Frackin' PC's sending me nuts again.....

[LynnInDenver]

Rod H wrote:

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Problem 1: things are broken. Blizzard's games work, Steam stuff works, Origin....works. My SSD like boot+data drive setup is partally functional, IE was back, then it broke. My email app isn't working, in fact any local application that uses Windows Live is dead to me. Uncompressing files come out empty. Windows Media Center's dead too, but that's probably down to the fact the TV tuner I've got has some dodgy drivers which won't work with 64-bit, plus it's got some suspiciously bulging capacitors.

I'd replace the capacitors, but if there's the dodgy driver issue under 64-bit, it might just be better to replace... although I don't watch enough television here to justify a TV-tuner card anyway.

Problem 2: I can't re-do the windows install as my keyboard doesn't get detected for some reason

That's odd. How third-party cheap-brand is your keyboard?

Problem 3: I've still not tracked down all my install disks - not an issue for anything cloud-esc (re: Origin, Stream) just means I'm without office on this system till I find them.

One name: Libre Office. That should get you through until you find those install discs.

Problem 4: I need a IDE channel, so I can use the RPC-1 DVD-Rom drive, I think I've got an IDE controller in my parts pile, see end of previous sentence.

Odd that your motherboard doesn't have an IDE channel on it. Granted, it might be down to ONE connector, but that should support two devices (master and slave). But I can certainly understand if you want additional devices past those.

I'm beginning to think step one should've been do a complete backup & restore to a fresh 64-bit install, which I sort of did with creating a backup on my WHS device and a interim WFST. I just can't get the Windows Home Server to talk to this system and the Windows File & Settings Transfer tool did a half hearted job.

At least I've improved my "Windows Experience Index" or I would have if I'd installed a true SSD or a readyboost device. I'll 3dmark it at some point, should stomp over what'd got previously.

Complete backup and restore of a few files with an absolutely clean install from the OS disc would have been the recommended, especially given that it sounds like you basically replaced everything but your data at this stage. The only reason I didn't with my desktop system when I replaced that much was that I didn't want to have to redo all the patches (a good 7-8 years worth I think) to the OS in the process, although I'm still running XP on it.
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