I am writing to tell you of the progress I have made in getting my P.C. back to health thanks to your telephone advice.
If you remember, I couldn't get Windows to load nor would the P.C. read the rescue disk, and you suggested I go back to basics and start disconnecting units. I did this and took the opportunity to clean the drives, etc. I removed the two RAM SIMMS and found that one of them had a load of powdery dust which was across the contacts of the chips and edge connectors. I cleaned this up and replaced them. On switching on I found that Windows loaded but once loaded it was painfully slow. I then partitioned the disk using Partition Magic and installed the X.P. Operating System on the D: Drive. I thus had the choice of two X.P. Operating Systems; C: running exceedingly slowly, and D: running at normal speed.
I deduced from this that there must be something amiss with the front end of the Hard Disk Drive, so I quarantined the first 10Gb of this using Partition Magic and re-installed/merged the O.S. on the C: Parition.
Since carrying out this operation and adding all my original Software the Computer has been behaving normally again.
I hope this is of interest to you and I would like to thank you once again for the advice you gave me. I shall definitely bear Absolutely Broken Computer? in mind for future purchases of equipment, recommendations, and any work I possibly may need in the future.
Many thanks and best regards,
Roland Burdess.
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