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 LH> From: Lisa Hall  
 LH> Subject: Re: help with scandisk. 
 
 
 
 LH> Hi David and everyone, 
 
 LH> I had a technician looked at my computer this past Monday.  He 
 LH> indicated to me that the bad sectors are near the boot area of the hard 
 LH> drive.  He suggested that I should back up my important information on 
 LH> floppies and run scandisk and defrag on a regular basis.  He stated 
 LH> that my drive could last anywhere from 3 to 6 months.  He stated to 
 LH> start preparing now before it goes out.  Should I consider purchasing a 
 LH> hard drive before it goes out.  This is a 720mb hard drive.  It is on a 
 LH> 486 mhz Packard Bell computer with 16mb of RAM.  Anybody haveany 
 LH> thoughts?  Look forward to receiving input.  
 
 
Whether or not you replace your hard drive
depends on a couple things, such as how full your
present drive is, how long you intend to keepyour computer,
etc.  If you are thinking of a new machine in six months to a year,
then I wouldn't replace it.  If you are going to keep it for a while,
then it might make sense to replace it.
Also if it is several years old, and you are going to keep the computer, it
might
be a good idea.  All hard drives will eventually go...
Dave
... Reality-ometer:  [\........]  Hmmph!  Thought so...
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