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So are we at least moderately certain that the HD is the main culprit, and a new HD will resolve the issues??
Once I Install it and get the stuff up and running, will touch base with all again. That will be my very first experience of opening the laptop body. So will have a true life experience....
The first time is always the most memorable...
my first computer. Windows98, 400mhz Pentum II, 128mb ram, 8gb hard drive, 8mb video card and external US Robotics 56k modem. It cost me about $1300 and was smoking fast for its time.
Quote from: IH8U on July 11, 2008, 10:55:08 ammy first computer. Windows98, 400mhz Pentum II, 128mb ram, 8gb hard drive, 8mb video card and external US Robotics 56k modem. It cost me about $1300 and was smoking fast for its time.LOL, of course there are some applications, Web browsing, and some actions, booting for example, where that computer's performance is still pretty fast compared to say ... Vista? Cheers and Regards.
Quote from: bphlpt on July 12, 2008, 04:56:15 amQuote from: IH8U on July 11, 2008, 10:55:08 ammy first computer. Windows98, 400mhz Pentum II, 128mb ram, 8gb hard drive, 8mb video card and external US Robotics 56k modem. It cost me about $1300 and was smoking fast for its time.LOL, of course there are some applications, Web browsing, and some actions, booting for example, where that computer's performance is still pretty fast compared to say ... Vista? Cheers and Regards.Hey all...Thank you all very very much for unending help throughout a time when I was sitting clueless with the disfunctional computer. I did recently change the HD, and after a few hiccups (connecting the HD without a connector), I managed to get the original configuration back. Since the old HD was still alive, I did buy an Icy Dock external enclosure to try and rescue some data from the old HD (chiefly stuff that I had done since the last update 3 months ago. That is another story altogether (The enclosure works fine or so it seems, but the computer registers an "unrecognised USB item"). So other than the head ache of trying to deal with that unless I know for sure that it is beyond redemption) the new HD is working very well. Just wanted to thank all those who viewed and responded to my SOS posts. Appreciate all the effort by everybody. IndiVista seems to be the most useless reinvention of the wheel since ...(Anybody wanna help me here)...Anyway, today when I actually saw my new HD, I got the jitters (it came without an installation manual) ...So the virgin in me is back again, asking all those experienced ones out there: Where can I look for a good (read dependable) guide to be able to install the HD in a RIGHT manner? " once again system specs: Dell Latitude D 600, with Windows XP pro. Anything in particular I need to be very cautious of (including the warnings the electronics items carry, of touching it only with a non-static glove kind of bs..Until now I have always treated them with the same contempt that I treat the warnings on each plastic bag "This bag is not a toy. Serious choking hazard etc..." But I intend to respect the opinions of the experienced ones..so that my first experience is memorable, but not because of accidents...)
Hey all...Thank you all very very much for unending help throughout a time when I was sitting clueless with the disfunctional computer. I did recently change the HD, and after a few hiccups (connecting the HD without a connector), I managed to get the original configuration back. Since the old HD was still alive, I did buy an Icy Dock external enclosure to try and rescue some data from the old HD (chiefly stuff that I had done since the last update 3 months ago. That is another story altogether (The enclosure works fine or so it seems, but the computer registers an "unrecognised USB item"). So other than the head ache of trying to deal with that unless I know for sure that it is beyond redemption) the new HD is working very well. Just wanted to thank all those who viewed and responded to my SOS posts. Appreciate all the effort by everybody. Indi
IH8U, I think this was the new part of his message. Probably just typed in the wrong place when he tried to quote a previous message.
Hoping to be able to use the icy-dock hard drive enclosure to get some data out of my dead hard drive was no good either. Each time I run it, I can hear the drive running inside but there is no response to try and open the files inside... .
