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Topic: I wrecked my PC today
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InLoveWithLife
Knowflake Posts: 1530
From: Wonderland
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted June 14, 2007 05:27 PM
 
Why do I have to do this? tinker with things, and always, always, mess everything up.  I selected the 'restore factory settings' option which erased the OS from my laptop, and after that it told me that the rescue and recovery disc is 'wrong'. aaaarrrgghhhhh !!  Now I am left with a laptop which has an E drive, the C drive has been erased (i think), and the whole thing is in an indeterminable intermediate state. neither completely erased nor usable. And I have a report to make and submit tomorrow.  And this after I made sure I wasn't repeating any of my earlier mistakes. I had backed up all data, had all my software cd's ready etc etc. Looks like there is an infinite number of mistakes to be made, and my Higher Self has determined that I make ALL of them, all for my personal growth of course.  Why??? Why me?! Why ALWAYS me ?!!!  IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
Knowflake Posts: 6485
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted June 14, 2007 05:43 PM
Self-sabotage..... 
My sympathies for your poor equipment lying in a coma  Next time you decide to "tinker" call Dr. Zala and I'll remind you of the Credo of the Six P's, eh??  IP: Logged |
InLoveWithLife
Knowflake Posts: 1530
From: Wonderland
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted June 14, 2007 05:47 PM
Credo of the Six P's ???? What is that? ::sigh:: not that its much use asking now...or is it?  IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
Knowflake Posts: 6485
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted June 14, 2007 06:59 PM
Prior Planning Prevents Pi$$-Poor Performance  I know you did plan well, but there's always that Monkey Wrench lurking under the desk..... and the best laid plans etc etc. Why did you want to restore the factory settings?? IP: Logged |
InLoveWithLife
Knowflake Posts: 1530
From: Wonderland
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted June 14, 2007 08:17 PM
my lappie had become reeeally ssssssslow. like when it was new it was an aries with a gemini moon, now it had become a taurus with a taurus moon and mercury and mars. So i thought it needed some 'fresh energy'.  I think instead it decided it needed some rest.  IP: Logged |
TheEvolution
Knowflake Posts: 715
From: Mumbai, India
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted June 15, 2007 04:17 AM
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Why do I have to do this? tinker with things, and always, always, mess everything up
sorry but are u a cancerian? IP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 9809
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted June 15, 2007 08:51 AM
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my lappie had become reeeally ssssssslow
Next time try defragging first.  ------------------
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Dulce Luna
Knowflake Posts: 4598
From: The Asylum
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted June 15, 2007 10:31 AM
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ILWL said: Why do I have to do this? tinker with things, and always, always, mess everything up
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------TheEvolution said: sorry but are u a cancerian?
LMMFAO, because I'm a cancerian and I tend to have that problem. But ILWL is a Cancer Asc in case you were wondering.
Sorry to hear about that ILWL, I wish I could help....I'm just no computer whiz myself. I have a laptop myself though.
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Mirandee
Knowflake Posts: 4812
From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted June 15, 2007 10:57 AM
Bummer, ILWL. Do you have a system restore feature? The defrag thing that Fayte suggested is what I do when my computer starts running slower. Also I free up memory by deleting things that I no longer use etc. Thanks for reminding me about that Fayte as I have not checked lately to see if it
needed defragging. That's because I need defragging I think.  Hope you can get it fixed and back to normal, ILWL.
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Thethirdbenjamin
Knowflake Posts: 492
From: Ottawa / Toronto, Canada
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted June 16, 2007 01:06 AM
you can't..do a system restore if theres no OS instaled.Defraging helps when its slow....also trying going start>>run>>type msconfig>>startup and deselect applications you don't want to start up, that will speed things up when starting your PC and limites some of the programs running in the background. Do you have a recent bootable disk made on a CD ???? after everything was instaled and working??? That might bring everything back. IP: Logged |
Mirandee
Knowflake Posts: 4812
From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted June 16, 2007 01:13 AM
LOL See, that's why I don't bother my computer much, Thethirdbenjamin. I think that's why God created tech support people. Truthfully that is what I normally do - call someone who knows more than I do about computers. IP: Logged |
InLoveWithLife
Knowflake Posts: 1530
From: Wonderland
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted June 18, 2007 02:36 PM
Thanks for all the ideas everyone. unfortunately i have tried all of them with no success Just wanted to say tht I might not be able to post all tht much until i get my comp to work. (and i WILL.....ILWL is all about WILL ) yeah Evo, you guessed it right ! now i got something to pin the blame to, at last IP: Logged |
Xena
Moderator Posts: 398
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted June 20, 2007 02:54 PM
Ummm...Merc Retro springs to mind...major snarler-upper... Call someone out and have them fix it. Perhaps expensive, but (usually) better than DIY. IP: Logged |
InLoveWithLife
Knowflake Posts: 1530
From: Wonderland
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted June 20, 2007 03:11 PM
hehe, i fixed it !! The problem was tht i didnt have the windows cd. once i got it, it just took 1.5 hrs and my comp was up and running. You see i had backed up everything, so tht wasnt an issue. i wanted a fresh install. i had installed so many softwares over the last 2 years tht it was near impossible to clean it up completely. now i have exactly wht i need, windows, office and gtalk. tht's all i want
(atleast now....sooner or later of course i'll install utorrent, yahoo, mozilla, xvid.......... ) IP: Logged |
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