[arachne] Re: How to fix this puter?

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On Mon, 18 May 2009 20:51:47 -0400, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

> The finding of a defect with a hard drive is not a good reason
> for junking an otherwise perfectly good computer.

> One can find excellent resources on the internet and in public
> libraries on the subject of how to replace a hard drive and to
> re-install the operating system, or to install a new operating
> system.

> Anyone having an average IQ and average mechanical ability and
> having reading skills up to 8th grade level can do it.

Careful, Sam! If that becomes well known, people may start to fix their
computers instead of dumping them for us to pick up.


    
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