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Name: Najfy Date: July 21, 2003 at 02:54:39 Pacific OS: Window Me CPU/Ram: 128 MB SDram
Comment:
Hi, My PC is Dell Dimension L866r, pentium 3, 866Mhertz and 20giga, I want to uninstall all the program and reinstall back as new. My PC is cluttered with all kind of games my child used to download. I have CDs supplied when I bought this PC: i.e. DELL RESOURCE, WINDOW ME INSTALLATION, DRIVERS AND UTILITIES and OFFICE WORKSUITE. How am I going to do this, I tried according to guidebook but no avail. Ple help. Thanks and regards
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: July 21, 2003 at 04:08:22 Pacific
Reply:
Najfy, seems a little extreme to me. Perhaps you could simply delete/uninstall the offenders and preserve what is left? Since you have the original disks, you can always format the Hdd and re-install ME as a last resort. That will provide you with a COMPLETELY blank slate and you can start over. Another thought is to restore to a previous date pre games (if possible) which would get rid of the clutter and, at the same time, preserve your files. Moral : there is more than one way to 'skin a cat'.HTH. Ed in Texas.
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Name: wawadave Date: July 21, 2003 at 12:00:37 Pacific
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hello like ed says reformatings a bit extream after uninstalling the uneeded things try the things in this link how to run m.e well verion 5 http://www.burzurq.com/forum/trevtweak.html
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