Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sun Nov 1 09:48:50 CST 2009
Hi Mark, Yes, I like to show off a real hard drive to my newbie students, too. That's probably what I will do with this one. T Mark Breen wrote: > Hi Tina, > > Over the last few years, I have had relatively few disk failures, but once I > get over the initial shock of losing a drive, I am always delighted because > it gives me an excuse to open the drive and show some one how beautiful the > inside is. Inside your hard drive is a very clean place. > > Have fun with it, you may think it is pretty enough to be an ornament of > sorts. > > Mark > > 2009/11/1 Tina Norris Fields <tinanfields at torchlake.com> > > >> Hi John, >> >> SpinRite is running on level 4 - smooth as silk until it reached >> cylinder 4,141, head 252. Here it is laboriously climbing through >> sectors - up to sector 41 as I am typing this message. >> >> Perhaps the thing to do is just replace the hard drive. It is a Western >> Digital 60GB drive, identified in Setup as: WD600BB-75CAA0. >> >> I can boot to Windows (it's XP, not XP Pro) and do lots of stuff, but >> there's a good chance if I let it sit for a few hours, it will suddenly >> not find the hard drive. Frequently, there is a boot message that the >> hard drive is operating outside of normal specs, strike F1 to continue >> or F2 for Setup. Sometimes in that situation, Setup does not see the >> hard drive, sometimes it does. Usually F1 continues the boot sequence, >> although occasionally it stops again, this time with a "no keyboard" >> message. >> >> What kinds of hard drives do you have lying around, and why are you >> willing to part with one? For how much? >> >> Thanks so much for your response and help. >> >> T >> >> John Bartow wrote: >> >>> Hi Tina, >>> Run SpinRite and have do a check of the entire hard drive. Doesn't pay to >>> >> go >> >>> through installing the OS from scratch if the hard drive is bad. I have a >>> ton of hard drives laying around here if you need a different one let me >>> know. >>> >>> If you have a Product Key number (on the MS sticker) on the case of the >>> computer you can use a disk with the same product to install Windows from >>> scratch. Then you won't need to worry about formatting or anything as it >>> will be an option in the installation procedure. If installing XP and it >>> >> has >> >>> less than SP2 then download SP2 and SP3 on you main PC. Install those SPs >>> from a USB stick as soon as Windows install is done. If you need drivers >>> >> for >> >>> the PC you can download them from the manufacturer's web support site and >>> install them from a USB stick too. XP, SP2 and SP3 will take some time to >>> install so don't bother watching them once started :o) >>> >>> Also don't bother installing any additional apps (including security) >>> >> until >> >>> done with all of this. >>> >>> Good Luck Tina! >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris >>> Fields >>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 7:06 PM >>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>> Subject: [dba-Tech] Format hard drive and start over >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Please hold my hand while I do this for the first time. I've been given >>> a used Win XP machine, with a 60GB hard drive that is failing. I would >>> like to reformat this hard drive and reinstall the operating system and >>> see if I can get some good out of the machine - for teaching kids and >>> others, and for playing around; this is not a production machine for >>> me. Before I dive into this for the first time, I would like a little >>> guidance. Okay? I'm listening. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> T >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >