Fellow nerds: Windows XP question

[MarthaStewart]

Your avatar rules.

 

[supersizeme]

Over the past couple of days, I've been having network connection problems on my pc at home. I get massive packet loss everywhere I go, and sometimes I can't even connect at all(I'm on cable). I'm plugged directly into the cable modem and not through a router or anything. I have a second pc that I've hooked up to the cable modem, and it runs fine without any connection problems, so I know it's not my cable modem that's the problem. I have switched NICs on the two pcs, and they both work fine in the second pc, so it's not a bad NIC. I also downloaded Norton antivirus, and cleaned 5 viruses off the pc, but this still didn't resolve the connection problem.

So basically I think I'm out of things to try other than reinstalling XP. I have one hard drive on the pc which is divided into two partitions. I realize I'm going to have to at least format the partition that XP was installed on, but will it format the entire disk thus wiping out the other partition as well? I was going to move all the things I don't want to lose over to that second partition before reinstalling XP. This would save me from having to copy everything over to my second pc. I obviously do not want to lose all my horse fucking women and Japanese vomit videos.

 

[supersizeme]

Martha, do you think I could put it in the ass if I bring you some dried flowers and fresh apricots afterwards?

 

[Paulos]

I think your computer needs a good exfoliation, Broseph.

 

[supersizeme]

No shit, homie. It's running about as fast as a Miata loaded with 3-4 Pauloses.

 

[Dragon14]

I'm not an expert... but I don't see why it would be your operating system that is causing the trouble. You describe "packet loss"... what specifically is happening?

 

[WODIN]

Martha is so right about your avantanard.

 

[Paulos]

No shit, homie. It's running about as fast as a Miata loaded with 3-4 Pauloses.

Paulii is the proper term I believe.

And I think the maximum Paulii you could put in a Miata is 3, two in the front and one in the trunk if you ran said third Paulii through a wood chipper.

 

[dballistic]

you may also have tons of spyware on your system sending various packets of info to their marketing sites.

Get ad aware from lavasoftusa.com and run a scan.

Reloading XP is probably the best bet tho.

 

[XBiker]

SSME.

You claim to have replaced the NIC, did you try a different PCI slot, or did you just pop it right back in to the same one? Did you remove the adapter from the hardware manager prior to replacing it?

When troubleshooting network problems, always check the physical connections first.

If the modem is working fine on the other PC, then the modem sounds good. Are you using the same network cable for both PC's? I know it sounds elementary, but you know...

Have you tried removing the TCP IP stack in your network settings and starting over?

If you do have to reinstall, just format the C partition on the drive that has two partitions. Don't FDISK it, or you'll lose all the data on the drive as a whole. You could always install right back over the existing directory, but if the OS is causing the problems, it's best to format the C drive and reload.

The D partition should remain intact and just run the normal XP install (to the C drive).

Good luck.