Please wait for ideas from others. But I believe I see a reason for using caution here. I personaly do not think it a good idea to use both...
Something that has caused ( MANY ) problems for me. MAKING TOO MANY Changes all at once. Better known as GETTING IN A HURRY. I have found...
I had to get outta here for awhile as I am baby sitting a 5 year old. OK. If FDSIK is out of the picture then it would have been useless ( or...
Darn !! All kinds of questions popping up here. When we speak about partitioning does it make any difference in what software we use to do same...
Moore Boy! What a great web site. All kinds of good information. There is no way I could do anything other than 100% AGREE BillyBob
Well more learning for me. I was not even thinking about a primary partition on the 2nd HD. But why would anyone want a Primary partition on the...
Well, Well. It appears to be well worth my time to jump in here. I learned something new. BTW. I made a mistake here That is on the 98SE...
That is possible. But I have not added a new HDs since the days of 98. And even If I diid add a new HD to this XP machine the CDROM is set to S:...
Definetly wait for others to comment but I believe that IF the existing CDROM is in fact D:, you could just copy the contents of the CD to the new...
The biggest pitfall that I have ever run across is JUMPER settings. Getting them right can be a real pain at times. Also be prepaired ( many...
This post deals with a possible Virus being contained in a Restore Point. The suggestion to shut down and make new is good. I agree. But I...
For me it is System Restore>Create restore point. Different software but same basic idea. But I do believe we agree on the fact that...
Christer I agree 100% with you on PLANNING But I would change install to INSTALL AND UN-INSTALL. Maybe not to the same extent but I Follow...
If you are referring to me, you are correct. I never tried ghost. BillyBob
The only part of Norton that I ever found useful was Windoctor. That was a great help with cleanup work. WinDoctor and CAREFULL USE OF RegSeeker...
A new discovery about XP being slow at shutting down. I had problems last evening. XP did not seem to want to shut down. Had not had the...
That is what I was looking for. That is what I have done on two of my machines. BillyBob
I would suggest that you get the 2nd HD cleaned up formated and installed as a SLAVE BEFORE you get too much software installed. If you do not you...
Welshjim Thank you. It is called "Learn by Doing. " Or learn from our mistakes. ( hopefully we do ) Or even " Been there and done that...
I have 3 spy wear removers all up to date and I am clear of spy wear That may well be OK now. But it is possible that some damage was done and...
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