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Okay. About a year ago now, my girlfriend bought me FFXI for the PC. My PC was up to the challenge (at the time >_<), and so I went out to Virginia to hang with her and pick it up. Upon getting back, im stoked to get to playing. So I install it, then let it sit for 8 hours as it updated. Well, it finished updating and such. So I went to get on, and it worked fine. Well, a few weeks pass, and I notice my computer had begun to suck. Horribly. Soon enough, my computer super-crashes. Seriously. Its a Dell Dimensions 2200 model with XP included. My friend bought the same computer. When I went to turn it on, it would boot up to the 'Dell Dimensions' loading screen, and then go on to windows where it would go "BUZZ" and the Blue Screen of Death appears, informing me Windows caused a Fatal Error number 000000X2000221X00 or some crap. This also happens to my friends comptuer, and to several other computers of people that I know.
Well, as fate would have it, my contract with Dell had been let up and I lost my Windows XP install disc. All I had was my backup disc. Disgruntled but left with little else to do, I did a bare install with the backup disc. I no longer have Calculator, Wordpad, any of the games, my Sound Recorder, my DirectX was gone, I had about....1gig of space used on my 40gig harddrive. At a loss, I reinstalled what I could, restored applications with backup discs and the like, but I cant play FFXI anymore on it (like I originally did). It tells me DirectX 8 failed to initialize, but I have downloaded directx 8 and when I check my version, it says I even have 9, so thats above it, right? I cant even use model viewer. But I digress.
This terrible tale was spun so I could come to my next question. Can I somehow install Windows ME -over- my XP? My XP is barebones, and does very little for me. Some stuff doesnt even work anymore. Its been like this for a year now. I might be able to bum a copy of XP off of a friend, perhaps, but chances are slim. As I said in another post, my parents have ME, and they have their fullinstall disc and everything.
Do I have to delete Windows XP from my harddrive? If so, how would I do that? Would it hurt my system any? Or can I just drop ME over it and use it instead? I heard that because XP is the upgrade for ME, that XP will not allow ME to function with XP on the system. I know a thing or two about computer stuff, but im far from an expert, and I was hoping one of you could help me with this dillemia. If I can get my computer running properly again, I can play FF again and be on -all- day lol. Oh, also, I used to be able to run my computer in 16bit, 24bit, 36bit, and 255true color schemes, but now I'm only limited to 16 and 24. POL Viewer says it can only be run in 36. Would there be any way I could get my video card to work right again? A lot of questions, I know, and i'm sorry. But I'd like to know before I started installing stuff and screwing everything up. Thanks in advanced.
~Veevoohiss.
Well, as fate would have it, my contract with Dell had been let up and I lost my Windows XP install disc. All I had was my backup disc. Disgruntled but left with little else to do, I did a bare install with the backup disc. I no longer have Calculator, Wordpad, any of the games, my Sound Recorder, my DirectX was gone, I had about....1gig of space used on my 40gig harddrive. At a loss, I reinstalled what I could, restored applications with backup discs and the like, but I cant play FFXI anymore on it (like I originally did). It tells me DirectX 8 failed to initialize, but I have downloaded directx 8 and when I check my version, it says I even have 9, so thats above it, right? I cant even use model viewer. But I digress.
This terrible tale was spun so I could come to my next question. Can I somehow install Windows ME -over- my XP? My XP is barebones, and does very little for me. Some stuff doesnt even work anymore. Its been like this for a year now. I might be able to bum a copy of XP off of a friend, perhaps, but chances are slim. As I said in another post, my parents have ME, and they have their fullinstall disc and everything.
Do I have to delete Windows XP from my harddrive? If so, how would I do that? Would it hurt my system any? Or can I just drop ME over it and use it instead? I heard that because XP is the upgrade for ME, that XP will not allow ME to function with XP on the system. I know a thing or two about computer stuff, but im far from an expert, and I was hoping one of you could help me with this dillemia. If I can get my computer running properly again, I can play FF again and be on -all- day lol. Oh, also, I used to be able to run my computer in 16bit, 24bit, 36bit, and 255true color schemes, but now I'm only limited to 16 and 24. POL Viewer says it can only be run in 36. Would there be any way I could get my video card to work right again? A lot of questions, I know, and i'm sorry. But I'd like to know before I started installing stuff and screwing everything up. Thanks in advanced.
~Veevoohiss.
