Alan McKinnon wrote:
Apparently, though unproven, at 00:01 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Dale did
opine thusly:
OK. I took a nap and it seems everyone on the list wanted to chime in.
lol This is one reason I posted here. I knew I would get at least a
few replies. Just picking one to reply to so not pointing at Alan here.
First, the drive is not full. It has about 30% or so left. I think the
virus broke something and I don't have the OS media to reinstall. If I
had my way, that puter would have Linux and a root password that only I
know.
Second, it has not been kept up to date for sure. They are little kids,
oldest is getting about old enough to understand how to maintain things
tho.
Third, I'm not going to go to to much trouble with this thing and trying
to get it back to shiny new. If it doesn't work to their liking, I'll
tell them to get a CD/DVD with the install on it or I can put Linux on
it for free. Let them decide.
One post mentioned that this needs to be reinstalled, I AGREE.
Same here. I find this approach workable:
Tell them the machine needs an OS re-install. They can pick
Windows - which they will pay for
Linux - it's free
Either way they will lose their data. Give them that choice and let them
decide for themselves.
I'm just adding one option. Hope it works as is. They are kids. Even
if windoze won't boot, I'll put the drive in my system and copy anything
important over, pictures or something. Then they are left with the
options you gave. Because it is kids, they don't want to buy the OS.
They will break it anyway. lol Then again, if I reinstall it, they
will still break it. :/ They are kids and it is still windoze.
I'm going to mention putting Linux on it tho. I can install Mandriva on
it pretty quick and just not give the kids the root password. They
check email, play those games on facebook and that is about it. The
oldest one is getting close to the age where she can start learning to
upgrade too.
This is like dating, time will tell. ;-)
Dale
:-) :-)
