XPost: alt.windows-xp   
      
   On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:06:31 -0400, Bob CP    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 9/25/2011 3:46 PM, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   XP Pro on an ACER laptop.   
   >>   
   >> Somehow, I've developed system problems.   
   >> These include, missing or corrupt drivers   
   >> (e.g. I can't use SD cards or USB hard drives   
   >> --which I'v done when things were good; and, eg.   
   >> I have a partioned HD -- used Partition Magic ---   
   >> but now it (PM) won't run on the machine???   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   Knowledgeable help will be greatly appreciated.   
   >>   
   >Most Acers have a recovery partition that can be used to restore the   
   >computer to "new" condition. (Look in your Acer manual.) Did you trash   
   >your recovery partition when you partitioned the disk?  If not, back up   
   >your data to an external drive and restore the original configuration   
   >and re-install the programs.   
   >   
   >There's something to be said for buying an external drive and regularly   
   >imaging your working drive...   
      
     As I said above-- I can't use an external USB drive -- one of the   
   several problems. And the ACER recovery stuff would put back the   
   original XP Pro (without SP1, SP2, SP3, and whatever updates   
   have come down!)   
    Nothing was lost when I Partitioned the drive! That was done when I   
   first bought the computer - when Win XP was new!   
    My problems occured only recently   
      
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