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Old 01-05-2006, 02:05 AM
Ian
 
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Default advice on wiping hard drive

After 4 years of no resets needed, I feel the time has come to do it.
Getting many MSN errors and the system is generally sluggish, despite using
adaware AV etc etc.

The PC came with a PS2 keyboard and mouse which I no longer have. When I
reset my PC using the OEM discs, will it recognise my wireless keyboard
(microsoft) and wireless mouse (logitech) or will it, as I fear, leave me
stuck at the login screen unable to use either.

cheers

Ian



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:05 AM
Carey Frisch [MVP]
 
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Default Re: advice on wiping hard drive

As long as you have "Legacy USB" support enabled
in your BIOS, you should not have a problem.

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"Ian" wrote:

| After 4 years of no resets needed, I feel the time has come to do it.
| Getting many MSN errors and the system is generally sluggish, despite using
| adaware AV etc etc.
|
| The PC came with a PS2 keyboard and mouse which I no longer have. When I
| reset my PC using the OEM discs, will it recognise my wireless keyboard
| (microsoft) and wireless mouse (logitech) or will it, as I fear, leave me
| stuck at the login screen unable to use either.
|
| cheers
|
| Ian

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Old 01-05-2006, 02:05 AM
Jonny
 
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Default Re: advice on wiping hard drive

I read "MSN", its time to move on...

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"Ian" <ipember@removethisfirst.msn.com> wrote in message
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> After 4 years of no resets needed, I feel the time has come to do it.
> Getting many MSN errors and the system is generally sluggish, despite

using
> adaware AV etc etc.
>
> The PC came with a PS2 keyboard and mouse which I no longer have. When I
> reset my PC using the OEM discs, will it recognise my wireless keyboard
> (microsoft) and wireless mouse (logitech) or will it, as I fear, leave me
> stuck at the login screen unable to use either.
>
> cheers
>
> Ian
>
>
>



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