Thanks Doug. As soon as i'm done my renames and pages from this weekends shoot., i'll do that. As far as adding a new drive etc, I'll let a computer guy look at that. I am all thumbs don't forget:-)
Just wondering if the XP home disk i got from the computer manufacturer, that was installed by them will be sufficient. I'll have to find out. May need a store bought XP Dave Dave On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: > >> Also something seems to click a few times at start up. Now it started. >> >> Is this my HD acting up. > > Something clicking at startup is usually the hard drive, though it could > also be the CD/DVD drive or the floppy drive (if you have one). To > confirm the problem, if you can get Windows XP to boot and run, click on > "Start", then "Run" and type "eventvwr" into the "Open" edit box. When > the Event Viewer window appears, click on "System" in the left hand > pane, then click on the "Source" column in the right hand pane to sort > by source. Look for all warnings and errors from the "disk" source to > see any problems that Windows XP has been "reporting" for your disks. > > In terms of getting going again, the best bet would probably be to > remove the offending drive and install a replacement, get XP installed > and running on that new drive, then install the old drive as "D:" (or > whatever) and copy whatever you can/want from the old drive to the new > one before the old one gives up the ghost forever. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
