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Offline shelaghmk3gti

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can anyone advise on a fix for my pc
« on: 17 April 2012, 23:37 »
its knackered...at least i think it is :sad:
its about 3/4 yrs old, its a 32 bit compaq effort running vista premium.. its given us ( the kids) good service till now.. but all the junk that they download ( minecraft ,torrents) its just had enough i think
tonight it seriously didnt want to let me go to google chrome so i used IE... urrg!!- then i heard it cry when i asked it to open 2 windows.. and it froze.. over and over
i have in the past deleted a heck of a lot of 'junk' from the programmes file.. more in frustration than understanding
i didnt get a disc with it ( why dont they do that anymore??) just wondered if theres anyway to reset it back to factory settings without and save my self the £45 that i know the shop down the road will charge ( was in there about 10 months ago for same reason) they stripped and reinstalled.
i seem to be missing a lot of 'plug ins'

theres no money for a new PC at the moment, single mum and lost my job 2 weeks ago!
any help would be greatly appreciated x

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Offline damien010685

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Re: can anyone advise on a fix for my pc
« Reply #1 on: 18 April 2012, 07:00 »
Most computers now come with a small partition so you can reformat but the age of yours i doubt it i would of thought  you should have a disk? Anyways it defo sounds like it needs reformated... you will  need a windows disk sadly maybe try and ask a friend for a disk?
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Re: can anyone advise on a fix for my pc
« Reply #2 on: 18 April 2012, 07:25 »
That age of compaq would have asked you to create your own recovery media and bugged you until you did it or told it to never bother you again.

What version of Vista was it?
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Offline shelaghmk3gti

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Re: can anyone advise on a fix for my pc
« Reply #3 on: 18 April 2012, 09:07 »
Quote from: Jay on 18 April 2012, 07:25
That age of compaq would have asked you to create your own recovery media and bugged you until you did it or told it to never bother you again.

What version of Vista was it?

not sure what you mean by what version.. premium? it may well have been ( if it naggs then chances are the boys did it)done but like i say its been a few years and weve moved house 3 times..soo i guess its a case of pay up  :sad:

thanks for taking the time to reply though, much appreciated x
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Re: can anyone advise on a fix for my pc
« Reply #4 on: 18 April 2012, 13:29 »
I'll see if I've got a Vista Premium DVD around, do you have the sticker with the product key on it?
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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.
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