by dathem » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:42 pm
Hello, I am not sure what upgrades you may have installed to "mess up" so much. I just did updates to the computer I am typing this with, running 2.1 and had no problems at all. Did you upgrade to 9.04? Most people don't upgrade, but rather "start over" with a fresh install of the newer OS. That upgrade can cause any number of problems or run smooth, so it is a gamble. Maybe some one else knows what you may have done and has a solution. But for me without knowing what files you downloaded it is difficult to fix it. If there are files, data you wanted to keep then you still have options. If you have plenty of room on the HDD, one thing I did before was to install another version of Ultimate Edition and make a dual boot. When I boot up the newer OS I can see the older partion and copy files from it. Or if you really don't care about the old files, I would just re-install the OS. I really like the 2.2 version, so I plan to get rid of any 2.1. But in any case it is a real good idea to back up any files you really want to keep, as you never know when something bad is going to happen-I learned the hard way!
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the graphics card is an AMD Radeon HD 6450 with 512 MB DDR3 Ultimate Edition 3.2, Windows 7
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