"Heather" wrote in message
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WOT?? Of course the 'slips' ARE knowledge-related. If you had any, you
wouldn't have made those slips (errors).

But as Noel says, you Merkins can't speak the Queen's English,

Your Queen's English is a collection of languages and the spelling doesn't
agree with the pronounciation at all.
You mention German, it is spoken just the way you spell it, without
'hanky-panky'.
And I had no idea that Noel was my 'Professor' too, have to be more careful
from now on!
ngaa lol.

let alone spell it. (VBG)

"webster72n" wrote in message
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FYI ( and Noel's), those 'slips' aren't knowledge related in your sense
and you know it.
Now get off your horse and start walking........


"Heather" wrote in message
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Pouring bloody rain for 3 days.....but at least we don't have to shovel
it!!!

Did you ever ask yourself how someone looks a word up in the dictionary
if they don't have a clue how to spell it???? One of life's mysteries.

I do voluntary *proof-reading* of websites cuz the mistakes fly up and
hit me in the face!! (G) Got some *hand made beadies* doing that.
Would be worth about $35 or more. Some of the women who melt glass and
make beads get $200-$300 for 20 of them. Not my cup of tea though.

Cheers......The Queen of Proofing"

"webster72n" wrote in message
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Of course it is 'Your Highness', point well taken!
Hopefully you enjoy laughing.
Who cares about the issues anyway, right?
Still snowing up north?
We are thawed out by now.
Cheers,

Harry.


"Heather" wrote in message
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Good Lord, you two.....(Corday & Har Har).......your spelling is
atrocious!!!!

I am laughing actually, because one of my fellow genealogy Moderators
in the UK couldn't figure out what someone meant in a text message.
Hey, easy if you say
it out loud.

Anyway......the word is "heuristic" and for Har Har......it is
"worthiness".

The Queen of English

"Corday" wrote in message
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I guess if Scandisc isn't working, he can't do a hiristute(I can't
spell it)
scan. A third party program would work to check every sector of the
harddisc.
If it's bad, a replacement is cheap compared to a new computer but a
nice new
Vista or Leopard unit would make a nice birthday present.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"webster72n" wrote:


As an after thought, did you check your drive for worthynes
(health)?
If so, go ahead with whatever you decide, otherwise I suggest you do
it
first.

Harry.


"Milt" wrote in message
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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. I've got all the disks. I'd
just
rather
save the time if I can.

Thanks,
Milt

"webster72n" wrote:


"Mart" wrote in message
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Milt confirmed that :-

In Safe Mode both Defrag and Scandisk hang up.
Same from floppy.

Well, only Scandisk will run from the floppy. Defrag will only
run in
Windows. However if Scandisk hangs in Real Mode DOS (i.e. via
the
floppy)
then by definition, you've totally eliminated WinMe as being
the prime
suspect and you problems are elsewhere - most likely your hard
disk.

In fact, if it really does hang in RM DOS, then you won't be
able to
'reinstall' or even 'clean install'. WinMe won't install until
it is
happy with the quality of the hard drive. The first thing it
does
before
installing the OS is to perform a Scandisk.

BTW - depending on the size of the HDD, both Scandisk and
Defrag can
take
up to several hours complete, especially if you run full
scandisk. To
use the term 'sluggish' really wants some qualification.

OTOH - if you prefer to do it your own way (i.e. re-install
WinMe over
itself) then I wish you well.

Looks like a bit of confusion here, doesn't it?.....
Obviously the OP is looking for an easy way out and SR is not
applicable,
or
is it?


Mart


"Milt" wrote in message
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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 ME ovr itself though. If I
screw up,
I'll
have to start over and reload everything. But I'd have to do
that
anyhow.
And
yes, I know to back up data and doc's before I start.

I think I'll wait another day and see if anyone has any other
comments
before I do it though.

Milt

"Milt" wrote:

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 computer.

Milt