Re: Anyone here do PC tech support for $?
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Thank you Ken. You'll have t tell me what you would like better than the Ring Dings.
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Or, buy a Mac.
Sorry.
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Re: Anyone here do PC tech support for $?
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Thrilled.....!
Have gotten into the "Recovery" option. Am doing diagnostic tests!
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Woo hoo! So you got ahold of a disk?
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No.....for whatever reason, the F11 recovery option worked when it hadn't worked previously. It SEEMS to be good, working off a recovery point from several days earlier. Now to make a new set of recovery discs and back up the various folders onto disc. I thought I was doing good by backing up the system weekly. This was the first time I foresaw the situation where I might not even get to the point of being able to use that back up system. Maybe I should look into a new system to replace this while I can still get Win7Pro. It doesn't seem like Win8 is all that popular. I don't believe this was a hardware issue, but it's still a 5-year-old system running Vista. Seriously, thank you guys for holding my hand though this scary experience!
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Did you get stuff off before it went? I'd say at this point your best bet (if you don't trust your backups) is to boot the thing via a linux recovery disk and copy your data off.
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I got it back up again (I know, I know) and am backing up files as we "speak".
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Dude, I know the feeling. Any idea what the bluescreen said? That might help us track down the issue.
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Mark,
I was following this but didn't comment based on my lack of techno babble. I will, however, accept any dollars you would like to send for my support. :-)
Having said that, you mentioned a 5 year old system. May be worthwhile to run chkdsk, or better yet, just replace the hard drive(s) with something new. And get an OEM copy of Windows 7 while you are at it.
As a side note, when I had my new build done in October, I had it set up with a 256GB SSD for the operating system and programs and have all the other stuff go to 2 other 1 TB HDDs. The system absolutely screams.
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