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8/24/02
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Posted on 08/24/2002 6:35:13 PM PDT by Former Fetus
HELP!
My PC is giving me an "error reading drive C" message and it won't boot. I have been told that the hard drive has kicked the bucket and all I can do is replace it. Fine, but I have oodles of my children's pictures in that hard drive!
I know, I know, I should have burned disks with those pictures, and from now on I will, but I'm devastated at the loss. Anytime I have asked a question in Free Republic I have got invaluable advice, so is there anything I can do before tossing the hard drive, and some very dear pictures, away?
I am sorry, I know this is not the kind of stuff you post in FR. Please, Jim, don't pull this thread. I'm just a mother who doesn't know where to turn for help. Thanks.
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To: chance33_98
I am going to have to show this thread to my daughter.
When I first got a computer, and it had a glitch in it, I tapped it a few times with my hand.
My daughter said, "Daaad, it's not a television!"
LOL
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08/25/2002 1:26:02 PM PDT
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Syncro
To: Radix
After Gateway lied to me about shipping a new machine, I switched from Gateway to Dell, and purchased their extended warranty (3 years). Well worth it. I had a floppy die, my video card die, and the main speaker amplifier/woofer die. All replaced promptly.
For my latest machine, I just went ahead and built my own, since I wanted some features that I wasn't going to find off-the-shelf at Dell. For most people, however, I'd say buying Dell would be the smart move.
To: John Jorsett
By the way, I recommend a program called "Second Copy". I installed a second hard drive and have it copy all of my changed data to that drive each night. With that plus my nightly tape backup and periodic backups to CDROM, I'm pretty confident that I won't lose data to anything short of a fire that consumes my entire house.
To: Vidalia
The old 'Unplug the computer first' advice. Excellent advice and so obvious that it's frequently overlooked. As is, unfortunately, TURN ON THE POWER.
I transfer important data from my main computers to my laptop. I do have back-up CD-ROM's, but I took some to a conference and the extras 'walked' during my presentation. Unlike the State Department, I know where my laptop is at all times.
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08/25/2002 4:54:45 PM PDT
by
Fracas
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