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OldBoy
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Hello,
I've got a laptop (Compaq Presario C700) from my son (I'm 64 by the by).
While it's good and very handy, some of the programmes I use won't work. I spoke to my son and he suggested doing a dual boot system, now I've search the internet and I can't make head nor tail of how to do it - my son tried to explain but he's made things worse for me.
When I go into My Computer - I see two drives: One called "Local Disc (C)" and the other "Presario_RP(D)" - does this mean I have two hard discs crammed into the laptop or this is a partition?
From what I've read about it I need to have a Vista disc - all I have a the recovery discs - will they do?
Guess, what I'm asking is can some nice person give me an idiots guide?
Many thanks in advance
Rog the OldBoy
Almost forgot (typical for me) The D drive has a large file called Recovery, can this be deleted if I have the recovery discs?
Edited by OldBoy (Mon May 19 2008 05:47 PM)
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BurrWalnut
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I don't mean to sound rude but if you don't understand the terminology, I suggest you concentrate on learning the one operating system you currently have.
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greysts
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Loc: Colchester
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I agree with Burr - dual-boot systems are for experts and certainly wouldn't solve your problem anyway. Which programmes are you trying to get working and what error message do you get (if any) when you try to run them?
As for the C: and D: drives, no you haven't got two hard disks, just one with 2 partitions. And no, you can't delete the Recovery file. It's put there by Hewlett Packard/Compaq as a safeguard in case your Recovery DVD fails.
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