Craig 6700 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 this works with most Dells Press and hold Control Key+F11 during boot up to go through the restore wizard thing sure, but if this doesn't work I'm doing three things. 1) holding you personally responsible for the bloodbath that will undoubtedly follow and 2) letting Wacky and Smo do whatever they like to the people who own/run Dell and finally 3) buying a Mac with the money I demand from this shite- hawking company. good luck if you do ring Dell, the support centre is in India and their grasp wasn't too great when i last spoke to them You sure they gave you the right number? Whenever I speak to them they're in Ireland (then again that's usually the business support). HP on the other hand are from India and I've lost count the amount of times the cheeky feckers have told me to speak clearly so they can understand me! Cock-heads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 well virus's and their like cant be carried in music or video files so your safe there as for your games I'm not sure once you've done the reinstall.. are you using a purchased version of Mcaffe? I've found NOD32 ( http://www.eset.com/ ) to be the best virus software I've used to you might to give that a go and if your not behind a router install a decent firewall i used Sunbelt Kerio in the past (http://www.sunbelt-software.com/kerio.cfm ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 if it's work i get Ireland, for my own pc at home, i get India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 well virus's and their like cant be carried in music or video files so your safe there as for your games I'm not sure once you've done the reinstall.. are you using a purchased version of Mcaffe? I've found NOD32 ( http://www.eset.com/ ) to be the best virus software I've used to you might to give that a go and if your not behind a router install a decent firewall i used Sunbelt Kerio in the past (http://www.sunbelt-software.com/kerio.cfm ) behind a router but I'll give NOD32 a whirl. cheers if this doesn't work then I am going to have to restore to factory defaults Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 DELL's DO actually come with restore CDs, and their support is based in a few different countries, depending on the type of PC. I've got an XPS, which is supported from Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 DELL's DO actually come with restore CDs, and their support is based in a few different countries, depending on the type of PC. I've got an XPS, which is supported from Ireland. I think the system restore disk option was one I switched off to save £40 or something... balls to it, my mate is bringing his external hd tonight, I'll move my shit across, restore my pc and pray to the great big angry gods that everything will work. then after Xmas I'll buy a mac for browsing and work and I'll strip the pc to the bear bones for games and... well... porn I guess.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 well I've dumped my system... any essential programs/websites/ ahem... "photos" I might need to repalce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I've got a new Dell PC, works brilliantly but I didn't get a single CD in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31212 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I've got a new Dell PC, works brilliantly but I didn't get a single CD in the box. Did you try and save £20 by deselecting them or do they not come as standard any more? Dell are great at the start but most of the Dells I've had will throw up problems after a while, still for the price they're not bad value for money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I'm not racist, but.......... There's nothing more annoying than getting a customer service representative in a call centre in India (or anywhere else for that matter) that doesn't speak sufficient English to provide customer service. Wholly fucking unacceptable. "Hello, my name is Nigel..." No it isn't you lying twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15726 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I'm not racist, but.......... There's nothing more annoying than getting a customer service representative in a call centre in India (or anywhere else for that matter) that doesn't speak sufficient English to provide customer service. Wholly fucking unacceptable. "Hello, my name is Nigel..." No it isn't you lying twat. It's when they pronounce it "Niggle" that you start to get suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 One of the doctors wor lass works with is called Nev, shot for Nevinda or something like that. One of the health care assistants insists on calling him Neville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 One of the doctors wor lass works with is called Nev, shot for Nevinda or something like that. One of the health care assistants insists on calling him Neville tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 One of the doctors wor lass works with is called Nev, shot for Nevinda or something like that. One of the health care assistants insists on calling him Neville tbh I can't view that at work, what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 The sketch from goodness gracious me where an English worker in India tries in vain for people to pronounce his name properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 not sure what you mean but your profile (my document/my pictures etc) will be stored under c:\documents and settings\YOUR USERNAME you need to copy over any other folders you've created on C:\ as well ie c:\mp3 and so on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2721 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Joined in a bit late here, but did you try using the System Config Util to boot up in Safe Mode? Start, Run... msconfig Then select Diagnostic Startup, reboot then try a System Restore If you plan on rebuilding and you're using Microsoft Outlook then you may want to save your pst and pab files from C:\Documents and Settings\{USERNAME}\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Other apps might store their configs within the same Application Data folder that you may want to keep, alternatively, look under C:\Documents and Settings\{USERNAME}\Local Settings\Application Data... actually, fuck it, just save the entire contents of C:\Documents and Settings folder somewhere safe just in case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I've got a new Dell PC, works brilliantly but I didn't get a single CD in the box. Did you try and save £20 by deselecting them or do they not come as standard any more? Dell are great at the start but most of the Dells I've had will throw up problems after a while, still for the price they're not bad value for money. Ah that might explain it. Got the full package for £450 so can't really complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Gemmill's got a point regarding Indian call centres like, good customer service involves good communication skills. If neither party can understand each other, then how are they supposed to help. It would be the same if I rang up an English call centre and they had some one with a really broad regional accent on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Topical..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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