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| Thread ID: 120335 | 2011-09-04 14:00:00 | 7+ year old PC with old internal Modem: how can Ubuntu 11.04 get online with this PC? | Dragonov (16500) | Press F1 |
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| 1228738 | 2011-10-01 20:51:00 | Very good to "see" you again, Agent_24: have been completely out of action again due to severe computer instability (have had to do several XP3 reinstallations yet again) - need a far better computer, as the present one is basically a heap of obsolete junk!!! Agent_24, I cannot download anything from CNET (and also some other good "download" Websites too) without disabling NoScript. Disabling NoScript gives me the creeps as having NoScript is like having heavy armour-plating on your Browser!!! Having NoScript is like being in a Russian JS3 tank, and being without NoSript is like being in an American Sherman tank!!! Cheerio and Thank You, Agent_24. |
Dragonov (16500) | ||
| 1228739 | 2011-10-01 22:06:00 | Why do you keep reinstalling Windows? Your computer is a bit old but not terrible, for running XP it would be fine. If there are big problems causing you to have to reinstall I would look at a fault with it rather than the age of it. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1228740 | 2011-10-03 04:56:00 | Hi Agent_24: am deeply suspicious of the condition of the DVD player: it often does not "read" music CD's properly, and tends to erratically "jump" on the music tracks from time to time. Also, it tends not to "jump" in the same places and instead is wildly variable. For a long time thought the Hard-Drive was the culprit as per OS installation instability, (the Hard-Drive is often very noisy) but now more and more am thinking it is the DVD player laser not being able to "read" the XP3 installation CD accurately. Have been having terrible trouble trying to get a stable XP OS installed. Cheers Agent_24. |
Dragonov (16500) | ||
| 1228741 | 2011-10-03 05:40:00 | CD\DVD drives do go bad, sometimes due to a dirty lens, but I think most of the time it's more likely a fault with the laser itself, or other electrical part, rather than dust. A noisy hard drive does not guarantee a fault, unless the hard drive has recently started to make noises it did not make before. Some drives (especially old ones) can be pretty noisy when the heads are seeking. Sometimes it's useful to check the SMART status of the drive, for high counts of reallocated sectors and other things. Ubuntu actually comes with a tool called "Disk Utility" which can be used to view the SMART data, and a program which I use in Windows called "SpeedFan" is also very useful. I would also try running a memory check if you haven't already, in Grub (where you select between Ubuntu\Windows at boot-time) there is also an option to run Memtest. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1228742 | 2011-10-06 22:20:00 | Sincere apologies for the long delay in replying, Agent_24, have been knocked out from the "Lurg" again, and also there has been a veritable deluge of other stuff to have to deal with as well; have been too preoccupied to be able to do much Webwise. Existence can be excruciatingly exhausting (Damned landlord is demanding work to be done around the place as well Dammit!)!!! Well, so am now in the process of "reorienting" back into the Tech stuff!!! Am just leaving this message for you Agent_24 so you know I haven't been kidnapped by a flying saucer or something! Have to go do some more stuff now, but hope to be able to check back in here on a regular basis from now on. Thank you Agent_24, Cheerio. |
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