Oh my GOD I could KILL MICHAEL DELL's customer support staff

[Mr. dB]

Re: Oh my GOD I could KILL MICHAEL DELL

Think pads are rock solid.

And if you talk to their support people, they seem to be reasonably well informed and don't treat you like an idiot.

 

[Mr. dB]

Re: Oh my GOD I could KILL MICHAEL DELL

It says the total size of my partition is... 52.3 gigs, 42 gigs free? I think I had a 60 gig hard drive.

I still think that missing space is your restore partition. It's hidden from you, the only way to access it is to press the right F-key when you boot the system. Just gotta know which one. Should be in your system documentation somewhere, or in the online help.

 

[Mr. dB]

http://radified.com/blog/archives/000141.html

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=sw_winxp

 

[Devastation]

either way, xp is on it's way

 

[rsnoble-im-back]

yeah no like either more story later

 

[Razorguns]

Never knew Dell sold pc's w/o windows installed. How are you supposed to get all those extra applications and dell utilities? Are they supplised on an extra disc?

I have TWO dell laptops. And both run extremely well. I bought them with xp (their service was good -- i got xp home on one order, and i called and bitched and upgraded me to xp pro for FREE). I called and asked for recovery cd and original xp disks and they sent them to me for free. Both at next day shipping.

now the habib tech support -- that leaves a lto to be desired. I prefer the "online support chat" option. Way WAY easier and faster.

Wanna make money: invest in indian tech companies that do online chat support. None of that accent shit to worry about.

 

[Mr. dB]

Re: the ctrl F11 thing, you press and hold as the system is turned on.