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Originally Posted by supernova1965
BUMMER  You may get away with a repair with the XP Disc the only pain with that is that you will have to reactivate with microsoft |
I have the XP install cd which came with the laptop.
As I only seem to do these rescues/restores every bloody few years I'm
a bit vague on the sequence....
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Originally Posted by DeanoNZL
Steve,
It may be advisable to go into the XP event viewer and check for red flags indicating serious errors. It almost sounds like a pre-indication of a drive failure. Or at least run a scandisk to check for crosslinked files. HTH
Adrian
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thanks Adrian I'll try and do that.
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Originally Posted by Inmykombie
You wont believe this, but my laptop with XP has done the same thing at almost the same time.
When it first happened , I had about 49 Compaq help windows pop up ????
I cant get the computer to do anything now, it just has the hourglass rotating when I try o open a programm, which annoys me....
I have run AVG virus scan and still no go.
Maybe these computers talk to each other ????  |
Sorry Geoff...when I said AVG I meant Avast...
Nothing has been updated or reinstalled in the recent past...nothing.
Avast was up to date.
Only thing is...while I was doing the remote desktop session I did have
internet access...only standby and running in the background..but still
active...maybe a virus got in somehow?
Steve