laptop help

NiftyDigits

If there are no missing Drivers, then it's time to upgrade your AntiVirus solution.
Download and Save, but do not install Avast 8 Free

When fully downloaded, go to Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall a Program and uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials. Reboot.

When you restart, click on the Avast Setup file to begin the install. Be careful not to install any Toolbars, browsers or addons. So read each step carefully.

crystal9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Have you clicked on Check for Updates?
Any question marks in the Device Manager?

no just checked drivers and no ? there. ok will now download avast and uninstall other program

NiftyDigits

Then you can use Windows Easy Transfer to replace the data of your choice back to your clean install.

Once that is complete, it's probably time to make an image of your drive with Macrium Reflect to a folder on the new external drive, as this will be a clean image to which to return in the case of a disaster.

crystal9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Then you can use Windows Easy Transfer to replace the data of your choice back to your clean install.

Once that is complete, it's probably time to make an image of your drive with Macrium Reflect to a folder on the new external drive, as this will be a clean image to which to return in the case of a disaster.

ok avast all installed didn't see any tool bars etc listed.
ok so do i go back to beginning of post and just do same again? can i reuse other disk which i had first image on or put it on my external harddrive?

NiftyDigits

crystal9 wrote: »

ok avast all installed didn't see any tool bars etc listed.
ok so do i go back to beginning of post and just do same again? can i reuse other disk which i had first image on or put it on my external harddrive?

I don't have any idea of what you have done. All of your images should have been on the external drive.

You don't need any of the other Macrium images now that you are up and running, but you might keep them for a while until you are sure that you have retrieved all of your important data.

crystal9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I don't have any idea of what you have done. All of your images should have been on the external drive.

You don't need any of the other Macrium images now that you are up and running, but you might keep them for a while until you are sure that you have retrieved all of your important data.

its ok i have my images etc on external harddrive. i meant can i reuse the same disk as i did before for Macrium Reflect to do new image? ie overwrite old Macrium Reflect?

have just tried doing new disk and it has just stopped saying i have run out of space so don't know what else to do as have no more disks, when i first started it said disk had to be reformatted so should be room on there as i dont have as much stuff this time

NiftyDigits

Just delete the images that you don't need. They should all be in their own individual folders if you followed what I suggested. You don't need to make another Macrium Boot Disk. Just keep the Easy Transfer folder at least, if you backed up all of your data there. If you format the disk, you will erase everything.

crystal9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Just delete the images that you don't need. They should all be in their own individual folders if you followed what I suggested. You don't need to make another Macrium Boot Disk. Just keep the Easy Transfer folder at least, if you backed up all of your data there. If you format the disk, you will erase everything.

ok, photos are all safe i was thi:beer:nking of just leaving them all on my external harddrive save clogging up laptop and slowing it down again

NiftyDigits

crystal9 wrote: »

ok, photos are all safe i was thi:beer:nking of just leaving them all on my external harddrive save clogging up laptop and slowing it down again

Photos won't slow your laptop. It's actually better to keep them in more than one location.
It's a completely different experience now, isn't it?

Install CCleaner and Run Cleaner regularly.

crystal9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Photos won't slow your laptop. It's actually better to keep them in more than one location.
It's a completely different experience now, isn't it?

Install CCleaner and Run Cleaner regularly.

oh ok will transfer them then, yes :eek: totally different never been so fast i can not thanks you enough for what you have done.

are we all done now?

can i just ask now i have my external harddrive i was going to do my backups on to that but didn't know if when i do new backup will that overwrite the old backups? because otherwise i will run out of space won't