How do you know if you have an affected model? My friend's Dell desktop had just run out of warranty when its Maxtor drive started showing these problems. At 06:03 PM 12/19/2004 -0600, Chris Knight wrote: >Ok, I've been monitoring this forum for a long time, however I would like to >point out one things that may not been known. Dell has put an unofficial >recall of some hard drives due to a high failure rate. The replacement is >Western Digital drives. You may want to check what kind of drive you have >on your dell labtop or desktop and contact dell about this issue. I haven't >been able to find any documentation about this, however I know where I >worked got a huge shipment (several hundred drives from dell about two >months ago and replaced the affected models. > >-----Original Message----- >From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org] On >Behalf Of Mike Ellsworth >Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:24 PM >To: 'Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List' >Subject: RE: [TCWUG] FYI - Win XP slowdown fix > >I had almost the same scenario with my Dell laptop. However, before I had to >replace the drive, I had a severe slowdown in XP that turned out to be that >one of my memory slots decided to quit. I was trying to run with 128MB, >which made XP thrash to a disk that was on the verge of going out itself. >Oddly, this happened mere days after I extended my warranty for another two >years. I'd rather be lucky than good! > >So make sure all your memory is showing up as well. > >Mike Ellsworth >The WiMAX Guys, LLC >StratVantage Consulting, LLC >952-525-1584 >mellsworth at stratvantage.com >www.StratVantage.com >www.TheWiMAXGuys.com >Get a free one-hour wireless network evaluation. Forward this message to >freebie at theWiMAXGuys.com >They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety >deserve neither liberty nor safety. > Ben Franklin, ~1784 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org] On >Behalf Of Haudy Kazemi >Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:11 PM >To: Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List >Subject: RE: [TCWUG] FYI - Win XP slowdown fix > >I don't mind occasional off-topic info on this list, as the message volume >is generally very low. I ran into this WinXP issue recently on a friend's >Dell desktop PC when troubleshooting its sudden 'slowness' in launching >apps or doing anything drive-related. I looked in the Event Viewer and >found various drive errors listed. I then got a copy of the Maxtor drive >diagnostic tools which identified the drive as actually having a problem, >and that it should be replaced ASAP. So I guess what I'm suggesting is if >anyone has recently had WinXP do this (become slow due to the drive), that >they get out their drive diagnostic tools and see if there is a hardware >problem that is putting your data at risk. > >At 10:56 AM 12/18/2004 -0600, Chuck Cole wrote: >>Some of us in TCWUG are required to use XP for business, due to use of >OutLook features for calendar and scheduling, etc. I want to >>use Linux more but can't make the switch completely and still have some >unresolved setup bugs after a disk crash and those limit my >>Linux usage quite a bit. I appreciate that OT info. >> >>Chuck >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org >>> [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org]On Behalf Of Rob Wentworth >>> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 8:55 AM >>> To: Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List >>> Subject: Re: [TCWUG] FYI - Win XP slowdown fix >>> >>> >>> Sorry. It's just that so many people I know have been complaining about >XP >>> slowdowns, I thought somebody in the group might be able to use this... >>> >>> Perhaps I should have put :Off Topic" in the subject line? >>> >>> Or is it better to to let people just give on on XP and switch to a >"real" >>> operating system? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Matthew S. Hallacy" <poptix at poptix.net> >>> To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org>; "Rob >>> Wentworth" <mail at RobWentworth.com> >>> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 10:49 PM >>> Subject: Re: [TCWUG] FYI - Win XP slowdown fix >>> >>> >>> > You seem to be confused, this is the Twin Cities Wireless Users Group. >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:53:04PM -0600, Rob Wentworth wrote: >>> >> If anybody on the list has problems with a Win XP system that has >become >>> >> painfully slow despite virus and spyware removal, the following tips >may >>> >> help: >>> > >>> > [snip] >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Matthew S. 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