[SEL] O.T. Need Computer Help - Not Me

[Richard Strobel]

Howdy Paul;
  Being a past ME user for more than five years, I can tell you the best 
thing I did was switch to XP.  ME was heartache and heartbreak every time I 
turned the darn thing on.  Lockup's were probably the most common downfall.

  I would suggest she get more RAM if that's feasible and stick with XP. 
Word of caution tho, there are some programs I had that won't run on XP.


later my friend
RickinMt.






Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Need Computer Help - Not Me


> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:42:19 -0600, Paul Maples
> <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > My Sister purchased a Gateway Desktop computer a couple of years ago, it 
> > had windows ME on it so this will give you an idea of it's age. Anyway 
> > she got on the internet with no virus protection and the next thing I 
> > know she is calling me and telling me that her computer will not do 
> > anything. I told her to do a system recovery on it but she knows little 
> > to nothing about computers and said she could not get it to do a system 
> > recovery. I later learned she had put the wrong recovery disk in first, 
> > she had put the one in that had all of the drivers on it and not the 
> > Operating Systems. By the time I got it someone else had installed 
> > Windows XP on it, it only has 64 Meg of Ram on it which is not enough to 
> > run XP efficiently. Also with Windows XP in it now it is not recognizing 
> > the CD drive.
> >
> > Anyway I am trying to get Windows XP off of it so I can put the original 
> > Recovery Disks in it and try and do a system recovery but I don't know 
> > how to dump the Windows XP operating System so I can start over, can 
> > someone tell me what I need to do.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul
>