[Magdalen] Computer woes

[P. Dan Brittain]

My primary (desktop)is giving me messages that I am going to have a hard
drive failure soon; to do an immediate backup and then replace the drive.

I did the backup (I have an external HD set to back the computer weekly). I
went to Best Buy before band rehearsal to pick up a new HD.

I have the recovery disks I made when I got the computer new several years
ago, along with the recent backup.

When I replace the drive, do I try t boot up with the recovery disks?

Side story - I called HP support, the young man named Mike (good midwestern
US accent) started asking questions and I could not for the life of me
understand one of his phrases. Finally figured out that he was asking for
an alternate phone # (pronounced al-ter-NATE) After talking a bit longer,
the accent began to slip and it was obvious he was not from Indiana.  I
don't care where they are from if they can answer my question Why try to
cover it up?


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P. Dan Brittain
Harrison, Arkansas

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