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fastjeff
#1 Posted : Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:36:53 PM(UTC)
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I have XP Home Edition. It's screwed up and, like a dope, I can't find the CD with the operating system on it to try and fix it. I can get XP Pro (new) and cheap, but...

1. Can I upgrade to Pro without having to remove/ reinstall all my stuff (and settings)?

2. Ditto!

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#2 Posted : Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:13:17 AM(UTC)
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Mornin' Jeff,

Yes, you can upgrade to XP Pro and you won't lose any of your data. I'll send you an IM cuz this can get a bit convoluted. Not to worry. I work with 350+ folks who are in need of computer help....

... and for some reason they call me. Whistle

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#3 Posted : Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:24:21 AM(UTC)
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IM sent. And thanks again!

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#4 Posted : Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:32:18 AM(UTC)
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If you can still boot or get a menu when you press F8 during boot the built in restore functions might help.

http://www.microsoft.com...ted/ballew_03may19.mspx

I had to repair my XP system on my desktop from the original install XP CD that dated back to 2002. I wanted to save a bunch of valuable installed software. After that I still had to run a bunch of updates and patches to get the outdated XP system up to date. I found some software to make an XP patch CD with my laptop because the I couldn't get on line with the busted computer. The downloads took all day at the local library. At least the bandwidth was free. After it was all done I cloned the system to a new Western Digital hard drive because they supply free cloning software. I simply unhooked the old drive. It is now the ultimate backup. I still set restore points periodically because I never want to do this work again. The reason is I used to get paid for this kind of work. When its my own computer I am working for free.
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#5 Posted : Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:47:10 AM(UTC)
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Need a translator for this thread Anxious Yeh, whatever he just said Eh?

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#6 Posted : Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30:54 AM(UTC)
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Scary to contemplate, but I understood every word!

What I've got--and it MIGHT be my new PC--is a semi-regular 'crash' of such common programs as Word, Explorer and Excel. I get a message "Insufficient memory to run...(or words to the effect)" and I have to reboot to get the SOB running again. (A reboot always fixes it--for a while.) I'd do a "XP Repair" with my boot CD but the little b*st*rd got lost when I transferred my office.

Thanks for the advise.

Jeff
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#7 Posted : Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:58:29 AM(UTC)
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Jeff..first: is your data backed up? Make sure you have all your precious documents, photos, hootchie-kootchie videos, et al safe and sound.

Next: if you think it's a hardware issue, consider a couple of things. You could have a virus messing with your access to memory, so run your virus checker. Also possible is bad memory. It's so cheap, go out and get a set of new & bigger memory chips. I volunteer at a place where we refurb machines for needy folks and ran into an intermittent mem chip set ystdy. Put in a new set and the ailment was cured.

If it's hardware, restoring from an image is a snap. Get an image creation software. Lots of brand name mfr's (such as Nero) make them or you can (at a small risk, not a large risk) download one from the web. An image is just that, a perfect picture of what your drive looks like. Image to an external drive or to a set of DVD's. Many image programs will let you put as much as possible on one DVD, then you put in DVD #2, etc. VERIFY the image to make sure it's kosher (I can explain that when/if we talk). Now, you can safely wipe your drive and then restore the image after booting from the image-making program disk.

You may (and probably should) have a recovery partition on your hard drive already. Is there a D drive marked "recovery?". If so you are really home cheap (but not free). Your computer mfr has instructions somewhere (on the web, probably) on how to install from the recovery drive. It's usually a process of pressing a key combination on bootup. In this situation you would restore, go to the Microsoft Update site and install a ton of updates since your Home Edition was issued (easy to do but it takes little time), reload the programs not part of the Home Edition (you do have them on a CD or floppies or something, don't you?), then copy your backed up data.

Jeff, this is what I went thru at the end of last year after a virus destroyed my ability to boot the computer. Didn't touch the data, just the boot programs. I'm back with everything -- whew. And I image periodically in addition to backing up data. I have more gigabytes of photos and documents than I have hair follicles.

Call me and we can review.

Gooooood luck!

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#8 Posted : Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:09:41 AM(UTC)
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Jeff, just had mine do similar, about 90 microsoft upates(and increasing) for xp as of two months ago. Lost minimal data due to a fresh backup on my external hard drive, 1tb. JAM Good luck bud.
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#9 Posted : Tuesday, April 05, 2011 12:19:11 PM(UTC)
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HELP! I upgraded with a CD from XP Home to XP Pro that B. C. sent me, and now nothing works. All my stuff is still there, but when I boot up no icons are on the screen and I can't get on-line.

HELP!

Jeff

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#10 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:29:42 AM(UTC)
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Joe, Thanks for getting us back on line! I really missed the site.

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fastjeff
#11 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:06:43 PM(UTC)
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Thanks to FOUR persons on this site I am now up and running!

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