Crashed !

[the civil one]

Sent out a few E mails yesterday ,
Came back to send out a few more ,
Started , then told me to re-install windows !
W-T-F !
Went to a more knowledgable friend , he says its crashed
and i need expert help ,, nothing new there.
So i may or may not loose my photos , which would be a pain in the arse.
So the question is this .
Its an Compaq M700 served me well , only ever had a few wee falters
so what now
Sugestions ?
I browse and send quite a few Pics and e - Mail s

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

Those porn sites will get you

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

And how are you posting now?

 

[SOAA]

You don't neccessarily need to buy a new PC unless of course you were thinking of buying a new one soon anyway.
Being as it's a Compaq PC did it not come with any sort of Restore CDs? Sometimes you can insert a restore CD, restart the PC and it should boot from the CD and restore your PC back to it's original factory / shop state.
Doing this would cause you to loose anything you have saved on your PC at the moment (including your photos). Is your friend knowledgable enough to make a backup of your hard disk before you use the restore CD?

 

[ovenpaa]

The important part I would guess is to save any important data before you do anything, pull the HD in its caddy and get a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter cable and bung the HD in another machine, if it is Win2k or XP and is NTFS you will need a similar system (NT based) Once the HD is in copy the data over to suitable media and breath a sigh of relief.

Now you can fdisk format etc, or try and repair without fear of loosing data. and ask yourself why winders fell over.

What operating system is it?

PS - dont forget to backup your favourites folder from IE if you use such a thing.

HTH

 

[the civil one]

No

Neither of us , would have a great deal of experiance with
computers , i use it and can get by !
I have only found out that i could have had a Back up !
Live and learn ,
Its a Bnk holiday here , so i guess i will take it to a shop in
Derry to get them to have a butchers .
Its a Bummer .
You never really appreciate Broadband , until you have to go back to
dial up.