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
