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pete · 02:47 AM

Thanks madmonkey and ih8bills. Great help yet again.

I'll purchase that board then and post back in the near future if it cures my BSOD/crashing problem.

madmonkey: I guess I'll have to re-install windows again like you said before, being a different model MB?

ih8bills

Originally Posted by pete

Thanks madmonkey and ih8bills. Great help yet again.

I'll purchase that board then and post back in the near future if it cures my BSOD/crashing problem.

madmonkey: I guess I'll have to re-install windows again like you said before, being a different model MB?

You'll be better off with a fresh install-- even if it would work (almost never does)-- and it will be more stable in the long run.
First thing Windows Setup says is "checking hardware configuration"
Then every time it boots-- it looks for that config.

pete

Originally Posted by ih8bills

You'll be better off with a fresh install-- even if it would work (almost never does)-- and it will be more stable in the long run.
First thing Windows Setup says is "checking hardware configuration"
Then every time it boots-- it looks for that config.

Ok, right-e-o. I thought it might be better to re-install. What a faff on it is though, having to re-install all my programs.

Speaking of which, I currently have MS Office installed on partition D:\ instead of the C:\ (due to the last re-install problem and losing loads of e-mails in Outlook.)
Will I be able to leave it there and then just link to the exe files once everything has been re-installed?

madmonkey

Hey Pete, if only it was that easy.

When these applications are installed, they are not only installed in the folder/drive you select, but key system files are installed in specific locations such as your windows\system32 folder, as well as important registry settings. It's possible to do this with a few certain very small applications that don't need to do this, but with Microsoft Office it's next to impossible. You need to install these from scratch too.

pete

******!! Oh well, I'll just print off all the mails I want to keep.

PC's eh?

Aslong as all this fixes it I'll be happy. Ordered that MB should get it tomorrow, once I get everything I need ready I'll get it installed and post back the results.

Thanks again guys.

madmonkey

Hey Pete,

If your using Outlook Express, you can just drag your e-mails straight from your outlook inbox to a folder/drive (like files), and then do the same when you want to import them again.

ih8bills

Originally Posted by pete

******!! Oh well, I'll just print off all the mails I want to keep.

PC's eh?

Aslong as all this fixes it I'll be happy. Ordered that MB should get it tomorrow, once I get everything I need ready I'll get it installed and post back the results.

Thanks again guys.

Hey Pete-- there are many ways to backup Outlook emails-- but it is version-dependent... you should be able to back 'em up to disc-- then reimport once you have installed / got everything right again.

Backup emails in Outlook - Google Search

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