major presidential problem

[Ninot]

my friend came over today.. he was "playing with" my computer, and apparently, once he was though, i ended up with some majorly corrupt files in some pretty essential places.

this means im probably gonna be reformatting tommorow or the day after. This means the turnchat may be delayed as well, if Timeline cant play it.

this is just a "so you know" kinda thread, but if you people have ideas on how to get threw this smoothly, im open to anything.

[Jon Shafer]

Hail the Almight F-Disk!

Well that stinks.
That's why I let no one touch my precious computer.
I screw it up enough for myself.

[notyoueither]

What OS? Windows I presume. Which version?

Often running setup over the old Windows will get things 'righter' and maintain the existing installed software (if it was uneffected). Can put off the need to deltree or reformat and reinstall for a bit.

[MrWhereItsAt]

All I need is your friend's name and address. I'll do the rest.

00-WIA


But seriously, a delayed chat is GOOOD. Delayed how long, I hope?

[Kramerman]

My grampa has mob connections.
I can ask him to..... 'take care of' your little friend.


EDI:Mr.WIA, where did you get that bond007 smily?

[MrWhereItsAt]

If I told you I'd have to kill you.

And you might not like that.




Sorry, couldn't resist.

How about here ?

But the Bond one is MINE. I used it all the way through President in the Civ2 Demo game and will continue to do so.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
If I told you I'd have to kill you.

And you might not like that.




Sorry, couldn't resist.

How about here ?

But the Bond one is MINE. I used it all the way through President in the Civ2 Demo game and will continue to do so.

Thanks alot. This should be helpful and fun.

[Mr. President]

I have a talent for screwing up my computer while trying to do relatively inane things. I empathize, brother.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by notyoueither
What OS? Windows I presume. Which version?

Often running setup over the old Windows will get things 'righter' and maintain the existing installed software (if it was uneffected). Can put off the need to deltree or reformat and reinstall for a bit.

Unfortunately, he has windows xp.

I have several XP horror stories. I quickly switched back to 98. now i can play my games again

[Kuciwalker]

XP is goddamned ugly. No way I'm upgrading from ME!

[GodKing]

AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgh.


Oh well. Do what you have to do.

(ps - I work construction, so let me know if you need a place to....dispose of some rubbish MrWhereItsAt)

[Epistax]

pssst go with win2k. It is by far the most stable windows (yes more stable than xp), and it takes significantly less resources to run. Additionally ethernets actually WORK heheh

[Ninot]

meh, switching windows versions isnt much of an option. im pretty content with XP overall, but my friend did something very unpatiently, and all has gone to crap .

Dont worry, i got a couple of uncles in the Montreal Mafia

as for how long the turnchat is delayed, that depends on when i can get my system formatted, and if Timeline can fill in

if i dont get my system formatted today, i MIGHT be able to play the turnchat. if i do, untill i get my civ3 running again.

[adaMada]

If you're working XP, and you can get it to boot up, try to use system restore to the last restore point before your friend touched it... if your only problem is currupt files, that may well fix it...

(Just in case you don't know, system restore can be accessed by start->all programs->accessories->system tools->system restore)

As for Windows XP, I love it. It does give me some trouble with some older games, but it doesn't crash that much, can stay on for a long time without getting really crabby and slow (something I always found with Windows 9x computers). Overall, I personally think it's better than Windows ME in every way, and better than Windows 98 in most...

Hope this helps...

-- adaMada

[Timeline]

I can take over until you can come back.

The turnchat at 4pm est today (Tuesday) is still on.