its all good now, right after I fixed the problem, I received the discs from dell that have all the software and drivers that I can install to make my xps just like i received it......a little too late dell.
my mbr was screwed up before i used partition management software....i just used the software to see files on the recovery partition anyway, not to manipulate files
using the dos commands is actually really easy so i'll stick to that if this happens again in the future because the 'repair your computer' option is still gone haha.
I am trying to restore my laptop (studio xps 16) to factory settings using the recovery image. If I look in my computer, i can see C and D drives. D is my recovery partition with 7gb full out of 10gb. This is good and dandy except when i open the D drive, there is one folder that says RECOVERY that is empty. Why is it empty when there are 7gb's of files in there? I already have hidden files shown. I don't know how else to restore my laptop. Any ideas?
Also, I downloaded partition wizard home edition and i was able to view the files on the recovery partition. For some reason this program lets me see them, so i know they are there. But, when using regular windows explorer to look in the recovery folder there are no files.
I just got fios installed in my house. It comes with the wireless router...which is setup downstairs on the family pc. All my stuff...xbox, laptop, pc, psp, ps3 are all up stairs where the signal is weak. I have the old wireless router still. Can I set that up somehow so that I can get a better signal upstairs with all of my stuff?
When I boot up my pc, the first thing that happens is it goes to the bios status screen. It says information about ram, cpu, hdd's, etc. Then it asks you to press f1 to continue or delete to go to setup. This is how it has started up everytime, and I would just press f1 and continue with boot up successfully. Now all of a sudden, my wireless usb/keyboard doesnt work at all and neither does my standard usb keyboard. So, I can't even use my computer anymore because I can't get past that first screen. Any ideas? BTW, I am typing this on my ps3, woohoo (the wireless keyboard works fine on it).
I have been trying to reformat win xp pro. I have the cd. I put it in. I selected "boot from cd" etc, etc. When I turn my pc on and it goes into the setup menu, it doesn't even get to the place where i can delete partitions. It just doesn't exist or something. I don't know what to do. The only thing I can do is repair or install a clean copy of xp. But I tried both. Repairing doesn't do anything, and when I install a new copy, all my programs are still there. Its like it doesn't work. Any ideas?
On my 5150 dimension its Control and F11 or something like that (similar to ibm thinkpads) during the bootup (cant remember if before or after post) to bring up the symantec system restore thing.
I have a dell, and the way I wipe the pc clean is to restart the pc, then I press some buttons which brings up the restore "to when I first got my pc" I've done it before, I just forget those simple keys you press when the pc is booting up. Anyone know which keys I press. thanks.
I have about 230 songs of this type(mpeg-4 audio) in a folder and I want to put them on my mp3 player....my mp3 doesnt play mpeg-4 audio. So I need to get them to mp3 format. Is this possible? Is there a converter out there?
ie6 with google toolbar and just the basic macromedia, etc extensions on it.
BTW, I have made up my mind to buy a new pc this may.
Here are some possible specs:
amd athlon 64 x2 3800+ 1gb corsair pc3200 80 seagate hd 7200 8mb xion ii case 500w psu asus a8n32 sli deluxe motherboard i'll keep my dell flat panel 'cause it works fine two geforce 6800 gs video cards higher psu and better cooling down the road and of course, overclocked a lil
So what do you think about this project? Will it suit my gaming needs? And its not extremely expensive either.
What should I do. I have gone through everything that I can think of. Here is my setup to help.
1). computer #1 in my brothers room(has wireless router and modem attached to his pc) 2). computer #2 in my room(connected to the router by ethernet cable) 3). computer #3 in the basement(connected to the router by wireless card) 4). printer connected to computer#3 by a usb cable.
What am I doing wrong. Everytime I try to print from computer#2(where I'm typin now), it says connection problem. What gives I tell ya, what gives!
Well I got the pc at the end of december '05. So it is new. Some other forums recently told me about this quick lil program that disables programs running in the system tray. So currently, all I have running is avg free. I uninstalled some programs and also did the defrag and disk clean up. I see a difference. It is really quick to start up now. The internet is still not that fast, but it did speed up. For the mother board, I am not sure, but I think it is an intel. Here is the information I got from amibios scan.
SMBIOS info: Manufacturer : Dell Computer Corp. Product Name : 0CF458 Version : Serial Number: ..CN7082159TA426.
Is there a certain way to see what motherboard I have? I also know it came with intel integrated graphics and it is socket 478.
Ok, now I got rid of norton, and now avg free is the only thing running in my tray. I can't really tell if it helped or not. I also posted my hjt log file in the virus/spyware forum.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:31:07 PM, on 3/20/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
My computer is slow all of a sudden, not like it used to be when I first had it. I only have norton antivirus running in the system tray and itunes occasionally. I have a 2.53 celly. 1gbram. winxp w/ sp2. 40gb harddrive w/ 50% free. Nvidia geforce fx5500. I installed spyware/adware removers, and they say my pc is fine. The socket is 478, so can I just buy a P4 3.2ghz(for example) and drop it in and go? Am I missing something? Thanks.
