MrBill

This Crucial is different then the one posted above. Crucial click and check...

No, he got the answer from this board under a different name...lpl Click for the answer...

I had no problems on 2 desk tops and 1 lap top but here is something to read... For a problem with the updates... That didn't take long did it???

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You mean that only one person in the world can sit at that PC?

This is more then likely your recovery stuff on the D drive as this is how most store bought PC's are. Dell and HP do it this way. It is very small compared to the C drive. Leave it alone...

Is the a + sign by it? If so, click on it and it will open it up and show you more.

What is it located in? Sound???

You can try Belarc as it does show them... http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

its not paranoia, im not scared of getting a virus ( you should see my virus logs), I am just testing out differnt security levels. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The check using one anti-virus installed at a time. Remove all traces of previous versions before installing a new one. This will better determine what works best. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know i was quite vague and didnt get my point through ( i was busy) I am seeing which way offers more security. I have files that i know are infected, and i scanned each one with a scanner to see which one picked it up, and which one didnt. I

Did you get any beeps before you took the RAM out? If so, what were they in amounts of longs and shorts... Post beeps

The reason I don't want to use the restore partition is because HP has so much junk on there that just bogs down the system. It will not let you do a bare install. It has to all all of their "Features", and I use that term very lightly. On 4 or 5 Dell's that I have used the Restore disc on, there wasn't a lot of junk left on it. There were 3 or 4 other disc to load the unwanted crap on. I just bought a new Dell laptop and the first thing I did was delete all the crap that I didn't want then installed a AV and Firewall and the other programs that I wanted. Had 26 Critical updates to do also

Probably not...

I am going into business doing repair in febrauary, so I am sure I will be doing this alot. Are you saying to use the key that is on the COA of the computer you want to reformat, or the key that came with the cd(the one you said to borrow) you are using to install it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Look at this post and ask them. Maybe even PM them... CLICK

Tain't broke no more. They fixed it for FREE...

Have you tried a program like CrapCleaner? This will get rid of a lot of stuff for you. Crap Cleaner

Thanks. I have a PC that is almost the same. Will try it. If not, I will put it in the Grandkids PC and if something screws up, it won't be mine...lol Will it give me a choice of where I want to boot to, or after it boots, just go to My Computer and choose the other drive?

Got a friends Dell Dimension 4300 PC (XP HOME) and it won't boot. The PS, Ram, Monitor, Mouse, HD are all good. Either a Processor or MOBO. No beeps at all. The HD is spinning up like it is trying to boot. Can I take the HD out of this PC and put it in another PC (take out it's HD) and get some information off the HD. There are the Financial Records for the local Vol. Fire Dept. on it that they need.

It can't go to Biloxi. Then the wife and I won't be able to go gambling. That is the town that they send the Huricane Hunter plane out of.

Open up IE and go to Tools/Internet Options and in the General tab, Delete Cookies, Temp Files, Clear History. Then close down IE and go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disc Cleanup and click on it. When the box opens up, put a check in ALL the boxes then click OK then in the next window click YES. Let it do its thing. It may take a while because you never done it before. Then when it is finished go to My Computer and then right click on the "C" drive and choose Properties. Then click on the Tools tab and under Error-checking click Check Now then put a check in the first box onl

Alt + F4 will close down any open window. Great if you don't have a pop up stopper and those pop ups come faster then you can X out of them.