Originally posted by lawrence171
This system doesn't last for like a month, then it's time to re-format, and re-install everything. SOMEONE PLEASE SUGESSTION HOW DO I KEPT MY SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING FOR LONGER!
Who is making the determination that a format reinstall is called for? You? A "techie" friend or a tech support rep? I'll tell you a little secret....I used to do tech support for Dell...the new techs favorite solution was a "format reinstall" I suggest you do a little OS troubleshooting..check your startup proggies..check the registry..check the system files for corruption. Has there ever been a virus on the harddrive? Some nasty viruii will invoke the IO machine code commands on the hardrive controller directly and write themselves out of the range of Bois int13h and the dos write int21h..that means in plain lingo that a format will not erase them..you have to debug the hardrive using assembly code..maybe thats the problem? A longshot but it's worth lokking at.