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A day or two ago, I posted a message saying that my Internet Explorer was freezing up and an unknown program was not responding when I went to shut down my computer. It was really wierd, because it was only after I visited this site only! Anyways, I did a format on my C: and started fresh. Now things are working fine! I have no idea what the problem was. But thanks to those who offered help tp me.
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I'm stuck inside this thing!

Sometimes you need to get a recent registry by using the scanreg util from
Dos. I have seen horrible messes clear up in minutes this way. Reformatting
should only be a last resort, in my opinion.

Brian

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"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
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A day or two ago, I posted a message saying that my Internet Explorer was
freezing up and an unknown program was not responding when I went to shut
down my computer. It was really wierd, because it was only after I visited
this site only! Anyways, I did a format on my C: and started fresh. Now
things are working fine! I have no idea what the problem was. But thanks
to those who offered help tp me.
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I'm stuck inside this thing!


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You are welcome. How long did it take to do the fresh install? Any
driver problems? Have you reinstalled all your downloaded apps?
Preserved all your user files/settings? Done all your Windows Updates?
Said three prayers each time it wanted to reboot?

Once you have a functioning system, especially one close to a clean
install, do a full system backup. If you have multiple partitions, I
guess a backup is a bit more complex. It depends upon the ties between
the Registry & the other partitions, as to whether they must be backed
up concurrently. Also, if you've changed the hardware since the backup,
you may need to change it back before a restore.

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/index.html Backup & partitioning strategy
http://home.wanadoo.nl/geurt/home.html Extended Operating System Loader
http://powerquest.com/driveimage/ Drive Image
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/ TrueImage
http://www.arjsoftware.com ARJ Archiver
http://www.betterbackup.com/ Retrospect CD Backup
http://www.bootitng.com/ 's BootIt NG, has a variety of backup
capabilities: Copy to HDD, or Image to HDD or to CD. (TBIView, freely
downloadable, can retrieve individual files from an Image.)
Shrink/expand your partitions without data loss. Multi-boot, if you
dare. Free, run from floppy, but pay up as I did if satisfied. To
install & use beyond 30 days, $34.95.
http://www.cdrfaq.org/ CD R/W Backup
http://www.cyberiapc.com/backup.htm MyOwnBackup (MOB) (Free)
http://www.han-soft.com/habt.php Auto Backup (30-day free trial)
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport...&p=hpcdwriter2
Simple Backup
http://www.karenware.com/ PtReplicator (Free)
http://www.lifesaverbackup.com/
http://www.mvps.org/links.html Should have good info
http://www.pcmag.com/ Lots & lots of sturdy downloads. There is a $20
yearly charge now.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic Partition Magic
http://www.ranish.com/part/ Ranish Partition Manager
http://www.rescue-me.net/gold.html
http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/58307.shtml Backups
http://www.stompinc.com/bump/bump_details.phtml?stp Backup MyPC
http://www.thirdstar.net/thirdstar_datarecovery.htm Data recovery
http://www.tomsterdam.com/ BU process, performance, etc.
http://www.v-com.com/product/pc_ind.html Partition Commander
http://www.veritas.com Backup apps
http://www.xxcopy.com/ Detailed Procedure Copy (Free)
http://www.zeleps.com/ Partition re-sizer (Free)

All gathered at this site. Whichever you choose, approach it carefully
and verify all is well. After making a copy, run Scandisk/Defrag on it.
If it's an Image, use it's verify option; perhaps, restore it and do a
Scandisk/Defrag.

http://www.pchelpandconsulting.com/links/windows.html WinDrvExpert
http://www.jermar.com/wdrvbck.htm WinDrvBckup free version

Those last two supposedly back up all currently installed drivers, such
that they can be reinstalled. I never tried it but have seen a favorable
report.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
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| A day or two ago, I posted a message saying that my Internet Explorer
was freezing up and an unknown program was not responding when I went to
shut down my computer. It was really wierd, because it was only after I
visited this site only! Anyways, I did a format on my C: and started
fresh. Now things are working fine! I have no idea what the problem
was. But thanks to those who offered help tp me.
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| I'm stuck inside this thing!