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Printablesuperspaceboy said: Ace said: On a related note, this just reminded me that I have an old Mac that doesn't want to start-up. I want to get rid of the bitch, but when I try and boot it to trash what's on it, it just flashes a floppy disk symbol with a question mark in the middle. Anybody know how I proceed from here?
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superspaceboy said: Most of the time it's your hard drive and not your pooter (aka the mother board). Or it could be vice versa (which is better for you...so you didn't lose anything). But oft times it's just an old HD that is maxed out...which will cause your pooter not to boot. yeah, i think it's just that my HD is maxed out - my bf thinks that it got gunked up with spyware or something - fortunately we have a little local mom and pop computer repair store just about a block or two away from my apartment...i think i'm just gonna take my pooter to the vet.  | |
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Anxiety said: superspaceboy said: Most of the time it's your hard drive and not your pooter (aka the mother board). Or it could be vice versa (which is better for you...so you didn't lose anything). But oft times it's just an old HD that is maxed out...which will cause your pooter not to boot. yeah, i think it's just that my HD is maxed out - my bf thinks that it got gunked up with spyware or something - fortunately we have a little local mom and pop computer repair store just about a block or two away from my apartment...i think i'm just gonna take my pooter to the vet. Stay off the clown porn sites...   | |
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Anxiety said: superspaceboy said: Most of the time it's your hard drive and not your pooter (aka the mother board). Or it could be vice versa (which is better for you...so you didn't lose anything). But oft times it's just an old HD that is maxed out...which will cause your pooter not to boot. yeah, i think it's just that my HD is maxed out - my bf thinks that it got gunked up with spyware or something - fortunately we have a little local mom and pop computer repair store just about a block or two away from my apartment...i think i'm just gonna take my pooter to the vet. Thats what i did...then my pc was as good as used! Dynamic Savior Said: Also, do you think that ugly people are God's cruel joke on humanity (like the platypus and the heterosexual) or another form of population control? | |
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jerseykrs said: Stay off the clown porn sites... but u r so HAWT  | |
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Anxiety said: jerseykrs said: Stay off the clown porn sites... but u r so HAWT Now that is just plagiaristic Anx. | |
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jerseykrs said: Anxiety said: but u r so HAWT Now that is just plagiaristic Anx. not really, because i left out the obligatory photoshop image. | |
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Anxiety said: jerseykrs said: Now that is just plagiaristic Anx. not really, because i left out the obligatory photoshop image. | |
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Anxiety said: jerseykrs said: Now that is just plagiaristic Anx. not really, because i left out the obligatory photoshop image. And thank Gawwd for that. Dynamic Savior Said: Also, do you think that ugly people are God's cruel joke on humanity (like the platypus and the heterosexual) or another form of population control? | |
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Ace said: On a related note, this just reminded me that I have an old Mac that doesn't want to start-up. I want to get rid of the bitch, but when I try and boot it to trash what's on it, it just flashes a floppy disk symbol with a question mark in the middle. Anybody know how I proceed from here?
Unfortunately I don't have a Mac anymore, but if I remember this correctly, that icon means that it cannot find the System Folder. I was generally able to get out of those messes by starting up from a Norton Utilities disc and repairing the problem on the hard drive. tA  Tribal Disorder
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Usually a telltale sign that your hard drive is about to kick the bucket, is if you hear a faint high pitched grinding sound, sorta like a dentist drill, when your computer is running.
At least thats what the support person at Dell told me, when I called and complained about this noise coming from my computer that was driving me nuts. They sent me out a new hard drive and it stopped. | |
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Tom said: Usually a telltale sign that your hard drive is about to kick the bucket, is if you hear a faint high pitched grinding sound, sorta like a dentist drill, when your computer is running.
At least thats what the support person at Dell told me, when I called and complained about this noise coming from my computer that was driving me nuts. They sent me out a new hard drive and it stopped. If you still have the Windows XP cd, you should also be able to boot from the CD, and have it repair any files that were possibly damaged. | |
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theAudience said: Ace said: On a related note, this just reminded me that I have an old Mac that doesn't want to start-up. I want to get rid of the bitch, but when I try and boot it to trash what's on it, it just flashes a floppy disk symbol with a question mark in the middle. Anybody know how I proceed from here?
Unfortunately I don't have a Mac anymore, but if I remember this correctly, that icon means that it cannot find the System Folder. I was generally able to get out of those messes by starting up from a Norton Utilities disc and repairing the problem on the hard drive. Thanks! |
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cinnamonjo said: Anxiety said: yeah, i think it's just that my HD is maxed out - my bf thinks that it got gunked up with spyware or something - fortunately we have a little local mom and pop computer repair store just about a block or two away from my apartment...i think i'm just gonna take my pooter to the vet. Thats what i did...then my pc was as good as used! yah, i don't mind dropping a few bucks to have someone make my PC work a little better than it did before. i'm sure there's a bunch of crap that needs scooped out of my hard drive that i could never find. | |
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