-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:57:42 -0500
Two years is far too SHORT of a lifespan for a harddrive. But, lets get the
data backed up first and then we can deal with some alternatives.
Don
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From: "betty" <nextcent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:25 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
> No, Troth. It gave no numbers or said anything about bad sectors. I copied
> exactly what it said. That's all there was. I sure hope that that's good
> news.
> Needless to say, I certainly don't want to get a new hard drive, not
> only because
> I'm a dolt when it comes to the inside of computer, but I honestly don't
> have the
> wherewithal.
>
> I think I bought this computer (Dell) about 2 years ago. Is that the
> usual length of
> time for built-in obsolescence? One would hope it would be longer than
> that!
>
> Things seem to be running o.k. I don't, nor had I noticed anything not
> right prior
> to all this. Perhaps if I now just bite the bullet and uninstall
> Mozilla/Firefox?
> After all the aggravation of the past few days, losing my bookmarks
> doesn't seem
> that terrible. I can't believe I just said that! But losing the
> bookmarks is certainly
> much better than getting a new hard drive.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> ~OoO~ wrote:
>
>>Ok... this is good. Well, the result is not good, but its good cause at =
>>least we're getting down to what the problem 'might' be. I say 'might' =
>>because 'operating outside of normal specifications' is not necessarily =
>>horrible.
>>
>>Did it tell you what numbers were outside the norm? If so, what were =
>>they? Did you notice if it said there were bad sectors?
>>
>>Should the end result end up being that the drive is bad, all is not =
>>lost. Your operating system, Windows, is running on that drive. So, yes, =
>>a bad drive can cause all sorts of problems. But, the actual data that =
>>you need and that should normally be backed up on occasion will very =
>>likely still be there and accessible. Unfortunately, Firefox might be =
>>one of the applications that resides on the bad sectors.
>>
>>I think you said you have an old system, right? Its not one where you =
>>can go back to where you bought to make modifications and/or upgrades, =
>>right?
>>
>>You have to weigh the cost of your stuff on there. IF the drive is bad, =
>>and you do not feel comfortable swapping out the hard drive and then =
>>trying to retrieve the items on the old and possible bad drive, CompUSA =
>>and other local computer shops can do it for a fee, usually not too bad =
>>a price. Although, not all CompUSA's and local shops are created equal. =
>>Some guys know what they're doing, others will SAY they know what =
>>they're doing but pretty much don't. Again... only if you're not =
>>comfortable doing it yourself. Its really not hard at all to replace the =
>>hard drive. The harder part you have is retrieving the old stuff. You =
>>would essentially connect the bad drive to your system as a second =
>>drive, a slave. It would then show up on your system as the D drive (if =
>>you only had 2 hard drives). But, this is after fully reinstalling =
>>Windows from scratch onto the new hard drive. All your data would now be =
>>on the secondary drive, and you basically have to sift through it to =
>>find the stuff you need and want to retrieve.
>>
>>Betty... while its all quite easy to do, I'm not going to type it all =
>>out now. It's a lot to explain to you in one post. Point here is this. =
>>If you want to go ahead and do any hard drive replacing, just say so and =
>>we'll tell you how to do it a bit at a time. And, I will also give you a =
>>bunch of links that you can refer to as well that will not only tell you =
>>HOW to do it, but a few extra tips on it. All you need to do is say =
>>'let's do it'. We do a step at a time. It'll take you some time if =
>>you're not familiar with the process.
>>
>>But... for now... next step is finding out if your drive truly is bad. =
>>See the questions I asked all the way above.
>>
>>---Troth
>>
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