Thank you James and Christer for confirming my own opinion. I was interested as I only have an 80GB SSD in my laptop and thought I could free up...
I was recommended to use a program called WinUtilities Free Edtion by a magazine to which I subscribe. Their tips are usually very good, but how...
PeteC, Thanks for your help with this. I have just checked and it now appears that IE No Addons is back in the System Tools menu after I rolled...
Here is the post removal log file of AdwCleaner. # AdwCleaner v3.018 - Report created 17/02/2014 at 13:11:03 # Updated 28/01/2014 by Xplode #...
Evan Omo, The DVD drive has not been restored on my other laptop. The BIOS information on the laptop is very sketchy. I suppose HP must be paying...
Evan Omo, Thanks for the help. I have done as you suggested and a number of things have shown up. Here are the log files:...
Hi PeteC, Here is what I have done. 1. Internet Explorer was uninstalled from Windows Update, Installed Updates. I was able to establish that...
Evan Omo, Thank you for the tip about the Windows Repair program. I downloaded it and used it, but I am not sure exactly what difference it made....
Thanks for the suggestion PeteC. I looked at the Update History, and found two IE Security updates, KB2909921 and KB2898785 and uninstalled each...
Thanks for the tip, Evan Omo, but it does not work. I am reluctant to try a Restore just yet. I have looked at some of the suggestions on the...
My problem began when I tried to open Internet Explorer. It refused to start. Got the rotating cursor then nothing. I checked the Windows...
I think one thing that I have learned from this episode is that Seatools for Dos does not seem able to cure LBA errors. Of course it says it has...
I am afraid I was a bit previous! The HDD did not last a restart. It is now junk! New Install going okay. Lesson here is: at the first signs of...
Well I got my PSU and tried a number of utility programs to recover the lost partitions. Partition manager did not want to know and eventually I...
Thanks very much for the tip, Doc. This looks like a very possible solution. I will try it as soon as I get my PSU - battery is flat! Should have...
James and Ij50 - Many thanks for your suggestions. I will investigate the cost/availability of a set of recovery disks in the UK, but am not...
Thank you for your very rapid responses, Steve and Ij50. I have no idea whether HP in the UK will send me another OS dvd as in the past I have...
I have a problem with my laptop HDD that I cannot resolve. On booting the message "Disk read error press Ctrl + Alt + Del .." appears. First off...
Thanks for the info, Bill. I am referring to SODIMMs and I cannot say whether the two cards are actually electrically compatible, but they sure...
Thanks for the headsup, Whiskeyman. I will have to get some of the DDR recommended by Crucial.
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