Forum: General
March 9th 09, 03:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,192
Repair Reinstall
webster72n,
System Restore is the first thing I tried. No help there. And, yes, if I can
do it the "easy way" it's probably worth trying before doing a complete
reinstall. But if necessary I will....
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Forum: General
March 9th 09, 12:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,192
Repair Reinstall
Noel,
Thanks for the link. I searched for something like that, but couldn't find
anything.
Milt
"Noel Paton" wrote:
WTF are you on about, Corday?
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Forum: General
March 9th 09, 12:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,192
Repair Reinstall
Mike,
Thanks, I understand what they said. I assume it's worth a try, because
otherwise I'll have to reinstall Windows and every other program and
application anyhow.
Milt
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Forum: General
March 9th 09, 12:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,192
Repair Reinstall
Corday,
If I could run Scandisk in Safe Mode, I would not need to reinstall ME. Same
for Windows Defragmenter.
Milt
"Corday" wrote:
Both problems you mention are due to the disc being occupied...
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Forum: General
March 8th 09, 11:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,192
Repair Reinstall
Thanks for the replies.
In Safe Mode both Defrag and Scandisk hang up. Same from floppy. Other
programs are slugish too. And yes, I'm running both IE 6 and WMP 9.
I think I'll try a reinstall of...
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Forum: General
March 8th 09, 08:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,192
Repair Reinstall
Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is and I've
read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such as Defrag. and
Scandisk hanging up and freezing the...
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Forum: General
November 12th 08, 02:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsupdate
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,075
windows ME
TaurArian,
The truth is, I'll be able to answer what I'm going to do better after
Jan.1 or Jan. 2 of next year. I've got three older machines that I keep
active mostly for Word processing...
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Forum: General
November 12th 08, 01:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsupdate
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,075
windows ME
Pa Bear,
I'm using AVG 7.5.549 Free Edition on three of my older Win ME
computers. I updated yesterday, Nov.10, to Definitions Version 270.9.0/1779
and after reading your post I just updated...
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Forum: Improving Performance
April 28th 07, 08:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,388
How to restore valuable Hard Drive Space
Bible John,
"I dont know where you got that for
$30, but we can look at Fry's and Best Buy. But none sell for that cost
to my recollection." I got the 160 at Office Depot, it's Western...
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Forum: Improving Performance
April 28th 07, 08:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,388
How to restore valuable Hard Drive Space
Bible John,
"I dont know where you got that for
$30, but we can look at Fry's and Best Buy. But none sell for that cost
to my recollection." I got the 160 at Office Depot, it's Western...
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Forum: Improving Performance
April 28th 07, 11:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,388
How to restore valuable Hard Drive Space
Bible John,
I believe that your least expensive solution would be to buy an extra
internal hard drive, install it as a "slave" and use it for your brother's
storage space. I've purchased a 160...
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Forum: Improving Performance
April 28th 07, 11:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,388
How to restore valuable Hard Drive Space
Bible John,
I believe that your least expensive solution would be to buy an extra
internal hard drive, install it as a "slave" and use it for your brother's
storage space. I've purchased a 160...
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