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[Phil Auten]

Richard,
Sounds to me like your hard drive might be flaky. Just bought one to 
replace a friend's 40Gig that
fails to complete Scandisk with an error trying to write to the drive. 40Gb 
Maxtor UDMA 133, 7200
RPM drive was $55 delivered to my door. Can't beat that. Might solve your 
problem.
If it was me, I'd check around and see who might be able to help you check 
out the system and
repair it. Sure would be a lot cheaper than buying new. I am going to 
replace Windows ME with
98SE on Jack's system as ME has a bad problem with doing really flaky 
stuff. I suspect you have
a hardware problem, not a problem with Win98SE.

Phil

At 03:55 PM 04/02/2004, you wrote:

>I have talked to Dell about ads in our local paper. Sale $498.00 or what 
>ever 100 to ship 100 for mis. 100 for just gotcha. when they had the total 
>for a 500 dollar unit it cost 900.  Before i invest that much again i will 
>learn to live with out a computer. This one is only 2 years old and has 
>been a big sh== with win 98se.
>Thanks to all
>R Fink
>PA
>
>At 02:53 PM 4/2/04 -0500, you wrote:
>>DAVIESW739 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>I would just trash the whole thing and go down to Circuit City and get a 
>>>new one. Even the cheapest thing on the shelf would be a great 
>>>improvement and you would be surprised at the low cost these days. By 
>>>the time you spend a bundle on new software you will be half way there.
>>>
>>>Walt Davies
>>>Cooper Hollow Farm
>>>Monmouth, OR 97361
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>>I agree Walt.  I just did that Richard, and am running XP and REALLY 
>>happy with it.  I asked  the same question you did to the list a couple 
>>of weeks ago--- almost all the replies said GET XP!  Get a Dell.
>>Computer alone these days with lots of power and good solid stable 
>>program is around 500 clams..   Guys I know who used to put them together 
>>say thay can't do it for that price today.== they suggested buying off 
>>the shelf, too.
>>
>>I like XP-- it is easy to use -- a lot like manuevering  a Lincoln after 
>>haveing driven Fords. :-D    The thing looks a lot like 98SE so it 
>>doesn't mean learning a whole new language to run it.
>>
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