Thanks. Like a lot of things about Windows, it's just as you say: anyone's guess.
Yes, the drive on its own goes into chkdsk every time it reboots, I even tried reinstalling Quicken from the original download executable and for...
Thanks, Pete. Well, during a reboot this morning I got a "no system disk" warning, then cold booted and then it came up okay. But obviously,...
Oh boy, I just got another "data error: cyclic redundancy check. " Should I run chkdsk /r again, or is that pointless or liable to cause more...
I have concerns about the drive as well. Anyway, although the system is back up to speed, several problems remain. Quicken, iTunes, my camera...
Well, chkdsk found a boatload of bad clusters and file problems. Supposedly it fixed them but I don't know yet if any data is lost. Good news...
You must be getting tired of me thanking you, but alas, I need to keep thanking you. PCBackup needs an original Windows installation disk with...
So now it turns out that I need a reinstallation windows CD that has SP2 on it to create the PC Backup bootable disk with the proper drivers that...
Okay, thanks. I'll reboot. Once I do, should I re-run power tools and correct the medium and low problems as well? Should I also set the engine...
Okay, I downloaded and ran power tools. I didn't know whether to set the engine to include windows-related data or not, so I left it at the...
Another possibility -- and I do apologize for burdening you ... maybe I can repay you with my wife's butterscotch carmelitas or buy you a drink if...
One last question: Before I do anything drastic like restore or wipe and reinstall, does it make sense to call someone like the Geek Squad to see...
I've been wracking my brains trying to remember exactly when my machine went bad. And it's possible that it was still working fine AFTER I did my...
Pete, My windows\temp diorectory does include a number of folders, including windows\cookies and windows\NAV and windows\history and...
Okay, I'm back, Pete. I deleted all temp files (3500 or so) except for ~DF2419.tmp for which access is denied me and ICEAE.tpm which is read...
Thanks, Pete. I'm going out of town for two days -- great timing -- so I'll check back with you later.
Now I'm really in trouble, Pete. I uninstalled the drivers through add/remove programs, but the machine remained sluggish. I mean, just...
Well, I just did a 32.3GB backup in one hour and 15 minutes via USB. I can live with that. As for the source of the previous aborted backup and...
I ran the PC Backup software and it processed 5.6GB in 25 minutes before it aborted. Maybe it was the software, maybe the Firewire interface. One...
Pete, the yellow flag was for the external disk drive I was trying to connect to the Firewire 800 card. The 1394 host controller was indicated...
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