hurt my feelings lol , first rule of online forums , chats and other stuff , never get too involved in anything . would be nice to go on
, was having fun actually . well chinese products are good , if they are the real deal ie . if u checked out even USA brands , u might find some PCs with ordinary or inferior parts . its always good to check if ur product is original , especially if its written made in china . Boy u calling previous post LONG ??? u havent seen much of my posts i guess . Same length as urs . and remember always good to go through entire post b4 replying . ur right , u should know something abt computers b4 u buy , branded or not . else take someones guidance . in most cases , companies can con u into their oldest , un sold products . Tell ur friend to join the Digit Forum , we'll try to sort his problems out one by one , thats what assemblers do best
. and regarding ur hdd formating , if ur formating just to reinstall ur os , rather than recover from bad sectors or other serious hdd problems , u could try the manufacturers Disk Utilies , which amazingly is listed in this thread . they work quick and u can backup ur mbr too . btw , out of kuriosity . whats the period for IBM's tech support for ur pc . does it include OS and AV support also ? Plus will do they support installation of linux and win on same system or does it void ur warranty ? Plus how much do they charge for additional , say , 256 mb ram ? seems IBM must be doing something right , but still most branded aren't so good in a lot of ways , hence more people prefer assembled .