I'm sorry, but could you elaborate on that?
When you say start from scratch, are you talking about uninstalling and reinstalling windows 7?
The few things I read on google about doing that seemed scary. I don't have that many files or programs I need to protect but still, I don't want to screw something up.
I have made plans to pick up an installation disc.
Also, when I tried updating my driver from the windows updates icon in the notification tray, I got error code 80070002. Not sure if that helps. When I update the driver from the graphics and driver settings, I still get the I/O issue thing.
And thanks for your patience in seeing me through these dark times of computer illiteracy.