October 7, 2002
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Well....the good news is....that I can get around not having to format the hard drive. But the bad news is I have to buy another hard drive, format it with XP, pull off the stuff I need from the other drive and then format it. A little trouble some and time consuming huh? This PC is 16 months old....do I just bite the bullet and get a new one and not mess with this? or go ahead and buy a new hard drive? We usually replace our PC's every 2 years and not to say this is a old one or for that matter a bad one. Was working fine until I downloaded the XP service pack 1. It's a 1.7 Ghz with a Pentium 4, a burner, a DVD and the 40 gig hard drive. Of course it has a few other bells and whistles but you get the picture. Any suggestions out there? I'm not sure which way I should go. HELP! I'm at work and will need to make this short.
Hope everyone had a good weekend, catch you all soon. I'll check back later for any suggestions on what you think I should do.
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Yikes! That’s a real bummer! I just loaded XP on my computer at home last night. Yes, I am a little behind the times but it works for me so far! I don’t really know what to tell you about whether to buy another PC or not. Ours is about 3 years old and it doesn’t have near all the bells and whistles that yours does. I don’t think I would be getting a new one if it were me. I would just tinker with it trying to fix it until I threw it out the window if it doesn’t cooperate!
Agree completely with Mel, it's still too new to dump it & buy another...Tim has this really good friend who does all our PC computer stuff when something goes wrong...like when Ryan downloaded something & it got this horrible virus & I had to get a new HD....the great thing was that it has all those bells & whistles like yours...so much memory I can't possibly use it all!! I have Windows XP, so far so good. Tim is a Mac Man...he & his Dad will only have an Apple & Tim knows how to do everything himself...he even helps out his Dad & Dad's friends.
Good luck & just get your support...you need your $$ to go shopping in Tijuana when you come!! LOL!!
Sorry to hear about your troubles there Susie, gosh, I think I'd just try to get that one working!!
But Whatever works for you
sorry about your Hard drive.
Honey don't dump it and if you do. I WANT IT! ! ! ! lol It is too new, you can't get a much better one and a new hard drive if you shop around should not come to more than $200 for a really large size. Just make sure you get a 7200 rpm try and get a maxtor or a western digital??? it is western something. My sister says those are the best. Just popping in to say hi, and have a great day and a wonderful tomorrow. I hope you get it all worked out. They really are reasonably easy to switch out. Its just getting the info off the other one that is a pain in the arse. Catch you later.
I meant to tell you that my mom is doing pretty well. She has good days and bad days but at least more good than bad lately! Thanks for asking!
I have no clue. We've had this one for about two years and it's getting slower by the minute. I don't want to replace it but it would be nice to speed it up.
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