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From: -rwxrw-r-- on 14 Sep 2005 20:41 On Wednesday 14 September 2005 10:03 am, Asher_N had this to say in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > -rwxrw-r-- <nostop(a)stopspam.com> wrote in > news:riYVe.197902$Hk.131341(a)pd7tw1no: > >> On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:26 pm, Carey Frisch [MVP] had this to >> say in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: >> >>> No, you cannot use yours. Your friend needs to contact the >>> manufacturer of his or her computer and request a replacement. >>> The Product Key (license) affixed to your friends computer will >>> only work with the computer manufacturer's recovery CD. >>> >> >> And what in the OP's post leads you to think he's even talking about a >> "computer manufacturer's recovery CD"? It could be any version of >> Windoze he has there. You don't know and he wasn't specific. >> >> > > Because 'recovery CD' implies the set of disk that resets a computer to > it's 'as shipped' condition, including Windows and all other software pre- > installed by the manufacturer. Those CDs only coe from the major > manufactuers and are locked to a particular model and config. The OP made no mention of having a "recovery disk". Are you Wintards unable to read a posting, digest its meaning and offer correct answers? -- Now this is Eye-Candy! Most beautiful desktop in the world. Checkout ELive - a live Linux CD - run R17 http://www.elivecd.org/gb/About/index.html
From: Malke on 19 Sep 2005 08:56 GreyTop wrote: > I did a repair install on one of my computers today, and all wen well > until the final reboot and then it went into a loop. I was unable to > boot in any configuration (IE no safe mode last known con fig. or the > other two options) > Sure could use some input on this problem. > TIA What was the problem that caused you to do a repair install? Without knowing anything about your computer and its problems, it is not possible to give you a specific answer. If there are no hardware problems (and let us know if you need help diagnosing hardware), then format/clean-install Windows and restore data from backups. If you have no backups, your data can still be retrieved outside of Windows. Let us know if you need details about that. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
From: Malke on 20 Sep 2005 09:20
GreyTop wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:56:52 -0700, Malke <notreally(a)invalid.com> > wrote: > >>GreyTop wrote: >> >>> I did a repair install on one of my computers today, and all wen >>> well until the final reboot and then it went into a loop. I was >>> unable to >>> boot in any configuration (IE no safe mode last known con fig. or >>> the other two options) >>> Sure could use some input on this problem. >>> TIA >> >>What was the problem that caused you to do a repair install? Without >>knowing anything about your computer and its problems, it is not >>possible to give you a specific answer. If there are no hardware >>problems (and let us know if you need help diagnosing hardware), then >>format/clean-install Windows and restore data from backups. If you >>have no backups, your data can still be retrieved outside of Windows. >>Let us know if you need details about that. >> >>Malke > My computer is Gateway 1100 I have XP pro installed with all the > patches. I have a true image backup up of the complete system which I > used a couple of time yesterday. To get back up and running after it > was stuck in the loop, > The reason for the repair install was the computer has slowed to a > crawl for some reason. I have a hunch the culprit is Spyware Doctor. I > can remove the program completely and it is back to normal. If I just > use the function to NOT start at start in the program it still slows > the computer down. Hence I wanted to get rid of the program and a > repair install to ensure it did not remove any thing. > Yes I have run SFC Scan now. > I am just trying to find out why when doing a repair install at the > last boot it the computer goes into a loop and it will not do anything > but loop regardless of what I do. Perhaps the loop is caused by drivers, perhaps by some software you have installed. I'm sorry but there really is no way for me to know. Since you have images, try restoring a recent one. Here are links discussing computer slowness: Slow or Sluggish Computer: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm http://aumha.org/a/health.htm - Take Out the Trash (section 4) Have you done any hardware diagnosis at all? Tested the hard drive or RAM for a start? Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |