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Reformating My Computer
I currently have a Compaq Presario running Windows Me with 850Mhz processor, 128 ram, and 40 GB hard drive. I think I might have a virus or maybe Me is just screwed up. I can't use system restore, I can't open Windows Media Player, and I cant' view some pages on amazon.com (music cd pages, I think I must have some anti music virus.) Anyway, I want my hard drive fully reformatted and windows re-installed. Some questions: I would like to upgrade to Windows XP because I have read it is so much stable. Would my computer work all right with XP with a 850Mhz processor, 128 ram? Or would it be better to re-install Me? I want to be able to use my dvd player that came with my computer, my cd rom drive, and disk drive. Would I have to save the drivers and programs that run these things before I reformat? The only thing I want saved from my computer that I created are the pictures I have loaded onto it. Anything else I don't really care about. Would it be best to take my computer to a local computer repair shop and let them do this? Would they be able to fully reformat my hard drive, get my dvd player running, get my sound card and video card and all the other cards running? Basically, I want my computer restored to the way it was when I first got it, except I want to keep the pictures. I'm thinking I might as well reformat the drive tho, just incase there are any viruses. I'm thinking about just buying another computer. But since my current computer seems to be holding up so good I would hate to throw it in the closet and not use it. I think I can easily get a few more years out of it. So, what's the best plan to follow? Thanks! |
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The processor will do fine. 128MB of RAM will not. The bare, bare minimum
would be 256MB and XP does not like less than 512MB. WinMe is the worst Win 9X OS Microsoft ever foisted on the public. Get the 512, install XP and never look back. HH "Von Fourche" wrote in message ink.net... I currently have a Compaq Presario running Windows Me with 850Mhz processor, 128 ram, and 40 GB hard drive. I think I might have a virus or maybe Me is just screwed up. I can't use system restore, I can't open Windows Media Player, and I cant' view some pages on amazon.com (music cd pages, I think I must have some anti music virus.) Anyway, I want my hard drive fully reformatted and windows re-installed. Some questions: I would like to upgrade to Windows XP because I have read it is so much stable. Would my computer work all right with XP with a 850Mhz processor, 128 ram? Or would it be better to re-install Me? I want to be able to use my dvd player that came with my computer, my cd rom drive, and disk drive. Would I have to save the drivers and programs that run these things before I reformat? The only thing I want saved from my computer that I created are the pictures I have loaded onto it. Anything else I don't really care about. Would it be best to take my computer to a local computer repair shop and let them do this? Would they be able to fully reformat my hard drive, get my dvd player running, get my sound card and video card and all the other cards running? Basically, I want my computer restored to the way it was when I first got it, except I want to keep the pictures. I'm thinking I might as well reformat the drive tho, just incase there are any viruses. I'm thinking about just buying another computer. But since my current computer seems to be holding up so good I would hate to throw it in the closet and not use it. I think I can easily get a few more years out of it. So, what's the best plan to follow? Thanks! |
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