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Forum: General Chat 08-05-2019, 15:41

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! These are just a few of the projects that would have been lost forever.

Forum: General Chat 08-05-2019, 15:34

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! That was my worry if I had to replace my system. I am careful over passwords and these days many sites....especially banks have multi layered security. But getting the thing working was a HUGE...

Forum: General Chat 07-05-2019, 09:40

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Yes, I have too....three times.....so that should have taught me that there is no substitute for backing up. Except, I backed up to an external hard drive. Felt confident that if it was needed, all...

Forum: General Chat 06-05-2019, 14:48

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Done....two recovery discs made. Back up of all files onto an external hard drive. Belt and braces should give me some confidence just to be on the safe side. I hope that some of you have...

Forum: General Chat 06-05-2019, 13:51

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! I am not hoping to need to go through all that again, but it makes sense to do what is necessary should it go on the fritz again.

Forum: General Chat 06-05-2019, 13:48

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Yes, I have a DVD writer. That is a damn good idea Ryewolf. I will do that. Thank you for the prompt.

Forum: General Chat 06-05-2019, 08:51

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Thank you for your kind offer Less. I am also part of that brigade.....it is the way we were raised. I am sorted Less....though I cannot tell you how the fix was accomplished. So hang onto that...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 19:59

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! I am not a fan of google, but I do have Bullguard on my machine and that has a storage facility, so I am going to investigate that....but the most pertinent lesson is to get back into backing up....

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 19:22

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Thank you Accybeme. I am very pleased with myself....I would be even more pleased if I could say how I did it. I am not a braggart...but could not wait to get over the road to tell my daughter....

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 19:18

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Yes, I feel a whole lot more relaxed now....and my design files are being added to a memory stick and a Western Digital Black external hard drive as I type this....to be sure to be sure as the Irish...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 18:25

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Way-hay.....thank you folks for your time, your thoughts and your support....and if you sent healing vibes to my machine....double dog thanks! I am chuffed to little mint balls LOOK AT THIS!

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 17:41

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Don't ask me what I did to get this to happen....because I haven't got a clue. And before anyone tells me that it is NOT fixed until it says it is....this is more than I have previously had. So...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 17:21

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! I took these screen shots of the screen of my desk top. I have also been into (f12)boot options and got a screen which confirms it is SATA...but other than that I am no nearer. So I think the plan...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 10:57

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Well....that was interesting....but I should tell you Rainbow six....I have only been inside a computer case when I have wanted to destroy the workings....retrieve the hard drives for destruction...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 10:23

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Thank you for your advice. I would certainly stress that these files should not be overwritten(I have been asked to do some stuff for a wedding in September and all my designs are in a program on...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 09:51

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! I have come to the conclusion that although I do NOT know enough about computers....well, the internal machinations of them. I have moved on a long way from how it used to be. In the dim and...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 09:45

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Ooh Rainbow six.....well, can I start with the easiest? The box tripped because of a faulty toaster....now fixed. It was the 'short test diagnostics' that brought up fail on the hard drive....

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 08:54

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! More on this sorry saga. This morning I have gone into f12....run diagnostics and a short test shows a 'fail' on the hard drive with an error code of 2000-0146... My machine is currently running...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 08:32

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Thank you Accybeme. I have not seen this one....I am just screwing up my courage to get to grips with having another shot at recovery. I am a bit thin on hope right now....and I am getting used...

Forum: General Chat 05-05-2019, 07:30

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Thank you Ryewolf for your comprehensive post. I do not have the Windows 7 disc....the computer came with it already loaded, but I checked to make sure it was genuine when the machine came(it was...

Forum: General Chat 04-05-2019, 22:46

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! Thank you both for your responses. I am running on windows 7 professional. I cannot access any files because although the starting Windows screen does appear briefly, it is soon replaced by the...

Forum: General Chat 04-05-2019, 18:27

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! All this happened because Firefox(who I am losing patience with) did an automatic update and disabled my Adblock plus and privacy badger. I wanted to take the machine back to before the automatic...

Forum: General Chat 04-05-2019, 18:21

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Help....! That's alright Cashy. I thought it was worth a shout out. Thanks for reading about it....and for adding a response. Himself just says get the blooming thing replaced. What he doesn't 'get' is that...

Forum: General Chat 04-05-2019, 16:31

Replies: 41 Help....! Views: 42 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Help....! Is there anyone out there who can recommend someone good who can repair my computer. Today I did a system restore, which seemed to have worked OK, the machine went through what it had to do...then...

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