What have I done wrong??

jghal

I didn't get an XP disc from Dell, but on my Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop there was an option in the Start Menu, under programs to make a backup of XP.

This was once only operation and now the option does not appear, so I can't go into details - it was over a year ago I did it . Have a look in the start menu.

You'll need a CD to burn your version of XP ontpo

:beer:

landkmum

I don't quite know how to thank you all for all of your help. I too have inspiron 6000 laptops so I have followed your directions jghal and managed to burn my back up disc for one laptop, I'll do the other later. Thankyou so much everyone for your input and your knowledge and for getting me back on track!!!

landkmum

Not sure why but when I clicked your thanks button alanwjones the option disappeared but the thanks isn't showing so I'll say it to you once more, thankyou!

moonrakerz

Stick with Firefox, it's much better than IE !

landkmum

moonrakerz wrote: »

Stick with Firefox, it's much better than IE !

To be honest, I didn't even know firefox existed until this morning so I would be interested to hear what it is that you feel makes it better than IE

superscaper

landkmum wrote: »

To be honest, I didn't even know firefox existed until this morning so I would be interested to hear what it is that you feel makes it better than IE

My advice would be to install firefox and opera and try them out. You can keep them installed on your pc along with internet explorer so you've got nothing to lose. Don't listen to anyone else's opinion as it really is down to personal choice. I used to use firefox for years but I now just use Internet explorer since version 7 came out as it does everything I want. I have opera and firefox installed as well with an eye to play around with them when I have time.

Millionare

landkmum wrote: »

To be honest, I didn't even know firefox existed until this morning so I would be interested to hear what it is that you feel makes it better than IE

It's Down to Personal Choice at the end of the day but some pointers:

Firefox is regarded as a more secure browser than I.E and also more customisable with add-ons etc. i

An example is the Recent "ANI" Exploit in windows about 2 weeks ago. If you were using Opera or Firefox your system wouldnt get infected on a website that had the code, on the otherhand if running I.E to view, it would be infected before you knew it.

Firefox can be more resource heavy than I.E or Opera, but there are ways to change this.

I.E 7 is a huge improvement over I.E 6 with many new features copied from Firefox and Opera also some sites (e.g: Microsoft Updates, MSN) only open in I.E.(unless someones found away around it )

Opera is the fastest browser around in tests, however sometimes it has problems displaying certain websites, so you have to use another browser.

Since Firefox came out it has taken a huge chunk out of I.E market share and is currently running on around 15%. opera about 0.5% of computers. I.E market share is falling all the time

moonrakerz

The previous two posts have said very much what I would have said !

My main reason for using Firefox (and Thunderbird !) is that they are not products of Mr Bill Gates - now, I don't have a problem with this gentleman, but lots of people do, and they write nasty things to attack "Windows", "IE", "Outlook" etc, etc.
So, in some areas, anything (almost) is better than MS products.

PS: I do use XP !

alanwjones

landkmum wrote: »

Not sure why but when I clicked your thanks button alanwjones the option disappeared but the thanks isn't showing so I'll say it to you once more, thankyou!

No problems landkmum, The thanks is in getting it right and you end up with a happy customer at the end of the day, All the best, Alan.