[dba-Tech] Hard Drive

Well, I went to CompUSA which is going out of business in our region.  The
only thing they had was a 60Gb that was a return but the customer said "It's
not defective" so why the h*ll did they bring it back.  Wound up going to a
local store and bought a Western Digital 120 Gb for $129, which I didn't
think was all that bad, XP is formatting it now.  The hard part will be
getting it to recognize the wireless network, been three yars since I last
did this.  No backups on the laptop as I use it mainly for Internet and
email, since Diane hogs the desktop.
JC, you were right it was a snap to instsll the new one, just have to get
all the software loaded and get on my wireless and I should be good to
go.....hopefully today.
Ed

On Jan 21, 2008 1:06 PM, Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm a Spinrite beleiver too.
>
> GK
>
> On 1/21/08, Fred Hooper <fahooper at trapo.com> wrote:
> > The last time I had one fail, SpinRite (www.grc.com for $90) was able to
> fix
> > it so I could boot. Then I was able to back up my info for the new
> drive.
> >
> > Since then I've been a SpinRite believer and I run it 2-3 times a year
> and
> > haven't had a disk problem since.
> >
> > Of course, if it's a mechanical problem (the clink) software wouldn't
> work.
> > OTOH, the clink might be a spring returning the head to its resting
> place.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Fred
>
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> Gary Kjos
> garykjos at gmail.com
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