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

[Jim Jirik]

I think his biggest issue is that the CD rom is not being recognized.  You
can go to a website called Driverzone.com and find the driver for the cdrom
installed in the computer.  Of course, that means you will have to open the
computer to find the make/ model the cdrom drive. If you can't access the
internet on that machine you can always download on a floppy or usb drive
from another machine and then install on the problem machine.

Hope this helps,
Jim Jirik 


> [Original Message]
> From: Richard Strobel <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
> To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Date: 3/29/2005 8:34:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Need Computer Help - Not Me
>
> 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.
>
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> 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
> > 
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