Dragonfly, the clock lost two hours--exactly. I unconnected and reconnected the floppy drive cables when I put the new hard drive in (which is now disconnected for the moment). The floppy drive does not recognize ANY disks. I get "Please insert a disk in drive A". Same as if you try to access A and there's no disk in it. I've tried old disks and brand new disks.
I know I probably need to replace the CMOS battery. But I think there are other problems going on. Just came on suddenly too. Thx, Diane --- In [email protected], Dragonfly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guys!! Stop arguing! Diane needs the correct advice to get her computer > going! > > I went back and read all the email from this thread. > > >1. Clock is seriously losing time. > > All clocks lose a little time. Can you give us a measurement for > 'seriously'? If it is more than a few seconds a day, there is a problem. > > Since Diane cannot boot or read anything from a floppy, she should try > at least one created on another computer. If other computers can read > the disks but hers cannot, that is strike two. Disconnect and Reconnect > all cable connections to the floppy. If it still fails to read, buy a > new drive. Can the drive write a disk? If yes, can it read what it wrote? > > I fail to see what good a system restore will do. Most times a restore > point contains the spyware and Trojans. The correct advice is to turn > off system restore and run scans. > > Jim: What if it is just kids playing around? Saying, 'How much damage > can we do?' > > Fly...... > > JIM wrote: > > > > Ivan, > > > > > Jim, I agree!!! I still think that one should do > > > sweeps for Spyware, > > > > I also don't think that spyware or viruses or whatever will do all of > > this. > > It just sounds like a tired old machine. I personall think that using > > System > > Restore to go back to an earlier time trumps scans for malware. > > There's no > > benefit to the bad guys in make disable a computer, that could > > otherwise be > > used to send viruses etc > > > > Jim > > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
