This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi list, Any of you computer types out there care to offer an opinion? I'm typing this on a new laptop computer. I love it. It's 3 times the = computer my old one (only 1 1/2 years old) is/was. I'd really like to retrieve some of the old information from my old = computer, but I'm not sure I can. Basically, it has begun hard drive = failure, and most of the information that I would like to access is = there on the hard drive. It will boot up, but it will not run Windows, = even in the 'safe' mode. I've tried running the Scandisk program that = was onboard, but it keeps finding errors it can't fix. When it gets to = the disk scan, it keeps finding sections of the hard drive that are = "about to fail" and moves the info to another part of the disk. And = talk about slow... the Scandisk program files tell me that it 'should' = take about 10 minutes for a disk scan... it took 4 hours to go through = 10% and then quit because it couldn't handle the job. Anybody have any = suggestions? Do you think a program like Norton utilities or another = similar program would be able to help me? or is it too late? I've been a bad boy for not backing up my work earlier. I'm thinking of = replacing the hard drive on the old computer, and perhaps looking into a = zip drive for a little more secure backup. I'm also in the market for a = program like Norton utilities, or a similar product. But I sure would = like to have some of that old info... The upside is, now I have a portable computer and can play with the = Tunelab program I downloaded!! =20 Anyway, if you have an idea, thought, suggestion, or note of sympathy, = I'm receiving them all with open ears. :-) Thanks, Brian Trout Quarryville, PA btrout@desupernet.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/10/73/b2/33/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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