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The situation is this: I'm using Win XP Pro and my computer appeared to be
slowing down despite having plenty of RAM, and several gigabytes free on the
hard disk. And then my external hard drive, the one I always tell myself is
my safety net because I dump my current documents on it, started refusing to
open files. I ran the check disk on it and it seemed to find and fix all
manner of things except for the one thing it reported as an "unspecified
error." So that drive seemed to be corrupted in some fashion. (My Backup
Disk! I'm in mourning at the moment.)
My e-mail also had some "unspecified errors" when I scanned them with a
support programme that I used to fix e-mail problems. I received an e-mail
that would not open and froze the machine. All of which looked suspiciously
like a virus.
Then my computer refused to log on to the internet. This sometimes happens.
I usually reboot and that solves the problem.
This time however I was put into the window asking whether I want to boot up
in safe mode because of a bad shut down. However, I tried all variations of
safe mode and "restore" to the last working set up and all get is the
computer rebooting itself and, after the Intel Chip screen, being put back
into the window asking me if I want to boot up in safe mode.
And here I sit wondering what to do next. As I actually have a new all
singing all dancing computer on order I'll be satisfied with going into Safe
Mode and transfering all my current documents into the computer I'm working
with at the moment. But I can't even do that.
All suggestions welcome.
slowing down despite having plenty of RAM, and several gigabytes free on the
hard disk. And then my external hard drive, the one I always tell myself is
my safety net because I dump my current documents on it, started refusing to
open files. I ran the check disk on it and it seemed to find and fix all
manner of things except for the one thing it reported as an "unspecified
error." So that drive seemed to be corrupted in some fashion. (My Backup
Disk! I'm in mourning at the moment.)
My e-mail also had some "unspecified errors" when I scanned them with a
support programme that I used to fix e-mail problems. I received an e-mail
that would not open and froze the machine. All of which looked suspiciously
like a virus.
Then my computer refused to log on to the internet. This sometimes happens.
I usually reboot and that solves the problem.
This time however I was put into the window asking whether I want to boot up
in safe mode because of a bad shut down. However, I tried all variations of
safe mode and "restore" to the last working set up and all get is the
computer rebooting itself and, after the Intel Chip screen, being put back
into the window asking me if I want to boot up in safe mode.
And here I sit wondering what to do next. As I actually have a new all
singing all dancing computer on order I'll be satisfied with going into Safe
Mode and transfering all my current documents into the computer I'm working
with at the moment. But I can't even do that.
All suggestions welcome.