When I first talked to my computer. It acted like it knew what it was doing. I would turn on the computer. It would load itself with what it needed and a few things it didn't and end at the windows screen with the icons in place - it would rest - waiting for my next direction.
As time went on, it got a little junk in the trunk - so to speak. I would try and try to get it to slim down - but no matter how much I would try to clean it up, it just got heavier and slower and even have some malfunctioning attacks.
Then I finally thought it was going in for a major operation, but it recovered some what.
Now it still works - but has shown that it had a stroke . When I turn on the computer it goes to several screens, before it stops at a screen that shows its ComPac logo. 2 boxes on the screen say to :
F1 Boot
F10 Computer set up.
There is also a line at the very top that says:
1720 - Hard Drive Detects Imminent Failure.
(no shoot hot dog)
Don't tell me, its time to say goodbye
2007-10-03 16:22:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I can't shoot it. Its not a horse.
It STILL works.
There are times that it will just go blank & after I turn it on and off for numerous times (even a couple of days), it comes to.
Everything is still there and all the other programs function normally.
It my need an operation - But I know in my heart that it will get better. It has been low maintence and hasn't tried to drain my pocket book.
I am going to stand by my computer.I know that a special someone has the answer.
I really appreciate your input into this situation.
For every question there is an answer that may take a while to find.
Have Fun - meet the challenge.
2007-10-03 18:08:46 · update #1
get the copy of the operating system and restore cd and format and restore the computer. get subscription of any antivirus (most preferebly norton) and install it. you do not have to say good bye...
2007-10-03 16:31:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not as bad as you think. Your lucky that its telling you that the hard drive is failing. Back up all your data to cd. You just need to buy a new hard drive. Look around and you can find one between 50 and 100 dollars. Then take the disks that came with your computer and install windows on the new drive.
2007-10-03 16:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by eaglesfan1000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not time to say goodbye to All of it, just the hard drive.
For a few dollars, you can get a hard drive, install it, and be up and running again.
Once you do that, apologize to it (you seem to be on a first name basis with it) for whatever it is you did to it to irritate it in the first place and promise you will NEVER do it again
2007-10-03 16:28:44 · answer #3 · answered by Michael H 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Looks like you need to divorce the hard drive and marry a new one :)
2007-10-03 16:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think you better get a new harddrive then set it as your primary harddisk and your old harddisk as slave. then try to backup your old harddisk data to your new harddirve.
after that reformat your old harddirve. it may temporary fix your old harddrive but after a few months it may return
2007-10-03 16:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by cool 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it seems that you have not done the operating system reinstallation since a long time. so please backup the data from your computer and do an format reinstall of xp. things should be fine after that. for further details howto format reinstall please refer www.windowsreinstall.com
2007-10-07 16:14:12 · answer #6 · answered by girish4music 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's time to say goodbye.
2007-10-03 16:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by jdyerjdyer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋