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Old 03 December 2006, 18:14   #21
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I've just had a look for a 3.25 floppy and can't belive I can't find one
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Old 03 December 2006, 18:32   #22
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Make a boot CD then
You'll need to set your bios to boot from CD before your hard drive to use it.
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Old 03 December 2006, 19:06   #23
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Any anwsers or is it a trip to a computer shop?
Are you sorted yet?

If not then this site can help

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php

It does sound like you have a hijack file sat on your PC. Hijack this is not an easy tool to understand but the above forum will help you solve the problem without (hopefully) needing to format.
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Old 03 December 2006, 19:55   #24
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Hacked off

Wow. This is another one of those 'divided by a common language' examples. In North America the term would be 'Pissed off' whereas 'Hacked off' would be a thread about John Bobbit.
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Old 03 December 2006, 21:02   #25
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Thought Hacked off was rather more PC than some of the other words I wanted to use. Besides "Hacked" has some comuter meaning as I am having Virus/spyware problems.
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Old 05 December 2006, 17:42   #26
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You don't need a DOS startup disk. Assuming you are running XP just boot off the CD - it will ask you about the file system or partition - say you wish to delete it and create a new one. This will wipe the disk and then create a new partition - chose NTFS. Remember you will lose everything!!!

Actually, that depends on the version of the OS and the type of boot CD. Some versions (OEM mostly) of XP will only allow a reload; they will not allow you to wipe the harddrive prior to reinstall.

As said, ideally you want to delete the partition and repartition it prior to reinstalling the OS. This is difficult to do without the proper tools (correct CD for starters.)


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Old 05 December 2006, 20:50   #27
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Yeh, what I'm worried about is that if I reformat I might find that I haven't a full version of windows XP (as I have one from the company that sold me the Computer).

I'm waiting for some software that a RIBnet member is going to send me (though the post) at the moment.

I'll keep you appraised on the situation.
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