Ewan's right - I had a few faults with my Gateway P200 & an earlier P120.
They were Kernel errors. I did a reinstall of W95 from DOS (using the DOS
DELTREE commands to wipe everyfile on the disc. These days I use a Ditto Max
tape driver witha complete copy of my HD as a safety backup. I have zipped
copies of all program updates so I can rebuild W95 as necessary & quickly
add in all the little extras (many originally from the MS website) from
zipfiles.
-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] On Behalf Of Ewan Davis
Sent: 05 July 1998 07:27
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Techie question
>From a stability perspective Windows is a heap of S***. My experience is
that most of us will have to re-install windows from scratch. (I.e.
reformatting the hard disk) at least once a year (much more often if you are
inclined to run beta's, cover disks or evaluation copies from the net) as
the quickest way of solving the sort of problem you've got.
My first steps with this sort of problem would be to: Do another backup, try
running some fix utilities (I use Norton), search the knowledge base on the
MS web site (painless and often helpful), update the video driver, talk to
Gateways support desk ( a frustrating experience, but occasional
worthwhile), re-install windows over the top of the existing installation
(fairly painless from the CD and it will leave existing applications and
settings. Unfortunately probably including whatever causing your problem)
and final do a clean reinstall of windows and all applications on as newly
formatted disk. (make sure you've got: a boot floppy including drivers for
your CD drive - Test it !, a few backups of your data - remember things like
templates, custom dictionaries etc, and make sure you have any activation
keys you will need to re-install windows and applications)
Have Fun and it still might not work !!!
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