Re: Sudden freezes, and bits missing

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I don't think Time provide such a route. I did buy a disk which is supposed
to let me refresh back to the originl configuration, but it doesn't seem to
work. Gives a message along the lines of 'Unable to establsh mem top'.
Contacted Time and they say this means a fault on the hard disk which I find
hard to believe as it seems to be working perfectly. They said I'd have to
return the machine for repair, which as it is out of guarantee, would be
acostly option.

sfc /scannow did not solve the problem, and I wasn't prompted to insert a
disc.

I have just tried soemthing new, which might have solved the problem (at
least it
hasn't happened for all of 10 minutes!), which is to turn my spam blocker in
McAfee off. It might have been having difficulty contacting the ISP as that
is a read only address using broadband.

Cheers

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:5C8DDDD1-7502-4E66-9AB3-11AB21EB72E4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Tim <Tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > Hi Again
> >
> > Thanks for all your efforts -we may nbot have solved the original
> > problem but have sorted out a few issues on the way. It's probably
> > about time to end this thread, but first;
> >
> > Since I looked up sfc /scannow in the Microsoft knowlege base, and
> > found that there isn't a space between the / and scannow it works
> > perfectly. Still no effect on the problem though. I am now going to
> > do this and everything else again in safe mode.
> >
> > A few final questions;
> >
> > Yes I have SP2 on cd. As I said before I do not have the original XP
> > on disk as it is hidden somewhere in a partition and I can't get at
> > it. Can I still reload using the sp2 cd?
> >
> > Is there a site anywhere that lists all those useful utilities like
> > sfc?
> >
> > Cheers
>
> I'd lost this post somewhere along the lines. Anyhow... Did scanning do the
> trick? You *will* be prompted to insert the disk and seeing as you haven't
> got one it's going to be problematic at best. However, not all is lost.
>
> If you have the hidden partition MOST companies provide a way to make it
> into a disk. If you have it on a hidden partition MOST companies provide a
> "non-destructive recovery" option which will probably be where I'd start
> your journey.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>
.

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