Re: Having a problem with startup
- From: nascarbtch37 <nascarbtch37@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:59:03 -0700
To Both questions Yes I am familiar with the inside of my computer They
only time I had a problem with it Dell walked me thru it and I never had to
worry about backing up data I have already pulled my photos off onto cd just
incase I bought a new hard drive and my windows xp disk has a file transfer
program so I am hoping that will work So I dont have to redowload all my
installed programs (windows, dsl, games, monitor Etc So I hope the new disk
cd helps me too Thanks
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Karen
"Anna" wrote:
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"nascarbtch37" wrote:
Im having a problem with my start-up when I start my computer i get a
blackscreen that asks me to hit del to resume or F12 to see boot menu
WHy am
I getting this and I also have a log in my event loga about my hard drive
predicting it will fail What is all this going on all of a sudden Ive
had my
computer for about 4 years and I keep it thourghly clean Im freaking out
because I cant figure it out!!! HELP~~~
Karen
(And she later adds...)
How Do I back up Im going to buy a new hard drive today I need help with
this!!!!
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Karen
Karen:
1. When you say "I keep it thourghly clean", referring to your computer,
what exactly do you mean? You get inside your computer's case to the "guts"
of the machine and clean out the "dust bunnies"? So you know something about
what's inside your computer's case and you're able to uninstall/install
various components in your machine such as a hard drive, optical drive, etc?
I assume that must be so since you say you're about to purchase a new HD and
I guess you're the one who's going to install it, right?
2. First of all, check out your present HD with a diagnostic utility that
you can usually obtain from the drive's manufacturer. It's generally
available from the manufacturer's website for download and is quite easy to
use.
3. When you ask about "back up" I have the feeling you're really asking
about transferring the contents of your old drive to the new one after you
install the latter. Am I right? Or are you simply asking about general
backup methodology/programs? If the latter, then just access XP's Help and
Support and do a simple search for "backup". But I would think that since
you've used your computer for about four years you know something about
backing up your data, yes?
If you're really interested in transferring the contents of your old drive
to the new one -- assuming you're purchasing a retail, boxed HD, it will
include a CD that contains a disk copying ("cloning") program that you can
use for this purpose. This program will generally be also available from the
manufacturer's website.
Anna
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