I believe that the reason that Windows installs so fast, because it keeps a ghost image of the system when Windows was installed on the machine. I agree with you, if you have to install Windows from scratch it will take an hour or more due to the fact it has to run setup.

When I used the recovery disk that came with my machine, I have to tell you I was really ticked off, because I thought you would get the original XP disk, but preinstalled specially OEM machines only come with a recovery disk and, if you think calling Microsoft about a problem with your machine" Forget It" the first question they ask is this a OEM machine and, if you say yes Microsoft tells you to contact your OEM manufacturer" end of story " It seems even though you buy Microsoft product, if you have a OEM machine forget about any help from Microsoft. I think this is really wrong my OEM didn't write the code for Windows, Microsoft wrote the code, so they should be responsible to anyone who is running their software. The first time I e-mailed Microsoft(and the last) they told me to contact my OEM and my OEM told me to contact Microsoft(talk about feeling like a piece of taffy) but that's Microsoft's position on users who run OEM machines.

When I downloaded Sp2 and it killed Windows, I got the dreaded blue screen of death, when I put in my recovery disk a message came up on the screen telling me their was a separate partition on the hard drive that will re-install Windows and it tells the user how to get into BIOS to use the recovery disk. The reason my machine was able to use the recovery disk, because I didn't have Sp2 installed, I was in the process of installing Sp2, so the disk worked, if I would of had Sp2 already installed the recovery disk would of not worked according to Seanix.

I know it sounds far fetched, but Windows really loaded that fast, I'm going to contact Seanix and ask them whats on the partition which loads Windows so fast and then I'll post the answer, if your website doesn't log me out. I logged in ten minutes ago to post this message and when I clicked preview post I got your vBulletin message, you are not logged in... I think this website doesn't like my machine I logged in ten minutes ago to post this message contacted admin. and were working on the problem, I better post this now or I might have to login again even though the site says I'm logged in.

"you are not logged in... I think this website doesn't like my machine I logged in ten minutes ago to post this message contacted admin. and were working on the problem, I better post this now or I might have to login again even though the site says I'm logged in. "

Your funny!

ok i understand that maybe .yes the eason you were able to install faster than me was because of the ghost image. how did you do that?
anyway is your OEM disk your Recovery disk? and you downloaded Service pack 2 of windows?...ok
how many versions of windows have u installed?

Yes, Yes and one version of Windows, OEM version of Windows Xp Home.

I'm almost certain their is a partition on the disk that allows the user to load Windows that fast, because as you said it takes an hour to lnstall Windows, you have to reboot so many times in the installation. The only way I can think of why Windows only took ten minutes, it keeps a ghost image of the version of Windows on the recovery disk, so setup doesn't have to use the installer from Microsoft, I think that's why Microsoft says if you have an OEM version of Windows to contact your OEM, I e-mailed Seanix support and we'll see what they say, but if I removed Sp2 right now and played with the BOOT.INI file and screwed up Windows so it wouldn't boot, if I put my recovery disk in my CD-Rom, the disk would tell me that Windows is on a separate partition and give the user instructions(their wizard) to boot from the CD-Rom to install Windows and the whole process takes ten minutes.

When I use the recovery disk, I don't have to answer any questions, I don''t even have to enter my product key, so I think all this is on a special partition on the disk and thats why Windows installs so fast. When I get a reply from Seanix, I will post their answer, but the only way I can account for Windows installing that fast has to be a ghost image.

The first few times being logged out was funny, but now the sites logging me out when I've only been in ten minutes.

I don't believe this, I had to login again to post this, I'm not loosing the post as long as I login again, but how many times does a person have to login to post a message. When I do log/out(which the site does for me even though I don't want to be logged out) it says all cookies cleared.

Originally Posted by yuj

Jephree i meant if i was to dismantle my Hard drive and was to give it to a technician, is there a probability of them being able to fix it..
But dell are telling me that this hard drive is unfixable...but i think this is because they are unable to do anymore tests through the phone..

Although technically possible there is no economical way to repair hard drives. You can simply buy several new ones for what even an attempt to repair the mechanics would cost you.

Originally Posted by yuj

The odd thing is..my computer is a real Freak of Technology..it NOW starts up perfectly...i seriously do not know Why thou..today someone else switched it on, without my permission, but some how they got it to work..i was like..WOW they must really have the magic touch..
My assumption is that i have moved a Major corruption of some sort into my Portable hardrive...since i did want to Factory reset my computer, so therefore i moved all my important files to the Portable Hard drive ..
but seriously..I can really Predict that this error is going to happen again...

If Dell is telling you you need a new hard drive are they telling you how you are supposed to reinstall XP. Are they supplying a new drive with XP installed? If their restore was on a Recovery Partition then you obviously need another source to reload XP. Did they say anything about this?

Yes. But they said something they were going to send me drivers and E-mail it to me when I've bought the New Hardrive. I've Been Opening my Windows through System Configurations Utility..I think this is how can make most of my dying Hardrive

Winnipeg-you're having Forum problems..cookie problems?..sounds like it..