netbook hanging
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williredale said:
Have you got any other accounts on the netbook you could try and login as?
What operating system have you got on it?
Does it boot in safe mode (press F8 on start up)?
Thanks for the quick replyWhat operating system have you got on it?
Does it boot in safe mode (press F8 on start up)?
Just my usual account & administrator
Windows xp
yes I can now boot it in safe mode, it appears my usual profile is corrupt, I'm just trying to copy my files off it
Is it going to be best to find the recovery cd & do that or can I potentially fix it without having to start from scratch?
If it's your profile which is knackered you can login as administrator and create a new account.
Login as the new account to populate the c:\documents and settings\new account
You can then log back in as administrator and copy your documents to your new account (and make a backup to something external while you're at it).
You may be able to do a system restore back to before your profile was broken but I would create a new profile rather than go down this path.
Login as the new account to populate the c:\documents and settings\new account
You can then log back in as administrator and copy your documents to your new account (and make a backup to something external while you're at it).
You may be able to do a system restore back to before your profile was broken but I would create a new profile rather than go down this path.
I've managed to create a new profile & pulled off the docs last night to my external hard drive but all the documents on that profile (which I've now deleted) still appear to be there taking up space,
I can't get into the user folder which is still ther or seem to delete them I just get the message can not access/something in the folder may be being used etc etc
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I can't get into the user folder which is still ther or seem to delete them I just get the message can not access/something in the folder may be being used etc etc
?
This may help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
which walks you through taking ownership of the folder in documents and settings.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
which walks you through taking ownership of the folder in documents and settings.
dtmpower said:
Seems like a good time to install Ubuntu on it.
I would never go back to Windows for my NC10 now.
Did similar on my old laptop (Celeron M, probably similar speed to some netbooks), the speed difference going to Ubuntu was quite amazing .... occasionally think that the 1.7gig Celeron with Ubuntu does things faster than my i7 rig running Windows 7.I would never go back to Windows for my NC10 now.
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