-=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk Digest V3 #43 -much too BIG!!
- From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:54:58 -0600
Hi Ted
Let me tell you of my recent tale of woe with the little woman's 400 MHz and
20 Gig HD, old MB.
I went to load NAV systemworks premier 2005 on her machine and got over 20
read write errors in the loading process. It goofed her machine up pretty
well. So I decide to wipe her HD clean and redo it. I have an OLD western
digital lifeguard disk that writes zeros to the HD. Put it in the floppy
drive and the floppy dive wasn't working.
To cut a long story short, I exchange her floppy drive with mine, which
worked, and would not work in her machine. I spent three days, off and on,
checking her connections, cables, swapping drives, etc. Finally put her
floppy in my machine, 1800 AMD 120 Gig HD, and it worked fine.
So I took her HD out and put it in my machine and wiped it clean, installed
98SE on it and put it back into her machine. Well her floppy and CD-ROM
drive worked, but had trouble with the OS working just right.
I figured that my machine loaded something on there that my MB could handle
and needed but her old MB didn't quite like or know what to do with. In any
event, her floppy was working so I wrote zero's to her HD again and did the
98SE install again. Everything seems to be working fine now. She hasn't got
around to reinstalling all her apps yet. So we will see.
Nevertheless, we have decide to apply the IRS refund (hopeful) to a new
puter for her. Will use her present machine as an add on in our network and
probably load something on it for school studies. I am taking a security
class this semester.
In Summary, maybe you might want to reconsider your position on keeping the
old machine, as that is probable the real culprit in your slowness.
Just my Dollar Two Ninety Eight.
Life is what happens in between plans.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ted" <ted_clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTECHTALK FREELISTS" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk Digest V3 #43 -much too BIG!!
> DEAR MOD[E]ST
> i get lots of bother - 300mhz - 3gb hdd - dialup - just about says it all
but i wouldn't be without it if i was offered a new one,
> i'd keep them both. oh i forgot to mention 77yrs old, with a bunch of
carrots for fingers.
> one of the things i have noticed [i've mention this before] is that my oe6
spends a long time doing something with live links. if
> there is more than 10 of these, the hesitation on loading the e-mail is
noticeable and if there is significantly more, then my mouse
> is not released for anything upto 30secs, then for the next 3 or 4 minutes
it's erratic, as is the scrolling.
> if contributors would make a point of removing these links at the bottom
of the mail, i think it would make a great deal of
> difference to many of us.
> cheers ted
>
> FROM SIRTROTH - Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:30:15 -0500
> From: ~OoO~ <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk Digest V3 #43 -much too BIG!!
> That's actually a good idea... never thought about that... HOWEVER, only
> problem with that is that sometimes its necessary to leave a previous
post.
> Cause, you want to know what the how conversation is about. But, maybe we
> can do something to this effect, and add to that that its OK to leave the
> previous post if its relevant to understanding the post.
> ---Troth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 2:14 PM
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk Digest V3 #43 -much too BIG!!
>
> Hi Troth,
> on many of the groups I'm on we have added a footer;
>
> < MODERATOR RULE: Delete everything below & including this line.>
>
> It does not work every time but it gives the next person a trimming
point<G>
> Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new.
> Editor MikesWhatsNews http://www.mwn.ca/
> ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR *********
> On 2/11/2005 at 1:55 PM ~OoO~ wrote:
> Since we can't full control the size of the digests, we can ask that
people
> try to trim there posts (trim the excessive writing of previous posts). I
> know I'm guilty of this as well, so will try to trim more efficiently.
> Sorry. ---Troth S N I P
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