Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sun Nov 1 09:50:59 CST 2009
Hi John, Well SpinRite says to get everything I really want off this drive and replace it. The message in the bright red box is pretty clear! So, my friend, I'm looking for one of those good cast-off drives you have - 60GB or better, if possible. We just got home from church and it seems our furnace is not working. Got to go do something about that. T John Bartow wrote: > Hi Tina, > If SpinRite doesn't solve the issue then it is time to junk it! The WD > drives with "BB" in the model number are the low end drives. > > I remove the good parts from PCs I'm recycling. Often times the PC is not > wanted because the processor is too slow. The RAM and HD are usually OK. > Sometimes I get some other parts like card readers, etc. > > I'm willing to part with them because I have so many. I'll check and see > what I have and let you know. Shipping cost reimbursement is all I'd ask > for. > > John B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris > Fields > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 1:34 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Format hard drive and start over > > 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 > >