Author Topic: OLD System with PC Doctor failures  (Read 3287 times)

Offline kristen

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Hi,
I have a Gateway desktop that is about 9 years old.  It has windows xp on it. It has been running really really slow for about two years now.  I haven't got an updated version but the PD Doctor version that came with it I ran,  but when I ran the extended Hard drive test, it says three things:
1. Funnel seek test Failed
2. Surface scan test Failed
3. Linear seek test Failed.
I am no computer guru, what do they mean?  The computer works ok for what we use it for (kids to play preschool internet games) but is it eventually going to crash? I took anything valuable off it long ago. Would be expensive to fix? I thought the problem was originally virus's so I called about having it cleaned up and it was estimating at about $200!  I will go buy a cheap knock off for that amount.  Please give me some guidance. I am little attached to this old computer, it was the first item we ever bought. So if I can save it for the kids to bang around on that would be great.

Kristen

Offline fwilson

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kristen,

These failures indicate you hard disk is getting ready for the big dumpster in the sky.

The good news is is should not be very expensive to fix. A new hard drive and the labor to put it in shouldn't be much more than a hundred bucks.

-Fred
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.”  ~ J.C. Watts