Comments on: Help My Computer http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/ Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chad http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-572 chad Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:50:42 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-572 Mike: You need to remind Worst Buy that when you paid for the computer, you were also paying for licenses to software on that computer. If you go into a store and press them, they will burn the necessary CDs for you at no cost. I know; I had to have them do this for me. They tried to charge me for it, but I refused to pay -- and made the store manager back me up. Once I had the CDs, the re-install was a piece of cake. Mike:

You need to remind Worst Buy that when you paid for the computer, you were also paying for licenses to software on that computer. If you go into a store and press them, they will burn the necessary CDs for you at no cost. I know; I had to have them do this for me. They tried to charge me for it, but I refused to pay — and made the store manager back me up.

Once I had the CDs, the re-install was a piece of cake.

]]> By: Ed Dunn http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Ed Dunn Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:06:54 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-563 Why don't you ask your friend who messed the computer up pay the $167 to reformat the drive? Just a thought.... Why don’t you ask your friend who messed the computer up pay the $167 to reformat the drive? Just a thought….

]]> By: Rich http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Rich Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:03:49 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-559 Any change of just booting in safe mode (press F8 at boot up) and running System Restore (Programs/Accessories/System Tools) to roll XP back to a point in time before your buddy dork it up? Any change of just booting in safe mode (press F8 at boot up) and running System Restore (Programs/Accessories/System Tools) to roll XP back to a point in time before your buddy dork it up?

]]> By: Stephen Edgar http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Stephen Edgar Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:56:48 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-555 Michael, Is there a hidden recovery partition on the Hard Disk that contains the files. Michael,

Is there a hidden recovery partition on the Hard Disk that contains the files.

]]> By: Mike http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Mike Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:53:45 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-554 Shane, cool. Will you come over and do this for me please? :-) Shane, cool. Will you come over and do this for me please? :-)

]]> By: Shane Ede http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Shane Ede Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:52:27 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-553 :) Sometimes I wonder about you lawyer types. ;) well, if you really need to save the contents of the drive, you can throw a Linux live cd in and ip them around. Or you can simply move the drive to another machine(I'm assuming you have one) and just burn a cd(s) of the contents or move the pertinent contents to another hard drive for the time being while you reinstall the OS. :) Sometimes I wonder about you lawyer types. ;)

well, if you really need to save the contents of the drive, you can throw a Linux live cd in and ip them around. Or you can simply move the drive to another machine(I’m assuming you have one) and just burn a cd(s) of the contents or move the pertinent contents to another hard drive for the time being while you reinstall the OS.

]]> By: Mike http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Mike Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:10:00 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-550 Hey! I resent that remark. I can re-install an os. What I'm trying to do is (1) get someone else to do it for me, adn (2) save the contents of the hard drive. :-) Hey! I resent that remark. I can re-install an os. What I’m trying to do is (1) get someone else to do it for me, adn (2) save the contents of the hard drive. :-)

]]> By: Shane Ede http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Shane Ede Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:14:41 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-547 Internet technologies such as are Michaels expertise are quite a bit different from reinstalling a funky OS without discs. Did you get it to work Michael? Internet technologies such as are Michaels expertise are quite a bit different from reinstalling a funky OS without discs.

Did you get it to work Michael?

]]> By: A faithful reader http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-544 A faithful reader Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:15:33 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-544 I am sorry to say that my opinion about you just dropped 80%.. look who's been teaching me the latest about Web 2.0... a guy who can't reinstall his OS. :-( I am VERY disappointed! I am sorry to say that my opinion about you just dropped 80%.. look who’s been teaching me the latest about Web 2.0… a guy who can’t reinstall his OS. :-( I am VERY disappointed!

]]> By: Mike http://www.crunchnotes.com/2005/12/20/help-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Mike Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:42:03 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=93#comment-524 thanks everyone. thanks everyone.

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