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August 6th, 2004 22:00
macro flash problem? or more?
Hello, i have a dimension 8200 and just recently i restarted it and it began CHKDSK after scanning through a 3 step process it showed that 4 segments were dammaged. After that it said it repaired them and finished restarting, when i tried to access a website with flash it wouldnt load any flash objects.. when i tried to download flash again it stays on the same page and continues trying to load it until i stop it. So thus far it seems like im having a macromedia problem but im sure it was caused by something else if anyone can point me in the right direction i'd greatly appreciate it.
thanks
dan
ejn63
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August 6th, 2004 23:00
If you're referring to four sectors that showed up as bad, it's time to back up -- immediately -- and replace the hard drive. It is beginning to fail.
sd2983
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August 7th, 2004 00:00
thanks a lot for all your help so far, one more thing... could you point me in the direction of the dell diagnostics?
thank you
sd2983
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August 7th, 2004 00:00
any more reassuring ideas?
dan
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August 7th, 2004 00:00
Run the Dell diagnostics on the drive - including a full surface scan.
If any bad sectors show up, it IS time for a new drive - or you will soon be buying one and trying to figure out how to recover the data from the failed drive.
ejn63
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August 7th, 2004 01:00
You can either press F12 at boot and choose the diagnostics, or boot the CD that came with the system (it's labeled "drivers and utilities", most likely with a blue and white label.
sd2983
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August 7th, 2004 17:00
is there anyway to get flash working again until i solve this hard drive problem? ...haven't been able to check my email for 3 days now.
i couldnt get the diagnostics to run during boot, I must be missing it some how because i could not find it.
thank you
dan
Message Edited by sd2983 on 08-07-2004 01:35 PM