![]() Reinstalling – Laptop. Tips. First things first: make sure you are reinstalling/restoring for the right reason. Generally this will fix any and all software problems you may have: viruses, spyware, bad drivers, failed update or removal of a program, registry errors, etc. It is also a very good idea to reinstall/restore Windows if you bought a second- hand computer. However this will not help if your computer has any hardware problems. Use the “Hardware” section on this site to try to identify and fix any hardware problems first. All laptops come with some means of restoring or reinstalling the operating system and software. A detailed guide that shows you how to easily upgrade Vista to Windows 7. How To Change Disk Controller Mode From IDE to AHCI Without Reinstalling Windows XP. Disk controller for SATA HDDs can operate in both AHCI and IDE compatible mode. The Points Guy reports that six airlines—American, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, and United—are waiving their change fees for flights into and out of. ![]() Some, like most Dells come with a Windows CD and drivers/software CDs. Others like Toshiba and Sony come with HD image based restore CD/DVD sets. All Macs come with reinstallation DVD sets, and most of the rest come with a restore partition on the hard disk or a combination of CD and partition. On all computers that have a hidden restore partition on the hard disk, there is a utility that will let you burn your own restore CDs or DVDs. Also you can purchase that set from the manufacturer, usually for a nominal price covering just the shipping and handling. Of course, if you are restoring to a new hard disk, you have to have these CDs or DVDs. There are several steps in reinstalling/restoring the software on your computer: backup your files, reinstall the OS, install any new or updated drivers, install and update your antivirus, antispyware, firewall, etc. Windows, install and update your software, copy your files back. Backup. If your hard disk is damaged and you are replacing it, you can try to copy any files later, after everything is installed on the new HD. If you are reinstalling because of a virus infection and Windows wouldn’t start to allow you to copy your files, you have two options: take the HD out and use an external USB box to transfer your files to another computer, or make a bootable CD, start your computer from it and use an external USB hard disk or a flash drive (with enough capacity) to store your files temporarily. ![]() It is also possible to start your computer from a bootable CD and copy your files to another computer over a network, but that would take much longer. And of course if you are one of the lucky people that has recent backup, you can skip this step completely. Reinstall or restore Windows. If you are restoring from a CD, make sure your computer starts from it (usually press “F1. F8” as soon as you see something on the screen, or change the boot order in the BIOS). If restoring from a partition, see your documentation on how to start the process (“F1. Gateway, “Ctrl” + “F1. Dell, etc.). If you are installing from a Windows installation CD, you have more options. Do not choose “Repair my current installation” option just after you press “F8” to accept the license. This only works if your Windows files have become corrupted after installing a new driver or new update, or after changing the motherboard on a desktop PC. When you are reinstalling because of a virus infection, best is to delete the current partition and let the installer partition and format your hard disk again. At this point you have the option to split your hard disk into two (or more) partitions. This is indeed a very good idea, as you can install Windows on “C: ” and keep all of your files on “D: ”, so when you have to reinstall Windows again, you can format “C: ” and all of your files will remain untouched on “D: ”. Some laptops come setup that way by default – all Sony, some IBM, etc. You will usually need 8 to 1. GB for Windows and all of your programs, and the rest for storage. To do that, after deleting the existing partition (press “D”, then “Enter”, then “L”), create a new one (by pressing “C”) and change its size to 8. GB or 1. 00. 00 for 1. GB “C: ” partition. You can leave the rest of the hard disk unpartitioned for now. Then install Windows and as soon as it finishes, go to Control Panel - > Administrative Tools - > Computer Management, then click on “Disk Management”, then right- click on the unpartitioned space of your hard disk and choose “Create Partition”. Follow the prompts to create and format a NTFS partition. After it finishes formatting, this will appear as “E: ” drive in “My Computer”. If you want to change the drive letter to “D: ”, right- click on your CD/DVD drive (still in “Disk Management”) and choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”, then click “Change”, then select anything after “F: ”, then click “OK” and dismiss the warning. After that repeat these steps for the second partition you just created (right- click on it… etc.) but choose “D: ” for the drive letter. After that repeat again for the CD/DVD drive choosing “E: ” as the drive letter and close the Disk Management/Computer Management utility. It is best to perform this step immediately after creating a new partition or formatting an existing partition, as all the references to any files that are currently on the partition will change. Now go to “Control Panel - > User Accounts” and create a new “Limited User” account (you can use any name and password for it). Then log off (Start - > Log Off - > Log Off) and log on the new account. Now go to “Control Panel - > Display” and choose the second tab “Desktop”, then click “Customize Desktop”. Now check the “My Documents”, “My Computer” and “My Network Places” checkboxes and uncheck “Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard Every 6. Days”, then click “OK” and “OK” again to save the changes. Then go to “My Computer” and open “D: ” (or “E: ” if you didn’t change the drive letter), right- click on the empty space there and choose “New - > Folder” and rename the folder to “My Documents”. After that right- click on “My Documents” on your desktop and choose “Properties”, then click on “Move” and select “My Computer - > D: - > My Documents” (the folder you created earlier) and finally click on “Apply”. Windows will ask if you want to copy the content to the new folder, click “OK” and “OK” again to close the control panel. Now all of your documents will be stored by default in the folder you created on the “D: ” drive. Drivers, Antivirus, Windows Updates. If you have a separate drivers CD (like most Dells), install all drivers now. If you restored from a System Restore CD set or partition, all drivers should be already installed. If you are still missing some drivers (check in “Control Panel (click on “Switch to classic view” on the left) - > System - > Hardware tab - > Device Manager”), you will need to download them on another computer and copy them to a CD or a flash drive and then install them on your computer. All drivers for nearly all brands and models of laptops can be fount on the manufacturer’s support web site. There is a very handy utility in case you don’t know what drivers you need: Unknown. Devices. exe. You will also need to download the pcidevs. Unknown. Devices. Unknown. Devices will scan all the hardware on your computer (the PNPIDs) and for each “Unknown Device” it will give you the chip model, the chip’s manufacturer and the device manufacturer, which on a laptop is always your laptop manufacturer. After all drivers are installed, connect to the Internet and install your antivirus, antispyware, personal firewall, etc. Then go to “Control Panel - > System - > System Restore” and move the slider all the way to the left, giving it 2. MB of disk space. The Windows System Restore is useful in only two occasions: if a driver or Windows update doesn’t install properly and the computer wouldn’t start in normal mode but still starts in safe mode, or if your registry files become corrupted and (after ruling out hard disk and memory problems) you want to restore your registry by hand. Now still in the “System” control panel go to “Automatic Updates” tab and select “Notify me but don’t automatically download…”. Then click “OK” to save the changes. After that Automatic Update will pop- up pretty soon telling you that two updates are available. Download and install them, then restart when done. Now Automatic Update will pop- up again and will tell you that there are over 6. Now is the time to go to “Advanced…” and uncheck any updates you may not want at this time, like the new (at time of writting) IE7 or the somehow controversial “Windows Genuine Advantage”. Download and install the rest. Or if you prefer, run Windows Update. Install your software and copy your files back. What to Do Now That You Can’t Sync i. OS Apps Using i. Tunes. If you’ve been using your computer to manage the apps for your i. OS device, that time has come to an end. The latest update to Apple’s i. Tunes removes its access to the i. OS App Store, as well as the ability to manage i. OS apps, with the company expecting you to handle all that app- related business on your i. OS device itself. So long, app syncing. How to Manage Your Apps. If you decide to update to i. Tunes 1. 2. 7 (or if it automatically updates itself), you’ll be greeted with a message telling you to manage your apps or ringtones on your i. OS device instead of on i. Tunes. The update also moved its i. Tunes U content, placing it into the Podcasts section of the app. You’ll still be able to manage media like music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks, but besides the ability to share files (like documents, presentations, or comic books) between supported i. OS apps and your computer, all other aspects of app management, including icon rearrangement, have been removed. It only took five years since the inductive charging standard’s adoption by nearly every major…Read more Having more than one way to manage your apps was always convenient, even if the i. Tunes interface was a bit clunky. Luckily, you can download, delete, or redownload your apps on your i. OS device, and without much hassle. Here’s how you can redownload your apps: Open the App Store app. Phone or i. Pod touch users: Tap Updates, then tap Purchased (i. Pad owners: Tap Purchased). Tap “Not on This [device].”Find the app that you want to download, then tap the download icon. What About Apps Unavailable in the App Store? If you’re like me, you’re probably using an app or two that isn’t exactly “available” anymore in the App Store. If you’re worried your favorite unlicensed Tetris clone will disappear from your phone after it disappeared from the App Store, you can breathe a little easier—as long as you have a copy of the actual app file. App files (ending in . Tunes Media folder on your computer: Mac: /Users/username/Music/i. Tunes/i. Tunes Media. Windows 7 or later: Open C: \Users\username\My Music\i. Tunes\i. Tunes Media. Since you can’t manage the apps using i. Tunes interface, you’ll have to use your computer’s file explorer alongside the i. Tunes window. Plug your i. OS device in your computer, find the actual app file, and simply drag it on top of your device when it shows up in the i. Tunes sidebar. You can use the same method to manually add ringtones and books. Since your outcast apps probably haven’t updated to support 6. Phone 8 or face- scanning i. Phone X. In fact, i. OS 1. 1 ends support for older 3. OS 1. 1 device will lose support for 3. Come September 1. OS 1. 1 is released to the public, you’ll have to say goodbye to your obsolete apps. Here’s how you can figure out which apps are along for the ride and which ones are destined for the great 3. App Store in the sky. Apple starts cutting the bloat from i. Tunes by removing i. OS App Store | The Verge.
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