January 3rd, 2010, 08:54 PM
Thank you for all the help, CCT, Ferrit and slgried - After going through all the "hoops" and Live CDs, I finally just pulled data off the laptop, deleted both partitions and created one large C...
January 2nd, 2010, 04:31 AM
Thanks for the articles and information.
Come to find out, the Recovery Console will not do CHKDSK /f or /r. Additionally, the Avira recognized the Vundo.gen virus files, but it will not remove...
December 31st, 2009, 01:16 PM
Greetings -
Some news regarding my laptop. I did the following:
1) Ran Avira Anti-virus on a rescue disc - found 3 viruses:
-- (2 seem to be low potential threat - Delphi.Gen,...
December 30th, 2009, 03:38 PM
To: Ferrit - Thank you for the tester - I'll post when I have an answer.
To: CCT - Thank you for the suggestion regarding a second hard drive. Finding one might be a bit of a problem. I will...
December 30th, 2009, 01:55 AM
Thank you for your information.
When the Acer arrived two years ago as a "Vista Home Basic", it was a nightmare. None of the programs my son had on the XP would function with Vista: Gamemaker,...
December 28th, 2009, 01:36 AM
Thanks for all the information.
I know it looks like there's a lot on my plate. But since I live in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness (with no technician), I'm just going to give it my best...
December 27th, 2009, 01:36 PM
Thanks for your reply.
1) I did not try to run with only 1 stick and then the other - I will do that.
2) Yes, there are files that need to be saved. As soon as I have the USB drive, I will...
December 26th, 2009, 06:11 PM
Greetings -
HISTORY:
The laptop is an Acer Aspire 3680. The following now becomes relevant, with relation to partitions. Originally, the laptop had Windows Vista pre-installed (in a beta...