-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: betty <nextcent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:48:38 -0500
O.K. I'm back now, and ready to try something, but first I have tell you
that my computer can only
house one hard drive. When I first got it, I had a wonderful tech guru
(who has since moved across
the country, and I know no one else!), and he wanted to install my old
drive as the slave. Impossible!
And when we called Dell, they said there was no hardware made for my
machine to use to install a
second drive. We were so upset. My guru attached the old drive on the
outside somehow, and transferred
files. It was not a wonderful experience!
I was wrong about how old my computer is: it's exactly 3 years old
Dimension 2350 Pentium 4 at 1.80 GHz
256MB DDR SDRAM at 266MHz
40GB Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
I did not buy an extended warranty
At the bottom of the packing slip, it says "System Service Tags BC78521
I have Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
As previously mentioned, I have low vision...that's why I couldn't use
the Firefox .5 upgrade. Which may not
be directly related to my never having looked inside the computer. I
think the real reason probably is that all
those cables and connections intimidate me. I'm afraid I'll never be
able to find where to put each when I'm
ready to close it up.
What is bothering me about looking into a new hard drive, is that each
of you, Troth and Don, have in one way
or another, said IF I need a new one, I may not need a new one, etc. And
if that is the case, I certainly want to
investigate other alternatives. Or rather, find out for certain, that I
need one.
Kim Komando's email included this:
*FREE REGISTRY SCAN. FIX ERRORS AND IMPROVE PC PERFORMANCE.*
www.pctools.com/kkrs <http://www.pctools.com/kkrs>
Registry Mechanic from PC Tools can safely clean, repair and optimize
your registry in a few simple clicks. Easily fix errors that commonly
cause performance problems and crashes. Used on over 20 million PCs
worldwide.
Are you familiar with this? Should I do it?
O.K. I'm now going to go over the emails explaining how to back up
without using Roxio.
Don wrote:
>You can come out from under the covers now....
>
>A new hard drive can run from $40 up depending on size and speed and where
>you buy it. Used ones are even cheaper. Used 40GB hard drives run about
>10 - $20 around here.
>
>If you go that route, you should protect your existing drive as well as
>possible. It sure would help if we knew what parameters the drive was
>exceeding. Check the interior of your computer for cleanliness and cooling
>air flow.
>
>With a new drive installed as the MASTER and the old drive installed as a
>SLAVE you can simply copy from old to new, once you have the OS and desired
>software installed.
>
>It is impossible for anyone to guess when or even IF your drive will fail
>and how catastophic that failure might be. If your confidence level is high
>minimize use of the drive until you have saved all data on it, if it is low
>stop all use of the drive until you have saved all your data.
>
>Don
>
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>From: "betty" <nextcent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:06 PM
>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Firefox Revisited
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>>Well, I finally was able to eject the CD, and ran Scan Check. Things are
>>really looking bad. The result:
>>Primary Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Error detected the IDE Hard Disk Drive is
>>operating outside of normal sepcifications. It is advisable to immediately
>>back up your dat and replace your hard disk drive
>>
>>I'm ill. I'm afraid to use Roxio again, and don't really know how to go
>>about
>>backing everything up. And what kind of hard drive, where to go, how much
>>will it cost?
>>
>>Today is not a good day.
>>
>>And what will happen if I continue as I am, without replacing the hard
>>drive?
>>I want to pull the covers over my head!
>>
>>
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