On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 at 15:38:53, Rich Mellor wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>> Windows XP is so well behaved at work, I just can't understand why I
>> get all this hassle with everything that isn't made by Micro$oft.
>
>Have you considered that it may actually be a hardware problem - memory
>or the hard drive seem the most likely candidates - XP is a lot more
>hungry of both than 98SE... Could also be the processor - if processor
>is faulty, then it won't be formatting the hard drive properly....
I have the same thoughts - or even a corrupted driver.
My experience of XP with _all_ the installations I have done (running to
maybe 20 of mine and worldnews machines) is that I have had _no_
problems.
... well other than one machine after SP2.
On most installations, I have not had to use extra drivers at all.
It simply works.
The first time I installed XP, I thought something had gone worng, as XP
arrived with the desktop without once even mentioning drivers - but
_everything_ worked fine.
>
>BTW - I recently had to reformat and reinstall my PC - found that a
>format from DOS did not actually resolve the problems and once I
>reinstalled everything, system was still having the same problems.
>
>I therefore removed the partition and recreated it before reformmating
>- reinstallation was fine after that...
Yes - a completely clean install is -always- the best way.
It is also a good opportunity to clean the registry, like a de-coke.
Tony
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