The hard drive in my 6 month old Windows7 desk top computer started doing odd things late last week, clicking, and responding very slowly. I blogged etc on an old lap top over the weekend, somewhat painfully, because my accustomed applications weren't available. I managed to back up all the data and took the computer back to the shop I bought it from on Saturday afternoon, and they replaced the hard drive under warranty (1 TB Seagate). I got it back basically stripped, just the operating systems. I've spent the last hour and a half getting it 75% up (Firefox, Anti-virus, E-mail) but the good news is it mostly over. I'll have a few installs left over the next couple days, but I should be back in business. Now, if I could just think of something interesting to blog about... Or maybe I have a pretty picture among all those back ups.
Update: Thanks to Ted:
What anti-virus are you using. Of late I find that I like Avast.
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I had MSE on it, which what I put on quickly yesterday. I hate the fact that you need anti-virus software. One doesn't get along with another, and none seems good enough by itself. I think the solution is to fry a couple of virus authors in oil.
ReplyDeleteWell, while the oil is heating up try Avast and also think about Spybot Search and Destroy.
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The two of them seem to keep my PC pretty clean.