as suggested by the Dell tech.. they were on sale.. for 9.98.. Instead of 19.99.. So - if anyone needs.. they're on sale this week.. Also bought some floppys. Now that I have these, I can watch for sales./w- full rebates. and get more.. if necessary. Anyway, there's the listing.. Does this make any sense now. as to what I got... Cause believe me. I'm so confused.. I LOVE computers.. I truly do.. but my specialty is NOT computers.. I love to organize,(live to organize). I love to cook, clean.. so computers are still a bit too technical for me.. Though, I DO love them. and am thoroughly enjoying this new one. and can't wait for it to be "fully functional".. Thanks so much. Helene HELENE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:43 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: New Comuter. and WOES... SIGH UPDATE > Helene, > > A lot of people like to have an original Windows XP operating system CD. > Using that you can in many instances repair an installation rather than just > wiping it out and returning the computer to its original state which is what > the restore disks Dell gave you will do. I really believe in your case what > you have is fine. And I think that doing some of the stuff with the > original CD that Clint or some of the rest of us would want to do is not > something you want to try. > > You have to remember though that the cd's you have will restore the system > to its original state but you will lose any data you have on the system. So > you need to be aware of that and prepare for it by backing up data that you > don't want to lose in the event that you have to restore the system. > > How is your hard drive partitioned? Do you just have a C drive and then a > CD as D: or did they divide your hard drive into two partitions? If you > have a C and D and then a CD as E, you can back up your data on your D > partition. It you don't have one, use you cd burner to periodically backup > things like email address, emails, picture or whatever you want to keep. In > either case, having one hard drive, you should periodically back up critical > data to a CD. > > Windows XP is a very stable operating system and with the way you use your > computer, you will very rarely, if ever, need to completely restore it. > WinXp also has a system restore feature that will many times fix things that > with Win9x systems required a complete reinstall. > > I'm a little unclear about why Dell shipped you a second set of restore cds. > Maybe we don't understand what was in the first set of CD's they sent with > the machine. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
