cath
March 31st 03, 12:03 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Jeepers. Cath, problems like this are really difficult
>to remote-diagnose.
>>Sure - it COULD be one of the programs you're running.
>On the other hand,
>>it could be a corrupt driver. Or bad memory. And yes,
>it could be a virus,
>>too. Or something left over from a dead virus. Or a
>glitch in one of the
>>zillion Registry settings. etc. etc. etc.
>>
>>We could play trial-and-error for DAYS and not catch
>it. It's also tedious,
>>because you're not sure how to proceed, (for which I
>don't blame you), plus
>>I'm not there to see what happens when you do
>something...very tricky.
>>
>>So. If you accept the inevitability of a reformat,
then
>that might be the
>>easiest solution. Please touch base with us BEFORE you
>take this step, so
>>that we can try and make it as painless as possible.
>>
>>Ron
>>
>>Ron
>I will be reformatting my harddrive tonight, the guy
that
>built the computer for me is going to go through it with
>me, he also has no idea what could be wrong, he said
that
>he too is only guessing as to the problem.
>any tips or advice on formatting would be appreciated,
>thanks VERY much for your help, I really appreciate it
>Cath
>>.
>>
>.
>Hi Ron
sorry bout the wait,
I ended up uninstalling all the programes ect that I had
put on my computer after purcahse, everything went fine
after that, it went through defrag and I did the chkdsk
that you suggested with no problems, the only thing is I
couldn't install the new driver for my digital camera, I
removed the old one and installed the new one,
successfully according to my computer, but it wouldn't
recognise the camera. I ended up reformatting my hdd
last night, still can't get the computer to recognise my
camera, I'm not giving up, I did the reformat myself so I
am hoping that I've do everything right.
As for the problem with defrag ect. I think it may have
been the cameras driver that was causing the problem (??)
sorry again for taking so long to followup
cath
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Jeepers. Cath, problems like this are really difficult
>to remote-diagnose.
>>Sure - it COULD be one of the programs you're running.
>On the other hand,
>>it could be a corrupt driver. Or bad memory. And yes,
>it could be a virus,
>>too. Or something left over from a dead virus. Or a
>glitch in one of the
>>zillion Registry settings. etc. etc. etc.
>>
>>We could play trial-and-error for DAYS and not catch
>it. It's also tedious,
>>because you're not sure how to proceed, (for which I
>don't blame you), plus
>>I'm not there to see what happens when you do
>something...very tricky.
>>
>>So. If you accept the inevitability of a reformat,
then
>that might be the
>>easiest solution. Please touch base with us BEFORE you
>take this step, so
>>that we can try and make it as painless as possible.
>>
>>Ron
>>
>>Ron
>I will be reformatting my harddrive tonight, the guy
that
>built the computer for me is going to go through it with
>me, he also has no idea what could be wrong, he said
that
>he too is only guessing as to the problem.
>any tips or advice on formatting would be appreciated,
>thanks VERY much for your help, I really appreciate it
>Cath
>>.
>>
>.
>Hi Ron
sorry bout the wait,
I ended up uninstalling all the programes ect that I had
put on my computer after purcahse, everything went fine
after that, it went through defrag and I did the chkdsk
that you suggested with no problems, the only thing is I
couldn't install the new driver for my digital camera, I
removed the old one and installed the new one,
successfully according to my computer, but it wouldn't
recognise the camera. I ended up reformatting my hdd
last night, still can't get the computer to recognise my
camera, I'm not giving up, I did the reformat myself so I
am hoping that I've do everything right.
As for the problem with defrag ect. I think it may have
been the cameras driver that was causing the problem (??)
sorry again for taking so long to followup
cath