I saw your other thread. I'm glad you got it going. let us know if we can help you.
Fly...... pekoe4849 wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech%40yahoogroups.com>, 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/
