Re: me&xp home conflict?

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oh look?everyone someone who is so perfect they can go around picking such
childish faults on others?we arnt all fantastic at
spelling.writing,etc,etc.there are some people out there who understand what
us learners are trying to write or discribe?we learners are trying does that
sink into your arrogant little mind?and as for SHE?SHE gave me the pc so had
no need to save any of her files and pictures,etc,etc.we people in this area
take computers that are no longer any use to others as they are a little
old,and we rebuild them and upgrade them for children whom cannot afford
these types of items and live in poor areas.so a groupe of use do this work
free of charge and at no expence to anyone.if we make mistakes then we try
again as it costs nothing.ITS CALLED HELPING OTHERS NO MATTER HOW THEY
SPELL,OR IF THEY CAN COMPREHEND WHAT A PARAGRAPH IS,ETC ETC ETC.do you go
around the forum slighting everyone who carnt make themselves understood?are
you realy here to help?or just have fun being a t**t?
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willing to learn more.


"Manny Borges" wrote:

Huh. You don't say?

I will also suppose that you are new to spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Oh yeah, and don't let me forget coherent sentences.

Do you understand how disinclined most people are to help someone who can't
even be bothered to put a readable paragraph together.

I mean really, why should I care about your problem if you can't be bothered
to proof read it.

Just for fun, who is her? And have you asked "her" about backing up any
important information like tax software information, important emails,
family pictures, and any other things that this user might want to preserve?
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Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.

"jelly bean" <jellybean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5C3BFC51-8036-4F4B-AA9C-2EF532AB1A0F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
im fairly new to computers only started learning 8 months ago so not sure
of
termanolagy.sorry.your explanation is correct of what i was trying to
write.thanx,but on closer inspection all the previous owners files are
still
left on pc,so what did i do wrong in that her files are still on pc?and
can i
just delete her files and computer will be fine or is there some serious
error i have to correct?jelly,xx
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willing to learn more.


"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

jelly bean wrote:
me was origonaly on pc,i xp home the pc.activated it then found xp and
home
were entwined.oops,i dont want to re xp the hdd is there a way i can
clearup
the me off the hdd?would a repair work?so i do not have to reactivate?


From your vague description, it's not entirely clear just what you did.
It sounds like you wanted to upgrade from WinMe to WinXP, but instead
created some sort of dual-boot scenario, with both operating systems
installed onto the same hard drive partition. If so, you've created a
recipe for disaster. A careful, knowledgeable specialist can do this
safely for a short period of time, but the ordinary PC user had better
be backing up his data hourly, as a catastrophic failure is a matter of
"when," rather than "if."

At this point, your only viable course of action would be to back up
your data, format the hard drive, and then install WinXP.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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