Kurt, You might try booting the machine from a cd, floppy, or usb drive to see if the machine itself is stable. I have had several machines lately with motherboard or processor issues where they work very slowly and fail at random points. Sometimes it is a power supply that causes this behavior and sometimes something on the motherboard.
Joe On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:10 PM, Kurt @ VR-FX wrote: > >Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:10:37 -0500 >From: Kurt @ VR-FX >To: [email protected] >cc: >Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... > >OK - am trying Ur suggestion - I have that webpage open. Funny thing is. >I booted with the WinXP CD - and it came up with a bunch of options on a >blue screen. I actually let is sit there - while I was on the phone with >a Dr. office - but, while I was still on the phone - its like after a >period of time - the PC just Shut Down or powered off! I find that >strange - and did NOT Think that should happen while I was at that Blue >screen. > >Does that sound strange to U as well? Maybe signaling a Deeper problem? > >FYI - I am by No Means a PC HW expert. Although, this machine with the >problems - it actually IS One that I built a number of years ago... > >-K- > > >On 11/14/2012 3:43 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: >> Safe Mode is good when you have a device driver that has gone off the >> reservation. Like a scanner or some other non-essential device. >> >> Mike >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... >> From: Kurt @ VR-FX <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: 11/14/2012 2:33 PM >> I've tried Safe Mode in the past - and NEVER Found it very helpful... >> >> -K- >> >> >> On 11/14/2012 3:16 PM, Richard Kaye wrote: >>> Have you tried booting Windoze in Safe Mode? >>> -- >>> rk >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> Kurt @ VR-FX >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:18 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... >>> >>> YEah - but, that's doesn't solve the main problem - that this PC >>> won't boot. Also, there is CG SW that's locked to that PC - and its >>> Another reason why I really want to get that PC running again. >>> >>> It was initially suggested that I run a ChkDsk on the boot HD in >>> question - the do a Windows repair - to try and get it working again >>> - and keep all data & SW still functional - so, this is what I am >>> still after. >>> >>> -K- >>> >>> >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
