>I am writing about 2 issues with my Campq Persario Laptop. First, when left
>on longer than it seems to like with no activity, the hard drive goes
>into a loop and things freeze or become very very slow.  I have found that
>to get it out of this almost imediately I pick up the computer and turn it
>on its side. That breaks the loop and the machine will fucntion normally
>until the next time its idle too long.
>Second, I can't run chkdsk.  I have Windows XP Home and I noticed the
>machine slowing.  I do spyware sweeps often and have Norton installed so
>adware and viruses do not seem to be realtive here. When I try to run
>chkdsk
>it tells me that I have file problems and asks to run it on start-up. I
>click ok and when it tried to run on start up, i get a message on the blue
>screen that can't acess the volume and it says something about the NTFS
>system (in this case drive c ) and that it cannot perform its function.  It
>then continues booting normally.
>I have a Toshiba MK6021GAS hard drive and Service pak 1 on the XP.
>What I want is to run chkdsk and wonder if the hard drive behavior means is
>going to fail soon.
>Also, while I am at it, I want to get an external hard drive for a back up.
>What would be a good compatible choice? And can I change the hard drive in
>my laptop myself?  I have had my fingers in desktops often and am not
>afraid, although perhaps I should be, to try.
>
Ralph Lovello

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