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Post by Tsel on Sept 13, 2005 18:41:59 GMT
Well, the plan right now is to wait until I can afford a 40GB Seagate portable external hard drive ( costs around $120 ) which I think I should be able to within two months. That should be more than enough to save everything so that I can re-install my computer without losing anything. My dad says he may help me buy one so it may be sooner rather than later, hopefully so. ( Maybe I can get a 120 GB one - that only costs 30 more dollars. ) I can afford a 512MB right now ($60) but that won't be enough. I just have to wait a little more. I should have mentioned it on my birthday list. =) Why don't you get a DVD Burner and burn your stuff to DVD's Tsel
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Post by philster on Sept 13, 2005 18:53:16 GMT
Uh, how much does a DVD burner cost?
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Post by philster on Sept 13, 2005 18:54:51 GMT
And do I have to have a progam inside the computer to make it work?
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Post by philster on Sept 13, 2005 18:55:35 GMT
Hehe, I don't know enough about DVD Burners...
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Post by Tsel on Sept 13, 2005 19:02:35 GMT
Phil you're being funny. DVD Burners work the same way as CD burners. The Drive will come with the software you'll need to use it and if you are using WinXP I bet all you have to do is simply replace your original CD drive with the DVD drive and WinXP will recognize it and load up the drivers for you. Tsel
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Post by Shan on Sept 13, 2005 20:36:44 GMT
I don't know for sure. Cheaper than they use to be for sure, but your hard drive will still cost you less than a DVD burner. Shan
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Post by philster on Sept 13, 2005 20:38:18 GMT
Yeah, plus CD burner isn't working on my computer, why would a DVD burner? I'll get a hard drive.
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Post by Tsel on Sept 13, 2005 20:41:19 GMT
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Post by philster on Sept 13, 2005 20:45:30 GMT
Yea, that being that when we got XP, we didn't install the right programs along with it, we just kept the old programs. Blame it on my dad, I didn't know anything about computers, he was supposed to be the one who did. Now we need to re-install everything and get the right programs, but before doing that I want to save my stuff on CDs, so I don't lose them. And since my CD burner is one of the programs that doesn't work for whatever reason, I'm going to hope that a portable drive will do the trick. But yeah, I wish I knew somebody like yourself who would probably know what the hell to do with my computer.
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Post by Tsel on Sept 13, 2005 20:50:28 GMT
I was playing with you Phil. Hey, the easiest software program for burning CD’s and DVD's out there is Roxio’s Easy CD Creator. I like other programs better, but that one is super easy to use and I bet if you all invested in it that would solve your problems. Take Care Man Tsel
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Post by philster on Sept 13, 2005 20:52:43 GMT
When we finally re-install everything and it seems to work better, I'll look into that. Thanks.
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Post by Gray Lensman on Sept 14, 2005 15:57:36 GMT
Well. finally some good news. I got my computer fixed and out of the shop. Turns out it was a bad power supply. All's well that ends well, I guess. Hope everything works out, Phil.
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Post by Tsel on Sept 14, 2005 18:11:37 GMT
Well. finally some good news. I got my computer fixed and out of the shop. Turns out it was a bad power supply. All's well that ends well, I guess. Oh, the dreaded Power Supply failure. We had to change our Server’s power supply only 5 months ago. We were ever so happy it wasn’t a Motherboard issue. I’m glad it was an easy fix for ya Gray Tsel
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Post by janggut on Sept 15, 2005 2:16:34 GMT
well PSU problems can be so tricky nowadays especially when all mobos are ATX (let's not go BTX).
happened to a buddy of mine whose computer suddenly switched on by itself in the dead of night. the pc was in his bedroom. & i recalled it was around the time Blair Witch Project movie was just out. man, was the guy terrified. ;D
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Post by Shan on Sept 16, 2005 15:58:54 GMT
Great news, Steve. Glad to hear you computer is healthy once again. Hope it doesn't give you any more problems. Shan
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