My 'new' PC is bust, anyone any ideas?
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tigger1 said:
Hooli said:
Rebuilda said:
Nickthebassist said:
System idle process is using 99% of the CPU, is this normal?
yesI'd rebuild it if I were you... Sometimes it's better to cut your losses and start again.
If you've got access to another machine, you could download a copy of XP from a torrent site* - I strongly reccomend that you get more memory for it (memory's really cheap just now too) - 1Gb would make it run nice & quick like....
If you've got access to another machine, you could download a copy of XP from a torrent site* - I strongly reccomend that you get more memory for it (memory's really cheap just now too) - 1Gb would make it run nice & quick like....
- Not that I would condone such action of course.....
james_tigerwoods said:
I'd rebuild it if I were you... Sometimes it's better to cut your losses and start again.
If you've got access to another machine, you could download a copy of XP from a torrent site* - I strongly reccomend that you get more memory for it (memory's really cheap just now too) - 1Gb would make it run nice & quick like....
As an avowed free software user, I'd have to say that everyone who uses Microsoft Windows should pay full price for it. It is not free, it is not even gratis, so don't steal. If you _do_ want a truly free OS, grab a flavour of Linux or one of the BSDs. They are both free (of restrictions and patents) and gratis.If you've got access to another machine, you could download a copy of XP from a torrent site* - I strongly reccomend that you get more memory for it (memory's really cheap just now too) - 1Gb would make it run nice & quick like....
- Not that I would condone such action of course.....
Ciao
Zak
zaktoo said:
james_tigerwoods said:
I'd rebuild it if I were you... Sometimes it's better to cut your losses and start again.
If you've got access to another machine, you could download a copy of XP from a torrent site* - I strongly reccomend that you get more memory for it (memory's really cheap just now too) - 1Gb would make it run nice & quick like....
As an avowed free software user, I'd have to say that everyone who uses Microsoft Windows should pay full price for it. It is not free, it is not even gratis, so don't steal. If you _do_ want a truly free OS, grab a flavour of Linux or one of the BSDs. They are both free (of restrictions and patents) and gratis.If you've got access to another machine, you could download a copy of XP from a torrent site* - I strongly reccomend that you get more memory for it (memory's really cheap just now too) - 1Gb would make it run nice & quick like....
- Not that I would condone such action of course.....
Ciao
Zak
zaktoo said:
As an avowed free software user, I'd have to say that everyone who uses Microsoft Windows should pay full price for it. It is not free, it is not even gratis, so don't steal.
By the sounds of things though, the OP's PC already has XP on it, but the original install media is nowhere to be found. So whilst downloading a copy of the installation CD might still be legally dodgy, morally I don't see any problem with it. I also don't see a problem in doing it if you actually still have the original media, but it's a manufacturer disc which doesn't understand the concept of user-configurable installs and insists that, in addition to nuking the entire contents of your C drive and then setting up Windows exactly the way the manufacturer wants it to be set up, you WILL then also have all of the other crap that your PC was originally supplied with, no matter how out of date, resource sapping or just plain bad it all now is. Basically, provided you've got a licence for that version of the software, should it really matter if you're reinstalling it from a factory-original disc, or one you've just burned from a downloaded ISO?
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