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cb 02-26-2013 11:39:21 96.18.79.193 Report to Moderator	have a compaq desk pc.. turned it on, would boot up about half way.. would pause and start over trying to boot.. failed and kept repeating this..took it to tech..to be checked.. said it needs new hard drive..too much money for 206 model..brought it home connected it.. started working just fine, except a litle slow.. what are the symtoms of a bad hard drive.. thanks [Reply]   [No Email]
cb 02-27-2013 06:59:27 96.18.79.193 Report to Moderator	Re: OT pc hard drive ?? in reply to cb, 02-26-2013 11:39:21   thanks for the good info.. i will try the suggstions, have a good day..... how do i leave my email address open on this site, to get these replies to my inbox [Reply]  [No Email]
old_bc 02-26-2013 21:40:46 69.29.152.167 Report to Moderator	Re: OT pc hard drive ?? in reply to cb, 02-26-2013 11:39:21   If you buy a Western Digital or Seagate drive you can download free Cloning software from their web sites. It is not hard to do but you have to have both drives hooked to the computer with cables or a usb adapter. [Reply]  [No Email]
MarkB_MI 02-26-2013 16:16:15 75.198.7.25 Report to Moderator	Re: OT pc hard drive ?? in reply to cb, 02-26-2013 11:39:21   Here's the deal with hard disks: they have built-in error correction and redundancy, so they can have a lot of errors before you'll notice. In fact, all modern disk drives have built-in diagnostics and monitoring...which Windows ignores. By the time you start to actually see errors, that disk is on its last legs. Back it up now, while (if) you can. [Reply]  [No Email]
don t. - 9n180179 02-27-2013 08:36:12 75.205.197.224 Report to Moderator	Re: OT pc hard drive ?? in reply to MarkB_MI, 02-26-2013 16:16:15   What MarkB said. PLUS...if its up and running, don't shut it down until you've copied the stuff you care about. Good luck....don t. .... [Reply]  [No Email]
Bob - MI 02-26-2013 14:37:50 24.247.97.143 Report to Moderator	Re: OT pc hard drive ?? in reply to cb, 02-26-2013 11:39:21   Hard drive is an easy swap. I buy all of the cumputer equipment for home and the shop from New Egg. Good prices, great service. If you can keep the drive going for a bit you can actually "clone" the new drive to match the old one. You need to download a trial copy of Acronis True Image. Then get your new drive connected to the computer and run the cloning feature. Takes about an hour or so depending on how much data and how well the old drive works. Once complete swap them and you will be in business. New Egg laptop drives [Reply]  [No Email]
Bob M 02-26-2013 14:25:25 74.67.191.60 Report to Moderator	Re: OT pc hard drive ?? in reply to cb, 02-26-2013 11:39:21   Those are certain warnings your hard drive is ready to fail. Unfortunately you cannot predict when it's gonna go completely away on you - could be in the next 30 seconds or not for 3 months. If you haven't already, back up all the data stored on that hard drive NOW!! [Reply]  [No Email]
504 02-26-2013 15:08:19 199.127.54.155 Report to Moderator	Re: OT pc hard drive ?? in reply to Bob M, 02-26-2013 14:25:25   Sign up for Cabonite back up service NOW, it will quit completely,just a matter of time. I would not shut it off either. The last one I had fail, I got it working, and kept it going for four days and a power flicker ended it for good. I took the magnets out of it, and put them on the bottom of the gas tank to help catch the rust! [Reply]  [No Email]