speedyfast
02-23-2004, 03:05 PM
Hi all, Just got my parents old computer, it is crashed and something seriously wrong, thing is it aint that old ( dell dimension 4100) i want to get it working again but am having a tough time desciding where to start. I KNOW this computer is much better than my ****ty old laptop running windows 98' and they got a new computer and have gioven it to me ( i figure why let the it guy make off with it before ive tried my hand at fixing it) ive got all the reboot disks that come with it from new. what should i do?
I think its got a virus but not really sure. should i erase all the memory and reload whatever is on all the backup disks??? how do i erase everything???
i had a similar porblem with my old laptop mentiaoned above and i just brought it along with the backup disks to the computer store and had them re-format the thing or like 50 or 70 bucks canadian and its been working much better ( should i just try to do this???)
i dont know how often anyone reads this section but i hope somone can lead me in the correct direction ( again, this computer isnt that old and i know its way better than my 6 year old crap laptop, i need to get it working!)
any advice/hlep is greatly appreciated
speedy
I think its got a virus but not really sure. should i erase all the memory and reload whatever is on all the backup disks??? how do i erase everything???
i had a similar porblem with my old laptop mentiaoned above and i just brought it along with the backup disks to the computer store and had them re-format the thing or like 50 or 70 bucks canadian and its been working much better ( should i just try to do this???)
i dont know how often anyone reads this section but i hope somone can lead me in the correct direction ( again, this computer isnt that old and i know its way better than my 6 year old crap laptop, i need to get it working!)
any advice/hlep is greatly appreciated
speedy