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

["Marios" <marios@net-sea.com>]

If you your hard disk makes strage noice the best thing you have to do is to
take your disk off your computer and install it to another computer as a
slave. Back up your data!  The hard disk might lose the partition and all of
your date will be gone! Do this without a delay!

Marios.
Cyprus Astronomical Society
www.cyprusastronomy.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulrich Beinert" <analemma@gmx.de>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Computer trouble [was Re: [APML] heads up for memory]


> What if the drive is broken? It seems like some files are pretty damaged,
> would this apply to all files, or only the files that were being accessed
> when the drive decided to quit (i.e. system files)? In other words, what's
> the chance, on a badly damaged HD, that my own documents are still OK?
>
> Ulrich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Klappal <klappal@xnet.com>
> To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Date: Sunday, October 07, 2001 20:30
> Subject: RE: Computer trouble [was Re: [APML] heads up for memory]
>
>
> >Another idea, that I used a while back.
> >
> >Go buy a new drive.  Do a totally new install on it, then put your old
> drive
> >back in, as the slave, and copy everything off of it.
> >
> >Compliments of two screw-ups on my part, my desktop now has 105GB total,
> >with one physical drive used only for internal backup.
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
> >Behalf Of Marco Lorenzi
> >Sent: Saturday, 06 October, 2001 03:40
> >To: astro-photo@seds.org
> >Subject: Computer trouble [was Re: [APML] heads up for memory]
> >
> >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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