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  • Ader1
    Ader1 Posts: 420 Forumite
    edited 13 July 2013 at 11:04AM
    closed wrote: »
    what percentage is used up by video, and in what format

    60GB of my 80GB Hard Disk is taken up by the video files which are in MPG Format. Some of the videos are 1.5GB in size.
  • Ader1
    Ader1 Posts: 420 Forumite
    NiftyDigits wrote: »
    That is a ATA/PATA/IDE HDD. Not SATA.

    Anyway your problem has been solved, so this is only if you want to fit a larger hard rive once you get your Recovery Disc.

    Hi NiftyDigits,

    Would it be possible for you to help me in getting the Recovery Disc? Thanks.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    back them up to an external hard drive (or 2), and burn them to dvd's, then you can clear some space.
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  • HereToday
    HereToday Posts: 547 Forumite
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    Ader1 wrote: »
    Hi NiftyDigits,

    Would it be possible for you to help me in getting the Recovery Disc? Thanks.

    Check your PM inbox tomorrow.
  • Ader1
    Ader1 Posts: 420 Forumite
    closed wrote: »
    back them up to an external hard drive (or 2), and burn them to dvd's, then you can clear some space.

    Thank you clear. I've ordered an additional Hard Drive which hopefully will be with my in the next couple of days.
  • HereToday
    HereToday Posts: 547 Forumite
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    If you are thinking of replacing the internal optical disc writer, it may also be an IDE drive. They are relatively expensive new(perhaps £22), so you can consider used or an external writer.
  • mary456
    mary456 Posts: 10 Forumite
    Your Specs are great. You should reformat it to remove any hidden malwares
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    when you finally get to post your spam, it will be deleted.
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  • Ader1
    Ader1 Posts: 420 Forumite
    At long last I've managed to remove a lot of stuff from my HD and put onto a second internal HD. (The one I bought was faulty and had to wait for a replacement then my CD writer needed replacing too.) The videos are also saved on an external HD drive. I've also got a windows XP installation disc. Thank you Here Today for helping me with that. I've an idea of what to do next but I'd like advice from the more knoledegeable on here. What are the next steps for me to take to do a Windows XP re-install?
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    Back up your Drivers to a USB drive and external hard drive or a CD. You'll need to unzip the package and run the application.

    Install XP from boot From there you can format the drive to NTFS and install Windows XP.

    Once installed, you can use the Driver Backup program to restore Drivers.
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