<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Hi list,</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Any of you computer types out = there care to offer an opinion?</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>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.</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>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?</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>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...</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>The upside is, now I have a = portable computer and can play with the Tunelab program I downloaded!!   </FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Anyway, if you have an idea, = thought, suggestion, or note of sympathy, I'm receiving them all with open = ears.  :-)</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Thanks,</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Quarryville, PA</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2><A href="mailto:btrout@desupernet.net"><EM>btrout@desupernet.net</EM></A><= /FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>