OK. So a year or so ago we got a new used computer. Everything was fine, everything worked, but it came with Win2K and it had a small hard drive. I didn't really care, at that; I kept Win2K and bought a new hard drive from "Intelligent Computing", one of those hard drives that are theoretically 500GB but actually 465 or something. I also got an antivirus program called BitDefender as recommended to me by that same company (great program BTW). But then strange things started happening: the computer would freeze for no reason, would refuse to boot, etc.
So I bought WinXP, installed it on the large new hard drive, transferred my data, and thought no more about it.
But then it started happening again. The whole filesystem would corrupt for no reason, and every third time or so I booted the PC I'd have to repair the filesystem. Which gets tiring. Then it slowed to a crawl performance-wise as well.
So I lugged it off to "Intelligent Computing". They seemed like they knew what to do, the only other guy I could reach sounded asleep while on the phone, with a baby squalling in the background. And he just wanted to sell me a new computer, which I can't afford. But "Intelligent Computing" looked like professionals.
I gave them the computer and said, "It's either something with the power supply (it sounds like a tractor), or it's the hard drive." A while later they call me and say, "No, it's the motherboard. You're looking at a new CPU, new RAM, probably a new hard drive since yours are both IDE, a new..." I said, "Look dude, I don't have enough money for a pie/Pepsi combo at the campus shop and you want me to buy a new computer?!" He says, smugly, "Yes, you should." I say, angrily, "The hell I will, find me an old model motherboard." I back up my data and tell him he's licensed to format.
He does so. R700 later, I get the computer back, formatted hard drive, new motherboard. It works, OK great.
Then it acts up again. Same symptoms exactly. I take it back. Another techie this time. I tell him the case history. "Did this motherboard burn up too?" He looks at it, says "No." "It can't be the power supply trashing my motherboards then. So what is it? It's either a bad hard drive, or it's a virus that's still working when Windows shuts down, so the filesystem breaks." I probably sound like an idiot; at least, his attitude tells me that. He promises to see what he can do.
The company moves premises, taking my computer along. When I see it again it's got a few extra scratches.
"It was a virus," says the techie airily. "I got it with AVG." He tells me about AVG-Free and asks me what antivirus I have. "BitDefender," I say. He sneers and says condescendingly, "Who told you to get that?" "You did," I tell him. He shuts up and gives me the computer.
I get home, find and read the antivirus program's log file. "No viruses found." Suspicious. I format the hard drives, install XP on the small hard drive and put my data on the large hard drive.
A while ago the same symptoms reappear. I back up my data, format the large hard drive, move my data back. It works for a while, but the symptoms reappear. This time I get rid of a few larger files, transfer everything to the small hard drive, and completely disconnect the large new hard drive.
End of problem.
Like I said from the start, it's the hard drive, but I guess with "Intelligent Computing", the customer is always stupid.
They're not seeing me again, that's for sure.
So I bought WinXP, installed it on the large new hard drive, transferred my data, and thought no more about it.
But then it started happening again. The whole filesystem would corrupt for no reason, and every third time or so I booted the PC I'd have to repair the filesystem. Which gets tiring. Then it slowed to a crawl performance-wise as well.
So I lugged it off to "Intelligent Computing". They seemed like they knew what to do, the only other guy I could reach sounded asleep while on the phone, with a baby squalling in the background. And he just wanted to sell me a new computer, which I can't afford. But "Intelligent Computing" looked like professionals.
I gave them the computer and said, "It's either something with the power supply (it sounds like a tractor), or it's the hard drive." A while later they call me and say, "No, it's the motherboard. You're looking at a new CPU, new RAM, probably a new hard drive since yours are both IDE, a new..." I said, "Look dude, I don't have enough money for a pie/Pepsi combo at the campus shop and you want me to buy a new computer?!" He says, smugly, "Yes, you should." I say, angrily, "The hell I will, find me an old model motherboard." I back up my data and tell him he's licensed to format.
He does so. R700 later, I get the computer back, formatted hard drive, new motherboard. It works, OK great.
Then it acts up again. Same symptoms exactly. I take it back. Another techie this time. I tell him the case history. "Did this motherboard burn up too?" He looks at it, says "No." "It can't be the power supply trashing my motherboards then. So what is it? It's either a bad hard drive, or it's a virus that's still working when Windows shuts down, so the filesystem breaks." I probably sound like an idiot; at least, his attitude tells me that. He promises to see what he can do.
The company moves premises, taking my computer along. When I see it again it's got a few extra scratches.
"It was a virus," says the techie airily. "I got it with AVG." He tells me about AVG-Free and asks me what antivirus I have. "BitDefender," I say. He sneers and says condescendingly, "Who told you to get that?" "You did," I tell him. He shuts up and gives me the computer.
I get home, find and read the antivirus program's log file. "No viruses found." Suspicious. I format the hard drives, install XP on the small hard drive and put my data on the large hard drive.
A while ago the same symptoms reappear. I back up my data, format the large hard drive, move my data back. It works for a while, but the symptoms reappear. This time I get rid of a few larger files, transfer everything to the small hard drive, and completely disconnect the large new hard drive.
End of problem.
Like I said from the start, it's the hard drive, but I guess with "Intelligent Computing", the customer is always stupid.
They're not seeing me again, that's for sure.
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