A really good piece of advice I got from a Level2 MS tech was to back up the
OS as well as personal data. The purpose of this site is not to push
propritory hardware so I won't say what I use, but about once a month, when I
know all is OK I backup the OS. The data, I do weekly or more often if
there's something I really want saved.
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I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Corday" wrote:

The easy way takes about 40 minutes and you can watch entertaining 10 year
old MS propaganda. If you do it the hard way, wipe your hardrive completely.
That does take some time.
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I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Milt" wrote:

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
...
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
...
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