Computer Problems

[imported_Terran Starek]

My computer is a piece 'o' trash currently. I have been working very hard lately with trying to reapair it--disk cleanups, defrags, and having friends who are 100 times more computer literate than me take a look at it. I have no idea what the real problem is, but I am also a computer moron, so yeah. :)

Anyway, I am posting this from a public computer in my building. I hope I will get things fixed soon--until then, my posting will probably suffer a bit. I apologize for the inconvenience and I still love you all! :D

Take care, guys, and I will be back ASAP!

[imported_Terran Starek]

Ok...so I am kinda back. But I don't trust my comp. I am fixing lots of problems, but doing alright. :)

[Nathanial K'cansce]

What exactly's wrong with it?

[imported_Terran Starek]

Ahhh, Mr. Snack. What is wrong? Well, lemme tell ya--

I HAVE NO CLUE!!!

:lol

Yeah, dude, I don't know. I am no computer whiz, and this is definitely a testament to this fact. I have no idea. :D

It just runs very, very slow. It won't run Disk Clean-up. It crashes for various reasons--games or some programs. It sucks.

[Figrin D'an]

If all else fails, back up your critical files, wipe your hard drive and start with a fresh operating system install. That will generally fix a lot of problems.

[Sorreessa Tarrineezi]

sounds like mine, had to get a new one before it died entirely.....

[Morgan Evanar]

Fig's advice is sound. I hope you have 2000 Pro or XP. Much, much better operating systems than 98 or ME.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Yes, what Morg and Fig said = true. If you don't have XP or Win 2000, upgrade now. ...granted it doesn't crash when trying to upgrade. :p

[imported_Terran Starek]

I have XP.

The problem is, my burner is pretty shot. So how do I get files backed up without being able to put them on some discs??

:mad

Dang you technology!

[Dae Jinn]

*was wondering why you weren't posting* and not answering ims :mneh save them to disks instead? maybe? Not cds, but actual disks.

[Moltar]

Repairing from XP??

How much RAM do you have?

[imported_Terran Starek]

512 MB SDRAM

[Sigil Roland]

Ok, that should be enough RAM, Just make sure it's set at the right clock speed. You can look on the RAM and find out the clock speed and then make sure in your BIOS that your Front Side Bus is set to the correct printed RAM speed.


Usually when your computer slows down, it could be a number of things from a full hard drive to a hardware conflict. So lets start by getting your burner working. And all you should need to do is check to see if your drivers are correct. Just do this:

1)See if you can read a regular audio CD in the drive.

2)Do a test burn to see if you can transfer files to the CD-R

3)See if you can read that file on another computer (one with a CD-R or CD-RW Drive is perferable.)

[imported_Terran Starek]

Ok--lemme see if I can try this. I won't be back on my own computer till tomorrow, so then I will try to do some of this stuff.

Thanks for the help, guys. :)

[Marcus Telcontar]

you need to threaten to reprogram it's memory with a meat axe

[imported_Terran Starek]

You think Meat Axe Justice is the best course of action here?

:lol

[Marcus Telcontar]

or chainsaw

[Sigil Roland]

Me, I'm old fashoned.. I like using mine as boat anchors.

[Sorreessa Tarrineezi]

I prefer the good ol' baseball bat myself.....