Lost all my base game neighborhoods
Judecat:
It's a Big Blue Dell computer customized and shipped to me. I did add some ram and a new graphics card --but the rest of it is how it came from the factory.
So I need to find all my drivers, and copy them to CD, can I put them on an external hard drive? Then I have to aquire windows XP, and all the programs I'm running liked PSP9 and various games, then I wipe out everything. Another question here -- isn't the bios what tells the thing to read the download CD. So how would I go about wiping and replacing that.
I really think I just need to "Accidently" delete everything, and take it to the geek squad to fix it. I'm just afraid if I try to do it I will end up with no computer at all.
Does it make any difference if someone who knows things ran a Hijack this on it, and took out the stuff that looked like it didn't belong to any program that is supposed to be on here. Or that I'm running half a dozen anti malware programs (including one that flags securom).
Thanks for helping, and sorry for jabbering -- I just got off work, and I need sleep.
J. M. Pescado:
No. You're dealing with government malware. You know it's there because you can't find it.
Nec:
Go HERE for a good torrent program with instructions on how to use it.
Go HERE to get the uni edition, or HERE if you want to choose another uni version. There are directions on what you need and how to install and get the cd key. I used this version, and upgraded to legitimate Vista with it - no issues from M$ at all. I do not recommend installing SP3, but you can use Windows update.
Go HERE and put in your service tag number to get the correct drivers for your computer. As long as you are currently running Windows XP, there shouldn't be a problem.
After you have acquired everything and burned your drivers to one disk, and you have burned the iso properly (i.e. put it in the cd drive and restart your pc, if you get the "press any key to boot from cd" message, it is properly burned...just don't press anything and Windows will load normally), you want to make sure you have everything you want saved to disk.
NEXT: Make sure the XP cd is in the drive; restart your computer. Press any key to boot from CD when you get the message. Press F8 and agree to the license agreement. You WANT to install Windows. You WANT to verify that you want to install Windows even though you already have it. DO NOT WANT to repair. You will see a list of partitions. DELETE partitions. Yes, you really want to. Then you want to format the partition using the NTFS file system. Make sure you select the full format. Then it will install Windows after rebooting, and you can put your cd key in. Don't worry about activation going wrong because it won't. Don't worry about Windows Genuine Advantage, because this edition IS legit, it is just for students (unlimited licenses), so don't panic. Next, install your drivers for everything from the driver disk you made. Install any new Windows updates. You are then all set.
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