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need computer help
As of lately my computer(nnot this one i am typing at right now) has been actng a bit funny. when i turn the computer on the hard drive makes a funny read noise and it had been taking a bit longer to satrt up; then yesturday when the screen saver came up it wouldnt come out of it so i turned the computer off and turned it back on and the farthest it went was the "which start up mode would you like to start up" (the 2 choices which were always there were windows xp pro or safe recovery start up). after that the ahrd drive makes a funny rythmiycal noise and then sooner or later stops and restarts itself to do the whole process again.
Can anyone help me with this where a solution wouldnt be that i have to delete all the data i have?
Can anyone help me with this where a solution wouldnt be that i have to delete all the data i have?
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Try the booting option that allows you to choose what processes want to run... i cant quite remember the name.. its been far too long since my grade 11 computer engineering class..
choose no to any processes that you do not know their purpose or ones that may seem suspicious... after you are succesfully get into windows i would make an immediate backup of important data and reboot
i am by no means an expert in computers but hope this helps
choose no to any processes that you do not know their purpose or ones that may seem suspicious... after you are succesfully get into windows i would make an immediate backup of important data and reboot
i am by no means an expert in computers but hope this helps
I had a nightmare time with a failing drive about a year ago. Are you getting "ker-chunk, ker-chunk, ker-chunk" noises? If you're lucky you might manage to get your data off before it fails completely. Booting into DOS (if you can you do that with XP?) or from a startup disk might help, since the whole OS doesn't have to be successfully read from the HD. I even tried sticking the drive in the freezer for a few hours (a discussion forum tip but I'm not sure if it really helps).
Over the years I've seen many hard drives fail at work or on my own machine. A good backup strategy is the only real answer.
Over the years I've seen many hard drives fail at work or on my own machine. A good backup strategy is the only real answer.
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There are some really good reasons to live in San Diego, but government is certainly not one of them.Why would it be illegal to throw away a hard drive
Computers and computer parts are prohibited from landfills because of toxic components. You must take them to a "recycle center" at which a substantial (read "very large") fee is charged to accept the material.
On the other hand, a city employee making $45,000 per year can retire after 20 years with a lump sum payment of $900,000 and a lifetime income of 100% of his salary. (And the city is, of corse, essentially bankrupt.)
But we have lots of sunshine.