I went through a bunch of viruses. No telling how they were contracted. Got tired & took it to a shop. Paid money, 2 days later had the same problem. Went to bleeping computer & they walked me through.

Hard drives are cheap if that is what is wrong. The local shop will build a machine with better parts for only slightly more than a factory made.

I dislike having to buy all new programs when MS changes the OS. Will try to let XP be the last. Unfortunately, a couple of my business sites require IE so I'll need at least 1 system with it. A few programs are not written for Linux. TurboTax is 1 example - I switched to TaxAct on XP because TTax is so bloated.

Computers are a PITA but having web info is nice.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.