Thank you everyone for your help,
My PC has a Maxtor HD and it was a simple thing to google for ‘maxtor low level format’ and download the correct application from the Maxtor website. Having carried out a Low Level Format, reinstalled the OS, reinstalled PS I am pleased to report that I was then able to get a further 30 day trial. So it would appear the PS does write something to an inaccessible part of the HD.
As someone suggested, Photoshop Elements is probably the way for me to go.
Regards,
Peter
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:38:04 -0700, "Hebee Jeebes" wrote:
I don’t believe that that process when done through Windows setup is
quite
the same as using a separate program to do it. It all happens to quickly
to
be done write. Almost as if Windows setup is only blanking out a few
areas
instead of actually deleting the entire partition and then creating a new one.
I would recommend a program like Partition Magic to do this. However, I don’t recommend that exact program because Symantec has it and all of the Symantec products are crap. But, you want to use a real partitioning and hard drive management program.
R
Strange about the windows setup. I have just found that out myself when re building my PC – (To much junk left from games and trial programs etc). Teach me to chweck before I write !!!.
Now though when CS2 opens files there is a strong yellow green cast to them all AGGHHHH. Shame that with windows when deleting the partition also deletes that setting though <grin>
John