Gail, if the fan quit, then all u need to do is buy another fan, unless, of course, it fried the hard drive. U should take it out of your computer & try it either in another machine or w/an external USB/FireWire enclosure to see if in fact it works. Fans aren't all that expensive. &, especially if it's a CPU fan, the machine often will not run cuz the processor's too hot, but that doesn't mean your hard drive's shot. I just bought a CPU fan for $25. It is, as u say, a lot cheaper than a new frickin hard drive. U can run a jaws demo from another drive. You'll need to choose custom install though cuz it'll wanna put it on the boot drive. U should also choose a compact install of your xp, which eliminates a lot of the unnecessary garbage it installs, thereby saving a great deal of disk space. On 6/23/08, gail johnson <mama-gail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > My big computer crashed. This means for the moment I am running a > small drive which will hold only XP. It will be a few weeks before I > can afford a bigger hard drive. The fan in the big Dell computer > crashed. It says the fan quit. > > Anyway, is it possible to run a demo jaws or Kurzweil 11 from another > hard drive? If not, I only can do books in wordpad. > > I'm grateful something works. > > -- > HU! > > Sharing a story or helping someone opens my heart to God's love. > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride Check out my homepage at: www.abletec.serverheaven.net & please join my fight against breast cancer <http://teamacs.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=1790196&pg=personal&fr_id=3489> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.