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| Thread ID: 40702 | 2003-12-15 06:34:00 | Lost Sound | Hilton (293) | Press F1 |
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| 200762 | 2003-12-16 21:11:00 | Can I just do an install of Win XP over the top. I don`t have to worry about partitions or formatting at all. My drive is partitioned into 3 and last time my mate formatted and installed Win XP I had to reinstall programs right left and centre to get anything to work. That`s what the God help me bit was about. |
Hilton (293) | ||
| 200763 | 2003-12-16 22:01:00 | > Can I just do an install of Win XP over the top. Yes, of course you can. That is what I was meaning when I suggested it. :-) > I don`t have to worry about partitions or formatting at all. > My drive is partitioned into 3 and last time my mate formatted and installed Win XP I had to reinstall programs right left and centre to get anything to work. That`s what the God help me bit was about. Oh I see. No, a reinstall is not a format and your programs and data will remain as they are. It is still wise to backup your data though, just in case...... |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 200764 | 2003-12-17 08:45:00 | If you have data that you simply cant live without, of course back that up to the likes of CDR!! If I was in your situation (assuming you have two HDD's) copy all you think you might need from your primary to your secondary, once done remove the power and the IDE cable to your disk (so there can be no mistakes!!!) and install windows and add/remove partitions as you see fit. With regards to partitioning: what I like to do, is give windows its own partition (10 gigs seems to do the job) that way if win decides to die, you can just format where windows lives, no apps, work or anything else is lost but windows and hardware drivers. Once done, bring on all your precious data from your isolated secondary drive. This approach is the fastest and the most efficient I can think of. That is you can copy a lot, if not all data across to real quick. |
Stryker (4374) | ||
| 200765 | 2003-12-17 09:01:00 | If you're up for it, you could always try something like Knoppix. I've had a similar problem (my sound in Win98 disappeared ~six months ago, and hasn't come back since, not even with multiple driver installations, uninstallations, removing hardware, checking BIOS settings, etc), and lo-and-behold, upon trying Mandrake Linux - I had sound (though the scroll mouse wasn't detected - you can't have the best of both worlds). Best option I can give you is to check the 'Sounds and Audio Devices' Control Panel applet. Under the Audio tab, check that your hardware is actually detected (ie, the three or so drop-down boxes aren't greyed out). This is the problem I have. |
agent (30) | ||
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