[dba-Tech] Ancient box: What to do?

[Rocky Smolin]

If you're sentimental about it, keep it.  Look at it lovingly and remember
all the wonderful times you had together. And regard it like a person deep
in dementia - no communication is possible, yet, there's still a presence.

Or you could just unplug it like a brain-dead person on life support. Light
a candle. Then send it to recycling so that it's still functioning organs
can be transplanted into a living computer, in that way giving your old
friend another life.

And hope that someone someday will do the same thing for you.

r

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 6:51 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have several computers: a laptop running Linux Mint, another running Win
> 10, another running Chrome, and an ancient tower running Windows 7. For
> several years I made my living on the Win 7 tower, so there are sentimental
> reasons for wanting to preserve it.
> Lately, it tries to start Windows, then goes into chkdsk, checks drive C:\
> and then retries starting Windows, and the cycle repeats. I could:
> a) buy a new hard disk; not much is required, 250 GB is plenty
> b) although when I inspect the DVD burner on this box, it says it's woring,
> it is not. For one thing, I cannot boot from that drive. Otherwise, I would
> just install Linux and turn it into a print server.
> d) Put my sense of romance aside, put the computer to sleep, and get on
> with my life. This is perhaps the cheapest option, but it will still be a
> sad day.
>
> --
> Arthur
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