Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
At one time Emachines came with discs. I am still bale to download drivers from the web. best option? Install new HD and load XP The same flavor that came with it.) Make sure you have downloaded the drivers and put them on a CD or a flash drive, and load it up. makes a nice print server. Stewart At 02:07 PM 5/5/2009, you wrote: I am trying to repair a wormy EMachines W3107 with a damaged recovery partition. I contacted tech support for a disc set, and they said: "We do not keep recovery disc images prior to March 2006." and they could not provide a set. This is a very disturbing development ... Comments? Help?; * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
Thanks, Mark. EMachines (owned by Gateway last time I checked) makes good machines in cheap boxes with minimal power supply... and they have a website where we can still download the drivers for this machine... I just cannot get the RESTORE disc.Every EMachine I have ever owned (4 now) is still running, the oldest since 1998, and it's only problems are provided by the holes in Microsoft operating systems that are exploited by hackers, all fixable with the restore disc. I also own Toshiba's, Dell's, Gateway's, Hewlett Packard, and Compaq. Each EMachine has a brand name motherboard and stable device drivers... but I cannot say the same for my newest Dell Core i7 machine... it has an unbranded (made in China) motherboard, and it's features are not well documented. Not even tech support can answer specific questions about the eSATA port correctly. It gets I/O bound more that I think a super-mini computer should. I have successfully removed the eMachines infections using another computer, so the purchase of an opsys is staved off for now. I will keep my ears open for someone with a working W3107 that can burn a restore set for me. - Brian - Original Message - From: "Mark A. Metz" And Brian, don't let the MS vs. Apple talk get you down. I would have to go to eBay for Jaguar disks for my G4 Titanium PowerBook, too. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
I am trying to repair a wormy EMachines W3107 with a damaged recovery partition. I contacted tech support for a disc set, and they said: "We do not keep recovery disc images prior to March 2006." and they could not provide a set. This is a very disturbing development ... Comments? Help?; Did you back up [clone] the recovery partition on DVDs? If not, shame on you! Did your PC include an official certificate of authenticity [the one with the hologram] from Microsoft? Is it registered? If so, you can get the OS disks directly from MS, but with a lot of wrangling and annoyances. On their support site, there's a toll-free support phone number [in Canada] where you can request the discs. Be prepared for them to tell you that they want $20-30 for burning, shipping, handling, AND they want you to FAX a copy of the certificate [this hurdle prevents you from scanning and attaching to an email, and the fax number isn't toll-free]. Try to find disks locally. It's easier, and may be cheaper. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
Sorry to hear about the complications with your eMachines computer. Take heart. I have an eMachines AMD 64 Athlon M6805 purchased in June 2004. It came with a recovery partition, but also included original XP sp1 disks, that I also still have. The computer was a great buy at the time and is still a dependable machine dual booted with XP sp3 and Ubuntu 64 bit. I am upgrading Ubuntu to 9.04 right now. Unless you want the eMachines bloatware, try a local, "Mom and Pop" computer store who might sell you an older XP license for cheap (maybe even a gimme) that will work with your computer and you can update quickly with a broadband internet connection. Trash your recovery partition and install XP clean. I can still find drivers for all the hardware in my machine if I have to (needed Broadcom wireless drivers for Ubuntu), but XP seems to do fine finding the updated drivers on its own. They may not have recovery disks, but the drivers are still available for download for your computer (http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=W Series&model=W3107). Otherwise, you might have a good time geeking out with a solo boot of Linux (like Ubuntu) on your machine. I'm really enjoying it and never thought I would after living on DOS/Windows/Apple OS machines since the mid-80s. Linux has come a long way and the Ubuntu desktop CD is really pretty painless. And Brian, don't let the MS vs. Apple talk get you down. I would have to go to eBay for Jaguar disks for my G4 Titanium PowerBook, too. Good luck. -- From: "Brian Jones" Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 3:07 PM To: Subject: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date I am trying to repair a wormy EMachines W3107 with a damaged recovery partition. I contacted tech support for a disc set, and they said: "We do not keep recovery disc images prior to March 2006." and they could not provide a set. This is a very disturbing development ... Comments? Help?; * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
>It's true what Tom is saying though. Isn't that the point of M$' Laptop Hunters? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
I helped backchannel as to avoid your usual knee jerk reactions. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Always helpful Tom. > >> You get what you pay for. Time to pay some more. > > Look. Somebody bought a cheap computer too many years ago and now finds > that the vendor has walked away from it. You want me to shed a tear? What > a bunch of crap. You get what you pay for. > > I don't see you offering any help. Why not? Do you just steer people into > making poor computer decisions and then watch them sink? > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
It's true what Tom is saying though. Content and capability cost money to provide... when you spend less on a system you get less and inevitably hit a wall in some aspect sooner than with a more substantive system. Then you have to spend to regain what you lack. I have a high end Dell... since it cost more than an e-machine, it comes with the OS, drivers etc on a DVD. To do that or for e-machine to stock and be able to deliver older images, e-machines would have to cost more. db mike wrote: Always helpful Tom. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Comments? You get what you pay for. Time to pay some more. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
>Always helpful Tom. >> You get what you pay for. Time to pay some more. Look. Somebody bought a cheap computer too many years ago and now finds that the vendor has walked away from it. You want me to shed a tear? What a bunch of crap. You get what you pay for. I don't see you offering any help. Why not? Do you just steer people into making poor computer decisions and then watch them sink? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
Always helpful Tom. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Comments? > > You get what you pay for. Time to pay some more. > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
>Comments? You get what you pay for. Time to pay some more. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date
I am trying to repair a wormy EMachines W3107 with a damaged recovery partition. I contacted tech support for a disc set, and they said: "We do not keep recovery disc images prior to March 2006." and they could not provide a set. This is a very disturbing development ... Comments? Help?; * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
