-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: ~OoO~ <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:28:35 -0500
What I was saying was that S.M.A.R.T. data not being what the 'program' =
thinks it should be doesn't necessarily mean the drive is bad. For =
example, you go to the doctor and he checks you out. Your heart rate is =
very fast, faster than most other people. Well, ok, so your heart rate =
is out of the norm. Doesn't necessarily mean something is wrong with =
you. For you specifically, it might be normal. Same thing with =
S.M.A.R.T. data. SMART stands for 'Self-Monitoring, Analysis and =
Reporting Technology'. Basically, most modern drives have sensors on =
them that report this SMART data. You need a special app to be able to =
read this data. This data reports specific conditions of the drive. It =
gives you the symptoms, if any. Its still up to you to try and figure =
out if there's really a problem. So, if something shows not right on =
SMART data, it 'could' mean bad, but not necessarily. But... =
none-the-less, you should look further into it. According to Ariolic =
Software, "currently the SMART system can detect about 70% of all hard =
drive errors." Read this: http://tinyurl.com/9wye8
Disk Defragmenter defrags the drive. Does nothing in regards repair, =
analysis, diagnose, etc. Defragging basically keeps all your like-data =
together, for faster access to said data. You can do a Google search on =
"defrag" for a thorough explanation of that and why its good to defrag =
often.
Will get back to you on a freeware app for checking the drive. At work =
now, so don't have much researching time on hand.
---Troth
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From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of betty
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 4:08 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Firefox Revisited
Thanks again, Troth. That is some story about the loss of your=20
photos....certainly much
worse than losing bookmarks. I do have a list of the bookmarks. Wish I=20
knew how to get
them into Opera.
In an earlier email, I thought you had given some indication that the=20
bad disk message
I got, wasn't as bad as if it had also mentioned sectors and such. At=20
any rate, I'll keep
my fingers crossed that you come up with something I can use. Disk=20
Defragmenter won't
do it, huh? I had run it earler today.
Best,
Betty
~OoO~ wrote:
>Alright... yes, losing bookmarks is certainly better than losing a hard =
=3D
>drive. However, keep in mind, this is not really a choice. You're not =
=3D
>being given a choice of, say, lose your favorites or lose your hard =3D
>drive. While this all started with the bookmarks, most of the time the =
=3D
>way people find a problem on their computer is by mistake. I could have =
=3D
>years of photos stored on my computer and hardly ever look at them, =3D
>constantly just adding more photos to the folder daily. Then, finally, =
=3D
>one day 3 years later I decide to look at my photos from January 1st, =
=3D
>2001. Suddenly, I realize that each photo I am trying to open on that =
=3D
>date is coming up as unreadable. I look at a different date. Some =
thing. =3D
>I look at the photos from yesterday... same thing. Now, what I once =3D
>thought was secure and safe turns out a disaster. I've been saving all =
=3D
>these photos and everything's corrupt. To make a long-story short... =
=3D
>this is a true story, my story, just it wasn't ALL my photos. Out of =
=3D
>about 3000 photos, very important ones that is, I lost about a few =3D
>hundred of some older ones. I thought everything was good, yet the =
drive =3D
>was bad as I later found out.
>
>So... the Mozilla is not causing the grief. If your drive is bad, its =
=3D
>bad. While hitting it head on now might bring all the problems to the =
=3D
>table, it will save you from a disaster later on. If the drive is bad, =
=3D
>its bad. How long you have before it goes completely is a different =3D
>story. I would definitely suggest using some sort of application to =
scan =3D
>the drive for errors and/or other problems. I can't think of any =3D
>freeware ones off the top of my head, except for Scan Disk which is =3D
>included with Windows. I'll see if I can dig any up.
>
>Regarding the favorites... like I said before, the bookmarks are the =
=3D
>ones you want. If you can access that bookmarks.html file we talked =3D
>about, copy just that file, so at least you have your bookmarks. You =
can =3D
>even print it out, so at least you have something.
>
>---Troth
>
>
> =20
>
> =20
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