-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: betty <nextcent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:25:38 -0500
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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