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July 25, 2004 at 6:14 pm #47189
Bucky RamoneParticipantWhen I start up my old Dell PC at home (5 years old, still running Windows 95) it starts doing things on it’s hard disk (the light is on continuously, and it sounds like it’s doing something on the disk) and the rest of the system is in a state of near-coma (average response time to a mouse-click is about 30 seconds to 1 minute
). There is about 40% free space on that HD, and whatever it is doing, it isn’t writing anything to that disk….
Anybody any suggestions?
July 26, 2004 at 1:18 pm #103729
RobertParticipantWhat about:
Norton DiskDoctor?
Defragmenting the hard drive.
Is it hooked up to this world wide web I’ve been hearing so much about? If so, have you used all the little programs like spy bot etc?July 26, 2004 at 5:14 pm #103730
AGAPParticipantHope you can revive it, another program to deal with spyware is adaware :aliensmile:
Good luck
July 26, 2004 at 5:27 pm #103731
Bucky RamoneParticipantWell, tomorrow one of the technical guys of our company is going to take a look, in the meantime it’s just functioning as a cd-player (the only thing it does normally
), and I’m using my laptop as a way to keep in touch with the world…..
July 27, 2004 at 3:39 pm #103732
rambleonParticipanthow did it go ?
July 27, 2004 at 4:41 pm #103733
FlyingCloudParticipanthopefully not the "click of death"?! (the clicking sounds, shortly before a hd is dying). hope you have a backup, just in case
July 27, 2004 at 5:35 pm #103734
Bucky RamoneParticipant"rambleon" wrote:how did it go ?Don’t know, it is now in the loving
care of our tried and trusted technical people
(who probably think something like: "what kind of museum piece is this" and "Jesus, it’s harddisk is smaller than the average modern-day memory"
)
"Flying Cloud" wrote:hope you have a backup, just in case….if there is one thing I have learned in all those years in the computing business, that’s the importance of a good backup….
July 29, 2004 at 10:20 am #103735
rambleonParticipanti am now sending good thoughts to your computer :aliensmile: :aliensmile: … hope it all works out ok …
July 29, 2004 at 4:28 pm #103736
FlyingCloudParticipant…or maybe it’s just time for a new machine that stands the challenges of today?
July 29, 2004 at 6:22 pm #103737
Bucky RamoneParticipant"Flying Cloud" wrote:…or maybe it’s just time for a new machine that stands the challenges of today?Well, I just started looking for a system that can stand the challenges of at least the next couple of years….the only problem is that the moment you buy a new state-of-the-art system it’s nearly obsolete
July 30, 2004 at 4:40 pm #103738
FlyingCloudParticipantthose systems with future qualities tend to cost a fortune
August 1, 2004 at 7:52 am #103739
RobertParticipantHow about building one yourself? Then you can choose the components you like + upgrade it when it’s needed.
August 2, 2004 at 10:14 am #103740
rambleonParticipantsounds like you’ve been there, done that …
August 2, 2004 at 6:11 pm #103741
Bucky RamoneParticipant"Robert" wrote:How about building one yourself?dB and building a computer himself….
, don’t want to know how that would look (…and what it would [or more probably would not] do…..
)
The most complicated thing den Buck has ever built in his life looked something like this:
[img]http://www.bartsmit.com/assets/300×300/0114328.jpg[/img]August 9, 2004 at 12:23 pm #103742
RobertParticipant"Bucky Ramone" wrote:"Robert" wrote:How about building one yourself?dB and building a computer himself….
, don’t want to know how that would look (…and what it would [or more probably would not] do…..
)
The most complicated thing den Buck has ever built in his life looked something like this:
[img]http://www.bartsmit.com/assets/300×300/0114328.jpg[/img] -
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