Hard disks are hard disks - doesn't matter what you plug them into, they still go wrong. Norton Ghost makes life very easy when recovering your system though (and it's only about £30). :-) Cheers! Mike (IT bloke) DOC 454 VINLESS North Devon, UK ________________________________ From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Shane Sent: 30 June 2005 21:03 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [doc] OT Email Problems Stop playing with those PC¹s and get a Macintosh ;-) Dan On 30/6/05 7:08 pm, "david sandell" <davesandell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i had a simular problem too, only i think mine was fairly terminal - and > hardware based rather than virus, for a little while i had been getting > "whrrrrr clonk!" from my main hdd. it finaly died this morning - just as my > parcel arrived from dabs.com with 2 new 200GB hard drives in it! > good timing - or what! > all back up and running now. > Dave > DOC#479 > > Claire Usher <claire.usher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > My Windows 2000 Pro went a bit haywire yesterday morning, Outlook was ok > to a certain extent, but it wouldn¹t go into Netscape saying that it had > generated a problem and would be shut down by Windows. We¹d been > receiving shedloads of spam emails to Dave¹s email account and the spam > filter was having a field day! > We rebooted it and during the start up screens it basically got to the > point where it came up with an error message (cant remember exactly > what), so we put in the Win 2k CD rom and it couldn¹t repair, so the > hard drive is well and truly knack¹d. My ISP host (also a very good > friend of mine) suspects a virus got in before the virus checker had had > a chance to update and immunise my pc against it. He¹s sorting me out a > new hard drive (one better then the old 5400rpm 20gb) and is gonna > recover as much as possible from the old drive then send me a new one > withŠ..XP installed yes, I¹m finally getting XP after years of saying > I wouldn¹t touch it. > > I¹ve reinstalled Win2k on my other hard drive and its running ok so far, > but my new drive will be here in a few days so it¹s only temporary. > > Seeya Sunday, > > Claire > #2292 > DOC171 > > -----Original Message----- > From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Kevin Milliken > Sent: 30 June 2005 16:37 > To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [doc] Matching Green this Sunday/Email Problems > > > Hi Claire and Stuart > > Did the disks just fail, dead, no-more. or was it a message "DISK BOOT > FAILURE"? > > Kevin > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.7/34 - Release Date: 29/06/2005 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** ________________________________ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "doc-uk <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . ________________________________ DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/