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Postby ansmwke » Tue Dec 30, 2003 5:57 pm

ok, 2 quick things. i have a laptop, so how would i disconnect each hardware? and also when it was working it sayd the hard drive was full, or close to full. would that make a difference
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Postby brad » Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:59 pm

Your Hard Drive being full probably isn't helping things. I'd try removing all programs that you don't use and cleaning out your Temp Files / Tempory Internet Files / History Files also.
As far as disconnecting hardware on your laptop you might be better off disabling them in Device Manager. Right Click on "My Computer" / Properties / Device Manager / Select the hardware and click on "Properties" / Put a checkmark in the box next to "Disable in this Profile" / Reboot.
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Postby Gecko » Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:35 pm

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Postby ansmwke » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:03 pm

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Postby brad » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:24 pm

Won't Windows Explorer work?
Try starting in Safe Mode to view C Drive / Properties.
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Postby ansmwke » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:47 pm

when it starts, it shows the desktop like normal, then plays the startup sound. then the task bar flashes and disappears, then it stops and i hit alt+ctrl+del and it shows no programs loaded
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Postby Gecko » Wed Dec 31, 2003 2:08 am

At the command prompt for C:\> type " dir " (without the quotes)
the last line will tell how many directories and how many bytes free.
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Postby ansmwke » Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:35 am

it says i have 387,952,640 bytes free and my hard drive is a 2 GB drive
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Postby Gecko » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:19 pm

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Postby ansmwke » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:17 pm

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