Posts by RuneJayce

UPDATE: Tried to do a System Update using the disc that I burnt but it claimed that it didn't need using. I reloaded Windows and certain programs can be opened and closed including windows from Yahoo Messenger but it's still running...

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn A burnt disk of the official ISO will work Just boot it up from the CD/DVD and follow the instruction. You might need to use the cable connect for internet to download appropriate drivers and updates...

Lately, my Samsung laptop which runs Windows 7 Home Premium has been running sluggish which means it looks like I'll either have to do a clean reinstall or send it to the company that I got it from so they can do it themselves...

I can give that a go or send it back after doing a full back up and see if they can replace the hard drive. I don't even know why this started to happen in the first place seeing as I've only had the laptop since December last...

Since I made my last post, things have been going crazy in that I kept getting disconnected every few minutes (and it's just happened again although it's just come back!) and the programs kept freezing again, scroll bar not working...

Looks like your advice definitely worked as it's running without any problems! Thanks very much for the assistance as it's truly appreciated!

I just checked my laptop and it seems there's no option to create a recovery disc or a recovery partition at all! I got the laptop free from the student finance people last year because of my disability (I'm epileptic, so I get...

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn Sounded like you either are having system files corruptions or hard drive failing. Give the chkdsk and defrag a try, and yes backing up your data is a good thing to do. And if you can create a...

I don't know if this is related but when I try to close the various processes so that I can fix any file system errors, most of the times I can't close any programs or processes in Task Manager at all (That is, when I can get Task Manger...

I've done the second option and it says there are no problems, but I'll need to reboot to use the first option because I can't do it while the hard drive is in use. EDIT: Is there another way to fix file system errors as I keep getting...