In that case I would have two pieces of advice for you:
1) You say your computer starts and runs normally - I would live with the error message. Formatting a Windows PC is not a risk-free process and you don't want to get to the other side and realise you forgot to back something up, or a backup didn't work, or you can't find a critical driver cd..etc. If it works and you don't know computers all that well, then I would leave it alone.
2) If your computer does everything you need, don't buy another one. Unless you play games there is absolutely no reason why you couldn't be using a computer that's three, four or even five years old.
The word-processing computer sits idle waiting for you 99.9% of the time. Spending a load of money to speed up your loading times for that remaining fraction is simply not worth it IMO. Buy a stick of RAM if you want to spend some money on it, but getting a new computer is simply a waste of money (unless of course the new computer is a hobby in itself
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The myth that we should somehow need to keep upgrading our computers to perform the same tasks that we were doing five years ago with no complaints is largely perpetrated by those with a vested interest in you spending money to do so. Worth keeping in mind
[ 05-05-2006, 07:09 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]