-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Start up problem

Nope have a second hand home built.  
Got it from competitive computers in Claremont, N.H.  It was
built in 2001 and I've had it about a year.  
Steve
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tori <versepoetic.com>
> You don't by chance have an HP do you?
> 
> Tori
> 
> At 05:12 AM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
> 
> >Have XP home with sp2.
> >  Yesterday I started having a problem with one of
my hard drives.  After 
> > I purchased MLB-TV so I could watch the Mets games
(only way I can get 
> > them), the hard drive started acting funny.  First
it started restarting 
> > on it's own.  It seemed to do this at about the
time the screen saver 
> > would start, so I changed the time for the screen
saver to start and that 
> > cleared the problem for awhile.
> >  After the 3rd or 4th time the icon red icon <
down by the clock, came up 
> > saying that there was no anti-virus found, next it
said no firewall 
> > found.  I have Avast and zone Alarm on that
drive.
> >   The only other trouble alarm I got was a pop up
saying I had a Security 
> > error 45.  I googled it but did not come up with a
satisfactory answer.
> >  After that it would only go as far as then
welcome screen and freeze.  I 
> > let it sit there for 10 minutes and it never
changed.
> >   Tried to do a repair of XP. but it would not
work on that drive.  Kept 
> > going to my other drive.
> >Both fans are working and nothing was hot to the
touch.
> >  I can see the hard drive when I open My Computer,
and I can see 
> > everything on it when I open it from there.
> >Any body have any ideas?  I"'m beginning to
think the hard drive is dieing.
> >Steve
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OK...I just had similar issues with my two year old HP and
the motherboard 
went out.  I didn't replace it, I replaced the computer as
it also had 
stopped recognizing the USB ports altogether (also a known
bug of HP 
computers although I didn't know that when I bought it).  I
went through 3 
different modems to get one that worked and after four
attempts to get the 
card reader to work, I just gave up and used an external one
we had...until 
the USB ports stopped working.  HP was, eventually, sending
new parts but 
it just wasn't worth the aggravation of an hour on the
phone, going over 
the same information with three or four people whose accent
got 
progressively heavier and harder to understand.

Tori

At 10:39 AM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
>Nope have a second hand home built.
>Got it from competitive computers in Claremont, N.H.  It
was built in 2001 
>and I've had it about a year.
>Steve
>  -------------- Original message
----------------------
>From: Tori <versepoetic.com>
> > You don't by chance have an HP do you?
> >
> > Tori
> >
> > At 05:12 AM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
> >
> > >Have XP home with sp2.
> > >  Yesterday I started having a problem with
one of my hard drives.  After
> > > I purchased MLB-TV so I could watch the Mets
games (only way I can get
> > > them), the hard drive started acting funny. 
First it started restarting
> > > on it's own.  It seemed to do this at about
the time the screen saver
> > > would start, so I changed the time for the
screen saver to start and 
> that
> > > cleared the problem for awhile.
> > >  After the 3rd or 4th time the icon red icon
< down by the clock, 
> came up
> > > saying that there was no anti-virus found,
next it said no firewall
> > > found.  I have Avast and zone Alarm on that
drive.
> > >   The only other trouble alarm I got was a
pop up saying I had a 
> Security
> > > error 45.  I googled it but did not come up
with a satisfactory answer.
> > >  After that it would only go as far as then
welcome screen and 
> freeze.  I
> > > let it sit there for 10 minutes and it never
changed.
> > >   Tried to do a repair of XP. but it would
not work on that drive.  Kept
> > > going to my other drive.
> > >Both fans are working and nothing was hot to
the touch.
> > >  I can see the hard drive when I open My
Computer, and I can see
> > > everything on it when I open it from there.
> > >Any body have any ideas?  I"'m beginning
to think the hard drive is 
> dieing.
> > >Steve
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