Thanks Mart. I'm not real computer savvy, so could you
please explain how exactly to run "System Restore". I did
make an "emergency disk" when I first purchased the PC
using Compaq's recovery CD. I tried to boot up the computer
using this (when the PC's off, I placed the floppy in the
"A" drive and then started up the PC... is this the right
way?) but when I do this, I see the following message on
the monitor "non-system disk. replace and then press any
key" So I'm wondering, what good is this "emergency disk"??
Unless I'm not doing something correctly. Last night, I
went to Compaq's site (difficult to do without the use of
the mouse I might say!) and downloaded any driver updates
that were available for my model. That still didn't help. I
do know the last date that my system worked correctly. I
just don't know how to do the restore function. Could you
walk me through it? Thanks a million!!
-----Original Message-----
First suggestion - Assuming you've done nothing else since
the problem
started (except what you have described) AND it happened
fairly recently
(past few days) then run System Restore and roll-back to
the last time/date
when things behaved normally.

See if that helps before you need to worry about
recovering your photos.

Mart


"EJ" wrote in message
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Running ME on a Compaq Presario. Everything's fine. Shut it
down one night and the next day when I start it up there is
no mouse pointer to be seen on the desktop. Also, the
display changed to 16 colors and the lowest resolution. I
can TAB through to the controls settings and change the
display properties back to where they were but then on
restart they change back. I can see the mouse (and use it)
after I boot up in the safe mode. The PC is 4 yrs. old. I'd
trash it, but I need to get my photos off 1st. And in the
safe mode, it won't let me move the photos to a CD. Any
suggestions? Thanks so much!!


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