I am always amazed when people say they have loads of photos or music that they do not want to lose or cannot replace yet have never backed up these valuables. If your hard drive fails tomorrow you have a very real problem. You are not alone in this and I am not trying to be mean spirited but if you fail to look after you and your possessions then who will? For less than $50 you can buy a name brand DVD-RW and for under $20 you can buy 100 blank DVDs. You can buy a lesser amount of blanks of course, that is a choice you can make. The DVD will come with software you install to use it. Or if you already have blank CDs you could use those in the DVD burner. If you back some of that stuff up and remove it from this computer it may well run faster because you will have more free space on the hard drive for the swap file to work better. Does your activity light come on frequently and stay on for long periods? If so this is an indication the swap file is have a problem. Then if you really want to get carried away you can visit Big Lots where they have (or did recently in the Buffalo, NY store) CD or DVD labels and the software to create your own labels for $10 or $11. Another option would be to install this hard drive as a slave in the new computer you intend to buy. You would need to check that there are compatible data connections in the new computer. Older hard drives are IDE or ATA but the newer and faster technology is SATA.

I wish my pause button would work so I can open door, sometimes it works 1 out 10 xs maybe. The tech wouldnt listen to me about that problem. I just did the test of 9 towels-10 handtowels-10 washclothes and they did work this time, they didnt tangle up and the machine didnt stop and it did balance out, I dont know why the last time I tried this, it wouldnt spin, or why it wouldnt spin with 5? I mentioned to the tech that the other guys told me that it would ruin the rubber seal if I put what the manual recommended, he said that is bull and said not true, these machines are made to wash full loads, I guess medium size loads is when it doesnt work. Now I will have to do the test with all long sleeve light weight items, maybe that is why they tangle up, maybe there is too much room for them to tangle? I would be much happier if this was the problem "easy fix" I just wish that they would have told me this to begin with instead of telling me I had the right amount in. We'll see. Now the soap thing, I didnt use soap in the towels, I'm kinda scared to, but I think after I see no more suds I will. I am going to go buy somekind of powder, I think I will try Gain? do any of you use it? how does it work in the newer models? I use to use Powders in my Frigidaire FL with FS and I didnt like the way the powder didnt rinse from the dispenser, it always left a bit in it, and the FS I didnt dillute with water like they say now days to do, but my washer got the mold on the dispenser where the FS was, I think that is what caused all the mold?

Hi there, off-centre, We got yer back, kid! How good that is, what with our rudimentary level of knowledge, computer-wise (well, somewhat reduced "wise", maybe) may be a matter worthy of some question. Thanks for the info. I had a call purportedly from a windows guy the other day, saying there was something wrong with my computer ... I asked him how he knew, without entering my computer uninvited, and he said they'd noticed there was something wrong ... ... was I at my computer? ... ... he could help me fix it. I told him that I was not at the computer ... ... and that my computer is not attached to the internet, whether by line, tower or satellite. That pretty well ended our conversation. Gonna have to change that, though, I think. ole joyful

nightowl, are you using Firefox? I had a similar problem last year ... I would click on a heading in GW and it would open to a random site on another page, constant pop-ups, etc. I notified GW and although they did ask me to specify details, I don't believe anything was done on their end and the issues remained. I paid a service provided my my ISP that supposedly cleared my computer of malware, but still had the problem, and only when accessing GW. I ended up deleting Firefox and the problem went with it. I've been using Chrome since without issues. I also installed Malwarebytes and run it periodically.