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How to save your hard drive
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:27 pm
by -Metablade-
This is what the web was really made for!
If you have some tough issue in your life, and you solved it,
PLEASE make a website and post it.
(I know this sounds sarcastic, but I am serious.)
Check this out:
http://www.deadharddrive.com/
Hey Meta..
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:44 pm
by gmattson
You posted that one in the wrong forum!
Definitely one for the Jokes forum.
What dedication. Now for my hard drive story:
I kept getting a message on boot up that my hard drive was guaranteed to crash! I ran all kinds of diagnostic programs that said the drive was perfect!
But the messages kept coming.
I called my tech buddy, who helps me with my computers, when I screw something up. He says, this is a valid message from the "new" Microsoft, indicating that a weakness of some kind will within a couple weeks, kill your hard drive! My friend took my hard drive and copied everything to a new drive. He said the copying process was difficult because my old drive kept dying. He was able to save everything, which saves me a ton of work.
So... if anyone gets that message, don't ignore it. Microsoft has finally done something right!
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:12 pm
by -Metablade-
Hmmm..
I'd have to know the exact error message to be certain, but it sounds like you may have had embedded adware rather than it being a Microsoft generated error.
Here are two tools I recommend:
WinASO and Adaware
Download.com has them both.
For GRATIS!
I don't think so Meta..
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:31 am
by gmattson
I have Pest control, that does a good job with the adware.
This message comes up as part of the booting process. It is well known, apparently, because after I purchased PC Doc, which is a pretty good disk fixer, and the message kept coming up, I called PC Doc and their tech people told me the error message was one I shouldn't ignore. (After getting the message I was able to continue with the boot and the computer worked OK.
I'll see if I can find the error message anywhere on goggle and will post it.