Posts by Laser

Run Defrag from a command prompt with the /f switch. This will 'force' the defragmentation even if space is low.

Guilty as charged. :) I've found that XP is extremely stable, even when tweaked and I haven't had to reload in over a year.

Probably shouldn't have said that :eek:

Mainly to include service pack 1 or 2 as my original xp pro has no service packs; and also if i recall correctly when i tried backing up with Nero or clonecd or cdrwin i always ended up with a cd that wouldn't boot or prompted for files from the a: drive. Must have missed a setting or something; all i know is Bart's way worked for me first shot and i don't have to immediately update on a reload cuz i'm going directly to XP Pro SP2.

P.S. I'm one of those people that ' if it ain't broke, tweak it!' I don't use System Restore and my best cure for any computer headache is a clean install.

Have a look at this site. :cool:

I'd guess that "a temporary file cannot be created" because write permissions are required.

How about using something other than Internet Explorer, such as Firefox or Mozilla? Works for me.