HELP!!!COMPUTER GUYS..............I think it's dying

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I've got a Dell,with Windows ME,and AOL.


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XP Pro will write over the top of ME without formatting it but I doubt it would get rid of any lurking viruses if a computer had any, it would fix up them lock ups though I bet!

and you'd have to update your video driver and possibly a few others to XP drivers though

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<font color="green"> You can install XP over any ME or 98 but if the problem you are having is in the boot sector or registry it may not fix it.

Also, you may wind up with double registries and double files which typically don't cause a problem but do eat up alot of space.

Another free program out there that helps alot is REGCLEAN It finds errors in your registry and fixes them.

XP has included every driver I have ever needed.

ROOTY,

How old is your computer and do you leave it on or shut it down all the time?

Does your clock keep time?

Reason I ask is that my Father-in-law had some wierd things happening with his rig.

Turns out his lithium battery was dying and it is the power from this battery that stores your bios info when the computer is powered off.

Changing the battery will most likely reset your bio, so you will need to get into it and make notes of the settings as they are now,****uming they are still correct.

RASHY </font>

 

...for us real computer challenged guys-how do you "format"?

 

<font color="green">Oh yeah,

You say your device manager says your drives are working properly but they aren't.

Go into the device manager and click on the device in question.

If it says it is working properly and you know for a fact that it is not, remove it.

Reboot the machine.

If Windows finds it when the machine reboots, and it is a common device that does not require a special driver, let wiondows reinstall the driver.

If it does require a special driver, install from your disk.

If it doesn't see it at all upon reboot, go to:
Start/Settings/control panel/ add remove hardware
and search for it.

If it still doesn't see it, and you are sure that it is receiving power and is connected correctly, you have another problem that will require "swaptronics".

A weekening power supply can cause these problems also.

I THINK i have a brand new 350 watter you can try but I doubt it will fit in yo bunk**** case.

You still haven't called me. I would probably even drive to your place and look at this turd if you promised food,****, beer, or any combination of the three.

I'm spent,

RASHY </font>

 

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I would probably even drive to your place and look at this turd if you promised food,****, beer, or any combination of the three.



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Now who could turn down an offer like that ?

 

Rashy, pm me your cell phone number...it too was lost in the cell phone episode. I have a new phone now. I hate electronics.

 

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I hate electronics.

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<font color="green">Apparently the feeling is mutual.

Check yo messages chump.

RASHY </font>

 

Look at this ! Two years on cable modem- not one problem !
This sounded just like my life before that moment.

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