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67669 2002-08-03 23:33:00 While I'm here, Iris I'm puzzled as to why all your
apostrophes are strange. Are you using the character
alongside the number one on the top row of your
keyboard?

If so, that's the wrong one. The correct one is two
keys to the right of the L key, which is next to
Enter on my keyboard.

Thanks for this small correction Susan. Afraid I've been using the wrong one all this time. Made a note to remember to use right one from now on.
:8} :8} :8}

Always open to advice, and always ready to use it (unlike a certain person)

Hope this isn`t going to get double posted now. Went back to "spell check" and completely lost my message (I think) so am re-doing it.


Iris
Iris (475)
67670 2002-08-04 02:12:00 You can format "d" & "e" without losing doze. and if you have a significant %age of your data stored in there, there will be advantages in doing it, but in essence all you will have done is the ultimate defragg on your D&E partitions

Normally we only defragg BECAUSE the operating system and/or programmes are getting so screwwy that it is time for a total clean out. Then we reformatt, and then reinstall everything.

To compare it to a building, reformatt is the equivalent of running a bulldozer through the land and rebuilding. This may be easyer if the building is structurly rotten, but a silly thing to do to fix a hole in the wall or a leaky tap.
Chris Wilson (431)
67671 2002-08-04 06:31:00 Judging by the amount of stupid questions you have asked in this thread "Teachme" you obviously out of your depth.

Take your computer to where you brought it from, and pay them to do it.
Viking (1050)
67672 2002-08-04 06:33:00 I FORGOT MY PASSWORD TO MY OTHER ACCOUNTS.```AND I AM NOT A IDIOT, I JUS HAVE THE IQ LEVEL OF AN IDIOT.
YOU SPELL SUGGESTION WRONG
UR SPELLING: SUGGETION
MY SPELLING: SUGGESTION

WHAT DID I SAY TO YOU? WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO ME? I AM NOT AN IDIOT AND TELLTHE MODERATOR GUYS THEY CAN DELETE ALL MY OTHER ACCOUNTS EXCEPT THE TEACHME ONE. I FORGOT MY OTHER PASSWORDS AND I AM NOT SHOUTING TOO..MY COMPUTER GOT VIRUSED WITH THE CAPITALS...
I AM A IT I MEAN HE AND HOW DO YOU KNOW YANKADOODLE ETC ARE MY OTHER ACCOUnTS? YOU SPY :(
WHO ARE YOu? i don't remember saying bad stuff to you man

please don't lock my threads! i still need to show them to someone and i am sure other people will find my questions useful and the "answers" i give to them ok? yes ok!
my typist`s fingers are tired now i have to stop
she is so nice man unlike some people.

cya!!!
IS MY COMPUTER STILL VIRUSSED??
teachme (302)
67673 2002-08-04 06:35:00 >>>Normally we only defragg

oops should have typed Reformat
sorry about that.
Chris Wilson (431)
67674 2002-08-04 06:43:00 i can't understand what i read..i lost my black thick lens glasses man

i do try to read your post, but i can't understand them but i am emotionally appreciative and mentally challenged
calm down heather i'm only thirteen man i don't know better would u like to b my teacher?? for free on'ly though
and be my friend i have lots of friends on pressf1
please forgive me like my other friends like bruce buckman!
and loser
and viking
but i still don't know what you did last summer taht was mean what you did to me viking, i might cry you know i deeply feel for my computer you know
now back on the subject can i delete everything on my computer without losing my windows? my friend said he clicked on file then format on my computer and he deleted everything on c drive apart from his windows.
bye i will miss u heather!!
teachme (302)
67675 2002-08-04 07:19:00 Your question was answered in advance above by me and by others
>>>"Normally we only reformat BECAUSE the operating system and/or programmes are getting so screwy that it is time for a total clean out. Then we reformat, and then reinstall everything."

If you look up you will also see this.
>>>"To compare it to a building, reformat is the equivalent of running a bulldozer through the land and rebuilding. This may be easyer if the building is structurally rotten, but a silly thing to do to fix a hole in the wall or a leaky tap."
I think this summarizes the situation well.
If you reformat you will lose ALL content, just as Heather said above. You will have to get the disks that windows was installed from and start again. If you haven't done this B4 it will be a good learning curve.

either
1. back up what you can
2. reformat
3. reinstall everything
4. rebuild what you couldn't back up

or
put up with it as is, complete with whatever problems the system may have

or
fix the problems one at a time.


Teachme/timyang
I am happy to give my time and take you seriously IF you make the effort yourself. However if you ask anymore questions on this topic that show you have not read what me or others have bothered to tell you, i shall do what most everyone else has done and give up on you.
Chris Wilson (431)
67676 2002-08-04 07:30:00 thankyou darling you are so helpful
can i delete everything without losing my windows?
even things i don't even know i have

i did read your email but i still don't understand, but thanks anyways!!
keep replying
teachme (302)
67677 2002-08-04 08:06:00 That is a great analogy Chris about the rebuilding when there is only a leaking tap.

Also no offence to you Tim Yang. But I feel that the name teachme should have been blocked from being registered in the first place. There are others similar which should also be blocked.
-=JM=- (16)
67678 2002-08-04 09:56:00 I think we should just ignore the burk

EffOff to your childish Yahoo chat rooms TingTong/YingYang/Teachme or whatever your nickname is.

People here have got better things to do with their time and energy
dot_com (558)
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