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partitioning, reformating, reinstall OS
greyowl replied to greyowl's topic in General Windows PC Help
Thank you for the information. I will try this and report back tomorrow. -
I recently reinstalled the Operating System on a Dell Latitude E6400. I appreciate the help I received from the forum. I am now wondering if I could have done it differently. The drive had been divided into C and D partitions. The C partition was a 100mb partition that said "system reserved". The old operation system was on D partition. I considered changing the partition to make the drive just one partition © and install XP on it. However, I got a warning that removing the stuff on C drive would make the computer not boot until I installed XP, so I got cold feet and installed XP on the D drive partition. Now when I install the drivers and apps, they default to install on the C partition which obviously has no space so I have to change the destination on everything. I am wondering what this 100mb partition is all about and what is its benefit. I am also wondering if I could just create on partition and install XP on it like I have done with other laptops and whether it would work fine. I hope someone understands this and can explain it to me. Thank you
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Thank you so much for this link. When I looked it up, I could only find drivers for Vista. Maybe, I was on the Canadian Dell site. I have now successfully reformated the hard drive and installed XP. Just need to now install the drivers. Thanks so much for the help. If I run into anymore problems, I will post again.
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Just to clarify. The computer in my signature is not the computer in question. The Dell E6400 has a Intel Dual 2.53 GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. Would that run Vista OK?
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Yes.
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Dell E6400
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Thank you for the information and help. I have the activation code for the XP disc. But, you are saying that this might not work on the laptop, right.
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I have a Dell laptop that has Vista on it. There is a problem with the computer so I need to remove the operating system and reinstall it. I no longer have the Vista disc so I will have to use an XP disc. I am wondering if XP will work OK on the laptop. Dell only has drivers for Vista on their website. I am wondering if these drivers are likely to work with XP. Thank you.
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GT500, I use Firefox with the extension AdBan 2.3.1 because it claims to be the fastest adblocker. Have you ever tried it? Do you think that AdblockPlus is better and faster?
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This is great information. Now, I am wondering if AdvertBan is slowing down my browsing.
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I thought Exile 360 said that you have to disable DNS in order for the host file to work.
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Very interesting issues and discussion. Since I have an older computer and dialup internet, it might just over load the system. I sure don't want to compromise performance as I have little margin here. I don't suppose there is anyone around that still uses dialup that could advise me. I may just try it. Is it relatively easy to setup and disable if it doesn't work well.
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Thanks again. Do you use the MVPS hosts or do you recommend another. In terms of procedure, would I install the MVPS Hosts first (do I just click on the file and it installs. Then the HostMan and Hosts Server component. I am a novice. BTW--The Post button isn't working at the bottom of the page--I have to go to MoreReplyOptions to get it to post.
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Thanks for the information. So, there are no drawbacks?
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I am wondering if MVPS Hosts and HostsMan are recommended to increase security and improve internet browsing speed. I am on dialup internet. Are there any disadvantages in using these?