Computer Woes and how to get around certain *ahem* restrictions
BlueSoup:
So, my computer went kablooie on the weekend. Long story short, my CD drive stopped reading as a valid drive and kept getting corrupted somehow (the computer store guy said something about the CD burner software).
Anyway, I reinstalled Windows XP Pro and reformatted my computer and now everything is working fine. I couldn't find all of my recovery disks and so I used my mom's Dell XP Pro installation CD. Problem is, the activation required doesn't work with my comp because it's already recognized on hers. How do I get around this activation? Is it going to make my OS stop working? Or will the only repercussion be that I can't download certain Microsoft programs (like Anti-Spyware as a I already discovered)?
Another question, about partitioning. When I was reformatting, I saw I had 2 partitions (my OS came already installed, so this is the first I've seen of it), and I have no idea how to make partitions bigger, smaller, delete them, use them, etc. The smaller of the two was about 4gigs, and then the main was the rest.
What is it for? What's the best config to make it all run smoothly? Someone at work mentioned installing the OS on the smaller one, and then keeping all your main stuff on the big one, so if you have to reinstall, you don't lose all your stuff (seeing as, you know, my CD drive was corrupt).
Thanks in advance for reading this rambling post that may not make any sense at all! :P
Simlover:
As for the partitioning its supposed to be so that information can be found quickly and also it makes it useful if you want to reformat say c drive but want to keep all your info etc untouched on the other. The partitioning can take place either before reformatting using f'disk or I believe there are programs such as partition magic which will allow you (i think) to partition from withing the windows operating system.
smvb:
Quote from: BlueSoup on 2006 March 29, 04:55:25
Another question, about partitioning. When I was reformatting, I saw I had 2 partitions (my OS came already installed, so this is the first I've seen of it), and I have no idea how to make partitions bigger, smaller, delete them, use them, etc. The smaller of the two was about 4gigs, and then the main was the rest.
What is it for? What's the best config to make it all run smoothly? Someone at work mentioned installing the OS on the smaller one, and then keeping all your main stuff on the big one, so if you have to reinstall, you don't lose all your stuff (seeing as, you know, my CD drive was corrupt).
I'm not sure what yours is for, but on the two recent laptops I've bought, there is a small, hidden partition where system restore utilities are kept. On my new Toshiba, there is an option to delete the hidden partition if you don't need it anymore (after burning a set of recovery CDs--they don't provide them, they just give you a utility that creates them) Perhaps that was what was on your smaller partition?
gali:
smvb, that baby's mouth is "killing" me...:). Never saw such a sweet mouth! Is that you or your baby?
BlueSoup:
Well, I do actually have 3 partitions. The third is very tiny, so I didn't mention it. I have no idea what was on the second.
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