yurka--And if nothing else works use the earliest Seagate diagnostic.
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yurka--And if nothing else works use the earliest Seagate diagnostic.
I am still here - I am trying to contact WD to see if anything is available for my ancient HD made on 23 Sep, 2002! In the meantime, I founded this: http://gsw.edu/~oiit/techsupp/hd.html
Or my problems are beyond that?
Thank you, jdc2000!
I'll take a look.In the meantime: WD has not answered my email; I discovered that I could not renew my IP address because "The RPC server is unavailable". I Googled this phrase and found that FixCleaner might fix the problem. Maybe it can...
but how can I download it with no IP address?
Another unresolvable problem is lost sound. Apparently this one could be solved with Help and Support in Start Menu. Yet, when I try to open it, very wise Windows informs me "Windows cannot open Help and Support because a system service is not running. To fix this problem, start the service named 'Help and Support' " Out of curiosity, I tried to open a few items in Start>Accessories and in Control Panel - I could not.
As I said, I'll take a look at your suggested links; I saw a few commercial clean and fix programs (they promise ti fix everything but my toilet), yet I am in no mood to spend any money (and my time) on this 2003 PC - for three hundred dollars I can buy a better and more powerful machine, one that I could use as my PC; I certainly can use it as a second PC and as a training PC for my wife.
I tried both links, second one first. I could not use any removable media, to transfer data to the sick PC. I could burn the data from the second link but then I was told that I needed a floppy disk to open the program. My PC does not even have a floppy drive.
Now I am sure that I'll buy a new PC. Perhaps, I use the sick HD as an external HD, if I manage to format it.
Diag504fCD.iso
You use that to burn a cd. No floppy needed.
How to burn a iso file to cd.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolso...urnisofile.htm
http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm
My sincerest apologies: I badmouthed MS; I still think that the fault was only partially mine: as usual, MS instructions ware very laconic, they are written by MS SW designers for other SW designers, not for semi-literate users like me.
I found a folder titled "Systems(local)". It lists a lot of items, so far (I checked just a few) all of them were disabled, like Plug and Play. My problem now is twofold:
1. After I check "automatic", the Device Mngr gets populated and remains so for an hour or a day. Then I encounter a new problem requiring to open the DevMngr and see it empty again. I switched "Plug and Play'' from "Disable" to "Automatic" at least four or five times already...How long will other items stay on automatic?
2. There are so many items listed in Systems that it might take me many hours to do it manually. Is there a better way?
My sincerest apologies to M$ but I think that the fault was only partially mine: as a rule, M$ instruction are very laconic - they are written by M$ SW designers for other SW designers, not for semi-literate dudes like myself - I found a folder titled Systems(local): so far (I just checked a few) all of them are Disabled. Now my problem is two-folded:
1. For the last several days I changed Disable to Automatic four or five times...After an hour or a day, or after a Restart it switches back to Disable .
2. Changing all items to Automatic manually will take many hours. I wonder: is there a better way? Besides, I recognize only a few names there, i. e. I may activate some system which have to stay disabled. Or is Automatic a default?
Surprise! Surprise!
I accidentally posted the msg. twice, then quickly deleted the second one. It was done in another PC. Now, I restored the sick WinXP PC, sound, Net connectivity and a few other things. And in that PC I see both messages.:confused:
Too tired now, see you all tomorrow.
With as many issues as you are having with that computer, I would recommend a reinstall of Windows. However, before wasting a lot of time with that, a diagnostic of the hard drive should be done. If the hard drive is flaky, you won't ever be able to get the other issues fixed.
Yes the second message is in the tif and that is what is opening up instead of being downloaded again from the internet. Hit F5 to refresh the page and the second post should disappear.
That computer probably can stand a good cleaning out.
TFC - Temp File Cleaner by OldTimer
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files...r-by-oldtimer/
Use it , and see how close to 6 GB, my record, of garbage it removes. Then let us know how you are getting along.
But as suggested, check out that hdd.
Thank you, Train!
I already ran TFC, as I vaguely remember, it removed ~0.8GB of garbage.
I used this SW: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ms.htm#HDDScan and got these results: http://E:\unzipped\HDDScan-3.3\HDDScan-3.3\SMART.xml
S.M.A.R.T. might show a red exclamation point is the score is disastrous. Illiterate me draw two conclusions:
1. My HDD is not as bad, although it's less than excellent.
2. What should me my next step? - I saw a few HDD repair tools but I cannot tell how good/bad they are. Besides, I do not want to spend any money on the ancient HDD, I'd rather spend it on new PC.
If smart has a belly ache about the hdd. Replace it.
Some examples
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=1&srchInDesc=
I respectfully disagree, Train: for ~$200 more I can buy a brand new PC and then will have the same headaches - transferring data, etc. Besides, I hope that the old HDD can be used as an external storage device.
Hard drives are mechanical beasts, with moving parts. Since moving parts cause wear, eventually they'll be so worn (and sloppy) it'll be physically impossible for the hard drive to read/write data reliably.
Solution: Replace the drive.