whatthefunk

thanks, just one final question, should i need to re-install windows, what do you recomend i do as regards to choosing which partition to use, should i delete all exept the C and install on C?

it gives no reason, no thats my only internet connection.

partition c says its healthy there but when i go into its properties from my computer it says that this device is not working properly.

here you go, took a while but i now have one screen shot, i hope this helps, i am running dangerously close to my broadband cut off point. http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/whatthefunkeddie/devicemanagment.jpg

how do i post the picture?

i mean to the screen that is in the photo, i:e where do i open that screen up, is it in my programmes from the start panel or from the control panel. thats a page i'm not familiar with.

i can if you direct me to that exact screen.

right, this morning i have reinstalled due to a missing file, i have restarted my pc twice now and it has been fine, i havent yet switched completly off and on which is what i did last night. i have two drives now a partition 1 C drive, this has loads of space 140gb. then i have a D drive, the local disc. the D drive is the partition i installed on, can i delete the windows files that are left on the C drive? can i still install and run software from the C drive?

i've ran this recovery disc twice now and dont recall having any advanced options. it offers a repair option, this does not work. Or alternitivly a full install of xp. this then leads me to a screen where there are partitions, i have to select which partition to install on and what type of install to procede with, there are fast install and normal instal options.

yes

Cheers for the warm welcome :)

oh no! i got up this morning and had to re format again, something to do with a missing file. i am using a recovery disc, what advanced options? do you mean in the bios or on the recovery disc? if you mean on the recovery disc, i dont remember it offering any advanced options when i ran the disc. should i just delete all partitions and run windows xp, will that not be a destructive recovery or would that just be plain destructive?

hi, I'm running windows xp home and recently had to re format my hard drive due to what i can only presume was a virus. i followed the normal route went into bios changed hardisc to cd boot and ran the disc when i was prompted to select which drive i wanted to install on i had two options/partitions. one was smaller so i presumed this was already a seperate partition for system files so i selected it. i was notified that the disk space was full and that i should delete it then procede, this i did and sucsessfully got my pc running again. now i keep getting warnings that my i drive is nearly full i cleaned up the files and that leaves me around 200mb. im a little worried as i havent really installed any of the software i use on my pc yet i have a 200gb hard drive, i only normally have the option of a c drive, can anyone explain if i need to make the partition bigger or something.

must dash! "i need urgent help", see you in the appropriate forum soon.