R: Computer trouble [was Re: [APML] heads up for memory]

["Marco Lorenzi" <lorenzi@libero.it>]

Remove the HD, go to friend's house, set your HD as slave and make a back-up
copy in his/her desktop, than try whatever you want with your PC. It
happened to me twice...
Ciao
Marco

----- Original Message -----
From: Ulrich Beinert <analemma@gmx.de>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:50 PM
Subject: Computer trouble [was Re: [APML] heads up for memory]


> Yeah, if just my computer was working (it's a dell). Sorry if this is OT,
> but I'm using my slow laptop right now, as the big desktop failed tonight
> (this time for good, it seems). It always hangs up when it starts
ScanDisk,
> it doesn't even show the complete scandisk screen. The harddisk is making
> VERY strange noises. I've got all my files on that hard disk, more than
> 300mb of program files downloaded from the Internet, no backup copies! Any
> suggestions?
>
> Ulrich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bobby Middleton <bobm@koyote.com>
> To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Date: Thursday, October 04, 2001 22:06
> Subject: [APML] heads up for memory
>
>
> >I had heard that memory chips are cheap now. So I called Dell and I have
> >ordered three 256 chips (boards? I'm not of the terminology) for <$120.
The
> >sales rep said that it's as cheap as he's ever seen it. I'm sure there
are
> >cheaper routes than Dell, but I don't know the ins-and-outs of all that.
> >Just a heads up for all you guys with new scanners, etc that are having
to
> >twiddle your thumbs too much as you wait on your computer to do its work.
> >Bobby Middleton
> >
> >
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