phorbin
May 31st 04, 01:14 AM
In article >,
says...
> Back up his files regardless of what you do. Sometimes you have to reload
> Windows and sometimes things will work OK without doing it. Give it a shot
> and see what happens. Personally, I'd take the opportunity to put a fresh
> load of Windows on the machine.
>
>
And sometimes there are things that don't show up until later...
A friend of mine had his machine fried... The motherboard was certainly
toasted... The hard drive worked for awhile and then died.
In the end it was a slow death by parts because every card he thought he
could carry over to the new motherboard died... one by one.
So, FWIW, I second the need to backup... and be prepared for other
issues.
....and, while this may seem overkill, if it were me, I'd have some
concerns about the power supply.
says...
> Back up his files regardless of what you do. Sometimes you have to reload
> Windows and sometimes things will work OK without doing it. Give it a shot
> and see what happens. Personally, I'd take the opportunity to put a fresh
> load of Windows on the machine.
>
>
And sometimes there are things that don't show up until later...
A friend of mine had his machine fried... The motherboard was certainly
toasted... The hard drive worked for awhile and then died.
In the end it was a slow death by parts because every card he thought he
could carry over to the new motherboard died... one by one.
So, FWIW, I second the need to backup... and be prepared for other
issues.
....and, while this may seem overkill, if it were me, I'd have some
concerns about the power supply.