Posts by bimfi

I am working on a friend’s Gateway MX6121. It came with Windows XP Home (I don’t know which SP, though) installed. Long story short, it crashed on him recently and he did not have any recovery disks. I’m guessing that he was...

Oh, I forgot to mention that I didn't lose anything. All of my desktop icons were where I had them, and all of my preferences remained. The only thing I had to do, so far, was to re-enable the "smart move" for the mouse, and...

I just got XP back up and running. I did not do a new install of the OS. And I did not go into Recovery Console. What I did was "Repair" windows. It took about three attempts, mainly because I forgot to remove the CD when it...

In my last thread, I had a problem with XP crashing during install of SP3. It was suggested that I do a complete XP reinstall. Is it possible to use the repair capabilities on the XP CD using the Repair Concole option, or should I just...

I figured that I would have to do so. I don't know why I tried what I did. I know better. Just wasn't thinking. Luckily I have my most important files on my external drive. I don't have a "recovery" disc, per se. I do have a...

I need some help. I was having stability issues with my laptop D830 (BSOD) and thought that maybe installing SP3 might help (WRONG). I downloaded the application, then started to install it. About halfway through the install I got...

You can consider this case closed. I just got finished talking with Dell and the laptop is now "owned" by me.

I understand where you are going with this, but "not to beat a dead horse", I will try to make this more understandable. IF I go to the Dell website and type in my service code and tag, NO, it will not show me registered with...

What makes you think that this is a weird request? No, it's not stolen. It just wasn't purchased directly through the Dell company. And, yes, I do have a service Tag ID, and an Express Service Code. I do appreciate your concerns, though....

In December 2007 I purchased my Dell Latitude D830 from a local computer store (no big chain store, just a shop I do business with regularly). I got a good deal on it. I was told that it was part of a group of laptops that were supposed...