bgoodman4, I'm sorry to say that I don't see how your reply addresses my confusion! :-\
I for one certainly see Scott's point. However I'm very confused about the necessity to restore the MBR (as TheRollbackFrog states). If I don't...
Hi Mozart, As 'free' seems to be an important criterion for you, you may want to try ODIN. While it is still in beta most users find it to be...
Thanks for that input Searching - I'll also keep that one in mind as I await the Black Friday deals.
Scott, I really appreciate your feedback as my Toshiba has had problems ever since it went past its 1-year warranty. After just 16 months I...
Thanks, but it's too big - and (frankly) I am not very happy with Toshiba build quality or their tech-support.
As I see it, many of us have a substantial investment in 32-bit applications and may not be able to afford upgrading them to their 64-bit...
Hi again prius, My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite with a 14" display (which started flickering several months ago, progressively getting worse)!...
I realize that Win7 64-bit can make use of more RAM than Win7 32-bit, but how much more RAM does the 64-bit version actually require to perform as...
Good idea - providing that my failing Vista laptop cooperates!!! :-\
Scott & Greg, I appreciate your inputs on this matter - which is very important (and pressing) to me at a time when I'm about to transition from...
Prius, the Hannsbook certainly does appear to be a great deal, especially if it will perform well enough for my computing needs. Would you know...
prius04, thanks a lot for those links! Btw, I am a Costco member and wow, that Hannsbook does look like a winner (especially with Costco's 2...
Thanks Kerodo, I appreciate your feedback. Other than migrating Windows Mail to Outlook, I am thinking about migrating to Thunderbird (philby's...
Thanks axial, but I'd prefer a 12" (or thereabout) screen!
Hi guys, The LCD display on my 3-year old Vista laptop is going and for better portability I'd like to replace my laptop with a new netbook...
It seems to me that MS Outlook 2007 is my best-bet as I should be able to import my Windows Mail to Outlook (both are currently on my Vista...
Hi philby, Thanks so much for your reply and those links! I do have a POP3 account from my internet provider (Cox Cable). Since I've never...
Hi guys, The LCD display on my 5-year old Vista laptop is going so I'm ready to buy a new laptop (with Windows 7) and since Win 7 doesn't come...
Problem solved and I'm reporting back as a matter of courtesy. It turned out that 'father does know best' as my system was infected (as he first...
Thank you all very much for trying to help, but most of your suggestions are beyond my capability. My dad will be coming over later on today and...
TRF, thank you for your extensive reply. While I'm glad to hear that you think my hard drive is physically ok I'm rather confused by the rest of...
Hello rrh1, Thanks for your suggestions. I will try to digest those directions and then do another restore (and I too hope that they will...
Thanks again Brian, I'll check that out. I don't know what I could have done to cause this, but my dad thinks that it may be a rootkit virus!...
Thanks for the reply Brian! My PC is running Windows XP SP3 and according to my dad the system drive is a WD360 Raptor (connected to a Promise...
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