Computer Woes and how to get around certain *ahem* restrictions
smvb:
Quote from: gali on 2006 March 29, 05:21:44
smvb, that baby's mouth is "killing" me...:). Never saw such a sweet mouth! Is that you or you baby?
:) Yes, it's me--a long, long time ago....
MutantBunny:
I think you're probably hosed on getting your mom's win to activate on your system. But I'd try copying the wpa file off of hers and onto yours and see if it works. Run a search for wpa.* on hers to find it, copy, then put it into the same folder youfound it in on hers on yours. It's probably in the windows folder. Might work, probably not.....
With the XP disks, there is an option to erase and re install only the XP folder, leaving your other files in tack, even your 'my documents'--the new 're-install' will simply make a new my documents folder then you can move your old my docs over into the new one. You can get utilities that will allow you to add registry entries forall your other programs, altho I don't use them so my experience with them is limited. As for those partitions, man I'd wipe if I was you. It's kinda like wasting space. A partion limits the use of the space within the partition to use by only the programs in that partition.
TaWanda:
Quote from: BlueSoup on 2006 March 29, 04:55:25
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
If you've already used the key for XP Pro, and the setup accepted it, then the only problem you'll have now is using Windows Update, and possibly some other Windows services. On my old XP Home, it gave me 30 days to register my keycode online with Windows, but when I installed XP Pro over XP Home, it never asked me to register. The only problem I've ever had with not registering is not being able to use Windows Update. If you already have SP1 (is SP2 out?) then you dont have to worry about this, but if you're concerned with keeping windows up to date, you might want to call microsoft/dell up and explain what happened- usually they'll let you register that way.
Blue, the above advice is from a young man who put together and has been running his computer from a "borrowed" copy of the installation cd for a couple of years.
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: MutantBunny on 2006 March 29, 06:08:08
As for those partitions, man I'd wipe if I was you. It's kinda like wasting space. A partion limits the use of the space within the partition to use by only the programs in that partition.
Actually, that's not true. You can use space on any partition whether or not the program using it is on the same partition. I have used my computer for years with multiple partitions. I set it up so that my C drive contains Windows and all my programs. I put all my user data such as the My Documents folder, pictures, downloaded files, etc. on my D drive. I actually have a secondary hard drive (E:) which I have a backup installation of WinXP on in case the first one gets hosed, then I have a backdoor into the system. I also have a secondary partition on the secondary hard drive (F:) which contains two or three Sims neighborhood backups as well as backups of my Sims downloads and my email and other things.
And wiping a partition will not get rid of a partition, by the way. You need to either use a program like Partition Magic, Paragon Hard Disk Manager Pro, or Partition Commander, or else redo the whole hard drive and use fdisk or whatever Windows XP uses now. I recommend the former, however. Much fewer headaches.
J. M. Pescado:
I recommend reformatting and fdisking anyway. It seems like you've installed Windoze XP Spyware Edition.
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