XP Pro
Thursday, September 9, 2004 by Watson | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I upgraded my os to xp pro recently and now all of a sudden in the start menu I can no longer use the right click options, when I right click on an itemm int the start menu, nothing happens? Anyone have a nifty little fix for this problem without losing all of my stuiff AGAIN? 
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mrtee
Reply #22 Friday, September 10, 2004 4:09 PM
Reply #22 Friday, September 10, 2004 4:09 PM
For a test I disabled drag & drop, no more right click!
Reenabled d&d and right click is back
Jeff
Reenabled d&d and right click is back
Jeff
mrtee
Reply #26 Friday, September 10, 2004 4:47 PM
Reply #26 Friday, September 10, 2004 4:47 PM
Saves a "few" hours.
How'd you spend your weekend? Reinstalling Windows!
Jeff
How'd you spend your weekend? Reinstalling Windows!
Jeff
farkusmarkus
Reply #27 Friday, September 10, 2004 10:57 PM
Reply #27 Friday, September 10, 2004 10:57 PM
Rather than start a new thread, I'll just jack this one.
I need to reinstall windows but my porn, um... I mean.... I have a lot of files that would be rather tedious to burn to CDs. So I used partition magic to split my drive in half. My thinking is that I can back up all my files to the new D drive and then format/reinstall C. Since I've never partitioned a drive before, I'm a little nervous. Anything I need to know before I obliterate everything through a ID-10T error?
For instance, I created the D partition as a logical partition. What's the difference between logical and primary? It sounds obvious but it probably isnt, which is why I'm asking.
Thanks.
I need to reinstall windows but my porn, um... I mean.... I have a lot of files that would be rather tedious to burn to CDs. So I used partition magic to split my drive in half. My thinking is that I can back up all my files to the new D drive and then format/reinstall C. Since I've never partitioned a drive before, I'm a little nervous. Anything I need to know before I obliterate everything through a ID-10T error?
For instance, I created the D partition as a logical partition. What's the difference between logical and primary? It sounds obvious but it probably isnt, which is why I'm asking.
Thanks.
mrtee
Reply #28 Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:25 AM
Reply #28 Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:25 AM
You did fine.
An OS needs an active primary partition on the HDD to boot. You can have up to 4 primaries on a HDD, but only 1 can be active. There can be more if you use a boot manager.
A logical drive is for storing things like data, programs, music, pictures, etc. but it makes no sense to put programs on a drive other than the system drive because they (programs) need to be reinstalled after a reinstall of the OS.
Put your data on the "D" drive and burn CDs of it, yeah it takes time, but if something bad happens...............
There is a lot more information in help & support, type in "partitions" or "hard disk". The manual for my partitioning program is over 100 pages - too much for here.
Jeff
An OS needs an active primary partition on the HDD to boot. You can have up to 4 primaries on a HDD, but only 1 can be active. There can be more if you use a boot manager.
A logical drive is for storing things like data, programs, music, pictures, etc. but it makes no sense to put programs on a drive other than the system drive because they (programs) need to be reinstalled after a reinstall of the OS.
Put your data on the "D" drive and burn CDs of it, yeah it takes time, but if something bad happens...............
There is a lot more information in help & support, type in "partitions" or "hard disk". The manual for my partitioning program is over 100 pages - too much for here.
Jeff
SelfExiled
Reply #29 Saturday, September 11, 2004 4:32 AM
Reply #29 Saturday, September 11, 2004 4:32 AM
No sense in flaming a fellow artist over the "P" word. So, I can't comment. But, at least he was honest. 
SelfExiled
Reply #30 Saturday, September 11, 2004 4:37 AM
Reply #30 Saturday, September 11, 2004 4:37 AM
Put all your "files" in one folder and check the size of it. Then, you can burn the folder to CD. Once you reinstall windows, you can copy your "files" back to the hard drive and burn the CD. I mean burn it with a torch or lighter. And, then you can get a gf and erase the "files".
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Reply #21 Friday, September 10, 2004 4:05 PM
Jeff