So, I've tried I-don't-know-how-many times to get my Windows reboot CD to work on my old Dell--no way. It refuses to allow it. The version on my computer is newer than the one on the disc, so... to heck with me.
And the Add/Remove menu has no option for "Remove Windows XP."
Some reboot disc. Anyway, four times I've followed instructions given in the "details" section of the big-red-x box. That is, I've restarted with the hope that the disc will boot and I'll be allowed to install Windows from the disc. Each time, no go.
I thought it would be nice to refresh my slow-moving Dell for the sake of the new owner, but it's beyond my ability. She has a tech brother, so hopefully he can make Windows reinstall.
If Bela Lugosi were here, he could do it: "Reeeeeeee-in-shtalllllll!!!!" No computer would dare defy Bela Lugosi.
Just deleted Noteworthy Composer, and I didn't even think to save my files onto disc. Oh, well--I have recordings of the things. That, plus the scores weren't coming out right. Everything was entering a half-step too high from my MIDI controller. Very weird. I'm hoping that was some aberration of my slower-than-slow Dell.
So, in not saving the printed scores, I've lost little. None were edited, anyway, so they'd have been hard to follow.
If I ever had to redo any them, score-wise, I could do so by ear. After all, I'm the one who composed them.
Apologies for the hassles of Savefile, which I'm using because the monthly downloading bandwidth at Box.net is limited. I've run into equally cumbersome services at other sites, and I've concluded that uploading/downloading are complicated things. They're beyond me. I'm still trying to reboot Windows XP.
I'm close to literally booting my Dell. Out the window....
(The Unoriginal Pun Police are coming for me.)
I'm O.K. Really, I am. I'm fine. Hee, hee!
Ha, ha! Ho, ho!!
Lee
5 comments:
Lee: Check things out at Microsoft. Among the UI Toys somewhere is a means that selectively forces Windows to revert/replace elements of the UI. I had to do this with my old machine twice when two elements of Windows becamse hopelessly corrupted in that voodoo trick way that Win has, where nothing happens, nothing went wrong, just "poof" and the computer is effectively useless. You might also try booting the computer into Safe Mode and inserting the restore disk you have - some of them are designed to work that way as a fall back. Me, I have a regular habit of reformating all my hard drives, reinstalling everything starting from a clean slate, and then restoring my data from a backup. I have two mechanical drives and one, a 60 giger is partitioned as D and E so that I can keep programs on one and data on the other. The C is for XP and My Documents, and that's pretty much it.
Scary thing is that my C and E are maxed out, meaning I have about 30 gigs of data and crap between them and Windows. (And I just bought a 120 giger to replace the D/E drive!)
Evelyn,
Thanks much for the tips. Safe Mode is a no-go, however. I get the same message box. To heck with it.
The new owners will have to deal with it. I'll warn them that things are moving very slowly.
The tech we hired put an extra hard drive on my new machien. He was thinking in terms of mp3 storage. The one that came with this has 224 GB.
Hm. "My Computer" doesn't seem to be showing the extra hard drive.
It should be called K or L, or something. Ohhhh, poop.
Meanwhile, it's snowing. Very lightly, but it's snowing. Forecast=gloomy.
Lee
I know what you must be going thru.
I had to ditch my old, old Compaq PC years ago after I downloaded a program that, unbeknownst to me, contained a bug that literally killed my Windows 98 program. I did everything I could to salvage it, including do a full System Restore, twice. The PC would boot up and Windows 98 would load, and then after the "Welcome" music...I got the dreaded ILLEGAL OPERATION ERROR which meant the thing wouldn't load any of my software and the PC was dead in the water. I'd hoped I could hang on to it as a backup, but it was not to be. Thank God PCs have come down in price over the years!
The first problem you have is owning a Dell, Compaq, HP, or ANY OTHER store purchased fully built computer. All of them will give you problems. The parts are low quality and generic and one never knows what one is getting. In other words, it's not unusual in the least to have 2 identical computers side by side and find different brands of parts inside. The key to a good quality reliable computer is to find someone who builds them from scratch and have them build you one.
(I hope I'm not posting this twice-- I see no confirmation that it was posted)
Dan,
Nope--your comments didn't make an extra appearance! Maybe Blogger was having issues or something....
I don't doubt what you say--I'm sure having one built from scratch would yield a much better machine. But wouldn't a custom PC cost a lot more?
Anyway, since I posted this, my HP has been holding up. The CD burner is fine, and I figured out another problem (a matter of "advanced" settings).
Knock on wood! (Or whatever my ready-to-assemble computer table is made of.)
Thanks for commenting,
Lee
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