Hi TurboFool, http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Bart http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Look around here. In that 98/XP dual boot thread -...
Hi jslow, A guide to Services: http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm MS troubleshooting:...
Hi gghartman, Two possibilties that come to mind: Corrrupted user profiles: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151 Not having the...
Hello gengis, What the registy hives are and where:...
For the record - you would get rid of the original installation in a dual boot config by using the XP cd to format the partition and then running...
Hi Turbofool, Its your call. The poster in that thread wants to force the 2nd installation to be a C installation. IMO there is no need for...
Hi Mr. B, Same here :) Looking back thru this thread, I should have used the word "swap" instead of "switch ". Regards - Charles
When you install, if there is another installation on C, it'll ask whether to override C, you saying no, and then install to one of the partitions...
Hello dastgir, Just a quibble here :) Not memory, it's disk space, which is probably what you meant. Regards - Charles
Hi Mr. B, To answer your question, did the obvious http://www.directron.com/patasata.html PATA/SATA drives connect differently. Regards -...
Yes, with the exception of the boot partitions, can't change C or the new boot partition letter. Regards - Charles
Its not clear from your post whether System Resore's restore points were deleted as well. Its also my understanding that GoBack shuts SR off, if...
John Dvorak's take on US Broadband: Hijacking the Internet http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1936571,00.asp Regards - Charles
Hi Mr.B, you may well be right - could be an unwarrented assumption on my part. Regards - Charles EDIT: to make the drive switching issue...
Hi ajglass, Ok, did you try any of the Winsock fixes - it gets damaged by malware and this case is the same in principle. Went looking for...
Thanks Mudd :) I'm glad somebody thinks so. Regards - Charles
Then the only option I see that will work for you is to use a boot manager. Disconnect your PATA drive, install the OS on your SATA drive, install...
Hi Mudd, FYI, a heavily loaded XP - loaded with programs like media tools - would need at the most 15 - 20 GB's of space. We had a thread on...
Hello ajglass, How to repair winsock http://windowsxp.mvps.org/winsock.htm How did you "delete" Fix-it 5? Does it have an Add/Remove entry...
Hi Mudd, If you're willing to re install the OS and you have confidence that your user data is backed up, then yes. After getting the basic...
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