Gee, and I didn't need a crystal ball for this one

[anysia]

I had mentioned a while back that I thought the problem with AcerBeast (not to be mistaken with my AcerClone) was having hard drive problems. Well, it went nuts today. After 3 years, I suddenly get message that "You might be a victim of counterfeiter" concerning the Pre-installed XP. Who huh wha...? Ok, downloaded the appropiate fix from Micro$oft, and right in the middle of applying it, core memory dump, reboot to... nothing.

I have SpinRite running on it now, and it has found a bad sector. Damn, I miss the days of Norton Disc Utilities, where you could mark a bad block or sector and it would be ignored, not having the computer try to read or write there. I'll see if SpinRite will fixed the problem. If not, I already know where I am going to take it for repairs.

Comments

[ravenseer.livejournal.com]

Hi hon. This is a diversion from your post, but I thought you may want to know - I am deleting my journal. If you want to chat, my email is etobin2004@yahoo.com.au.
Thanks, I hope you keep improving. I'd like to stay in touch, but this journal thing has caused enough problems.
Take care, Beth.

[anysia.livejournal.com]

*feels bottom lip quiver* You're leaving?

I will miss you.

[japester.livejournal.com]

IMO, spinrite is better than Norton Utilities. as much as I miss NU from the good ole' DOS days, every norton/symantec product is a bloated POS.

I've seen many good things come out of spinrite.

[anysia.livejournal.com]

I've seen many good things come out of spinrite.

That makes me a bit more hopeful.

If I can just get it so the data is readable, I'll be happy.