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PC & MAC CLINIC - On line problem solving. (CPU)     

Crocodile - 16 Dec 2002 03:59

Spaceman - 07 Sep 2003 17:09 - 800 of 11003

D2000, I had a quick look at that device and I think it will work fine. However I would like to see a review or two and I would do a few searches to see what other think of it. Personally I would probably not buy a 802.11b device as they are the slowest of the current bunch (but still fast enought for ADSL). Wireless is still not fully mature (in my opinion). I would probably go for 802.11g but the standard has only just been ratified.

I tend to use the magazines PC World and PC Pro to get down to a few devices which I select from. PC Pro has a thing called the A-List and in my experience this contains good products, i cant get at their web site at the moment but if you get a chance have a look there.

I am sure the Dlink 714p+ would work fine but the price seems possibly a little steep for 802.11b.

Dil - 07 Sep 2003 23:08 - 801 of 11003

I seem to have partitioned my hard disk by mistake. I'm using Windows XP but have just about had a gutsful of it and intend returning to Windows 98. When I do I intend formatting the hard disk but how do i format it so that i only have one partion ?

Cheers

robber - 07 Sep 2003 23:22 - 802 of 11003

Dil I was going to mail you some stuff on it but I think you will find all you need here;

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/tutorials/109/26/

Using FDISK and FORMAT will delete your old partitions for you.


Neil

Dil - 07 Sep 2003 23:43 - 803 of 11003

Cheers robber , much appreciated.

Spaceman - 08 Sep 2003 08:41 - 804 of 11003

Dil, have you thought of w2000 instead? only ask because 2000 is more secure than the earlier offerings. I use 2000 on all my machines.

Optimist - 08 Sep 2003 10:44 - 805 of 11003

Dil

I have to agree that Win2K is a lot better than Win 98 but WinXP should be just as good.

When you installed WinXP did you upgrade or reformat the disk? A clean install is better so long as you don't mind losing everything.

The easiest way to format your C drive is to boot from the installation CDROM and you will be asked which disk you want to use. You can then delete the existing partitions and reformat. Always use NTFS file system with Win2K and XP.

Crocodile - 08 Sep 2003 21:12 - 806 of 11003

Definately do a clean install with WINXP
Nowadays you can buy a new fast 7200 spin speed hard disk for around 50. Install the WinXP on this and keep your old files, pictures and Emails on the old drive for transfer after.
And as a clone backup with a program such as ghost when you have the new drive all set up and working as you wish.

Iain - 09 Sep 2003 11:12 - 807 of 11003

Found this In the Daily Telegraph.

http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/



Restoration
Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin by mistake. Conversely, delete files completely.

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[OS] Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP
Freeware
[Platform] IBM-PC/AT Compatible PC [Author] Brian Kato

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D O W N L O A D


REST2514.EXE 193 KB

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Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake.
Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files.
You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and so on.

You don't have to install it, so it doesn't leave any garbage in the PC.
(You can also run it from a floppy disk.)
Even if a file seems to be restored, there is no guarantee that the contents are correct.
After you run the program, please check the files.
You can probably restore it correctly if the drive has enough free space
and if it's just after deletion.
If you restore a folder, there is no guarantee that all files or folders which used to belong to the folder will be in it.
If you can't find them in it, please search and restore them one by one.
If you still can't find them, it's impossible to restore them.
It will be almost impossible to restore any deleted files if you run the complete deletion function.
To be exact, fragments of deleted files can be in last clusters of existing files or allocated and unwritten files.
(Note that this function is not suitable for TOP SECRET information.)
Even if you find the information of completely deleted files, their contents must be erased.
If you want to erase the information too, please run the function again.

When you use the restoration function, I don't think you will encounter any damage due to bugs, since the function doesn't write anything to physical sectors.
However, the complete deletion function replaces physical sectors.
Therefore, I confirmed that it worked without any problems by testing many times.
As there is a rare possibility of damage or loss, please run the function at your own risk.


Sputnik - 09 Sep 2003 22:10 - 808 of 11003

In the last week I have gone to Blueyonder Broadband,and in the last week Norton Antivirus has told me in a popup yellow box that I have been hit with three virus.
A BAT.Mumu.A.worm
B w32.valla.2048
c w32.randex.d

When Norton has told me I have these virus I have done a full virus scan that has said no virus present.
Could anyone tell me if I have these virus onboard and if so the best way to get rid of them, and the best way of protecting myself I have all the critical updates for W2000 installed, also in the last week I have only opened attachments for trading statements.

TIA

Sputnik

Spaceman - 09 Sep 2003 23:10 - 809 of 11003

Sputnik, please note that I do not use Norton Anti Virus.

It is possible for the virus scanning software to give incorrect warnings and this does sometimes happen after new files have been installed. This is because legitimate files can sometimes contain fragments that are the same as fragments of viruses. However I dont think this is as common as it used to be as most of the virus scanning software has been improved.

I use the trend housecall online virus scan when I check my machine, I suggest that you do a scan with that, if that says no infection, as your norton scan does, then I think you can be fairly sure that you are OK.

Trend housecall is at http://housecall.trendmicro.com/



Sputnik - 10 Sep 2003 07:42 - 810 of 11003

Spaceman

Thanks for the reply. I went to the site you mentioned the 30 day free trial wants you to uninstall norton first, with my knowledge of computers being low I am reluctant to do this. I will try and make contact with you at Clitheroe.

Regards

sputnik

Spaceman - 10 Sep 2003 07:54 - 811 of 11003

Sputnik, Oh could be, I dont run Norton (or any other full time virus checker) it may well not like Norton running. I just hit the 'Scan Now' button from the page and it downs loads a small java app and runs. Hopefully catch up with you tomorrow, just look for an aging bald short fat bloke and that will be me!

Sputnik - 10 Sep 2003 08:24 - 812 of 11003

Spaceman

It will be like looking in a mirror:-)

Sputnik - 10 Sep 2003 08:31 - 813 of 11003

Seymour Clearly - 11 Sep 2003 12:58 - 814 of 11003

Another broadband question!

BT have enabled our exchange so I can get BB at work (and home is getting it in Feb 04 - wayhay!!!). When I look, it says 30 for one user, 70 for 2 (business use). Surely it can be connected to one machine then across the (small) network we have without paying 70 a month. Or am I missing something?

Tia.

Kayak - 11 Sep 2003 13:18 - 815 of 11003

You're missing that BT would like you to think that you need their business solution if you are running a network, but you're quite right, with a router or internet connection sharing you don't. However they will probably insist on you not using their home solution for business use. The business solution does have a better contention ratio (30:1) than the home one (50:1) but that is not yet of any practical value since there are not yet enough people using broadband.

I would advise against using BT which are more expensive and slower than other suppliers. Pipex is 23.44 a month for home use, see http://www.pipex.net, and also Plusnet, Nildram, Eclipse and Zen which are top of the speed polls. Look at http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ for user feedback, comparisons and a lot more.

Seymour Clearly - 11 Sep 2003 17:50 - 816 of 11003

Thanks Kayak, Brilliant reply - all the info I need and more. I suspected as much. The BT home and the business solutions are the same price for one user, however I had thought that I would look to a different supplier anyway but need to get my head around how broadband works. NTL are dominant here with cable but they wanted 100 per month business use !!!

Technet - 11 Sep 2003 20:10 - 817 of 11003

Business is actually 20:1 contention not 30:1 and the CPE devices in the Exchnage have a much bigger pipe from the exchange to BT's ATM backbone, so you're connection to the Net is much less likely to get throttled. Also as business's tend to do 20:1, and they do not share the same exchange connection with home users, you will find that in the evening when you want use the web you pretty much have it all to yourself.

For info. the 50:1 contention is nothing to do with the service provider. It's related to how many people connect to the same CPE in the Exchange in your area. A good rule of thumb is if you're area has cable then most user's will be on that so you are less likely to see contention creeping in. If you are in a built up area where broadband has been around for a while and there is no cable then you will notice things slow down especially in the evenings.

Technet - 11 Sep 2003 20:12 - 818 of 11003

Seymour ... my 2Mb business Adsl is only 78 inc.vat per month. 512k is normally around 37.50inc vat so in the scheme of things only 12 more a month than the 50:1 service.

Seymour Clearly - 11 Sep 2003 20:30 - 819 of 11003

Thanks Technet, what I didn't make clear is that the business is my own, we have three sites some miles away from each other which I want on broadband so can have am "always on" but in the evenings I go home so come Feb I'll be able to have broadband there as well - presently have two lines at home, one a dedicated dial up internet connection but sometimes can't get on between 8-10pm. Also intending to be able to connect to my work machines from home.

Thanks for the responses. Time to trawl google and find general background out.
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