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Stephen Ronan wrote: > Thanks all for the very useful tips! Right now Spinrite has run > its level 4 activities for for 12.5 hours with it anticipating > another 59.5 hours to go. I agree that it'd probably make most > sense to buy a new hard drive but the family's short on cash and > may need to postpone that at least till they encounter > significant problems due to the bad sectors. I look forward to > trying the suggested key mapping technique once Spinrite is > fixed, if I can't fix the key itself... I'm not optimisic since > it's not only missing the top part of the key with the letter on > it, but it's totally unresponsive. > I suggest you check the recycling bin at your local center: most recycled PC's still have usable hard drives in them, and the price is right. Bill -- E. William Horne William Warren Consulting Computer & Network Installations, Security, and Service http://william-warren.com 781-784-7287
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