Tom,

I hate to tell you, but if you're still using an XP machine, you're living 
on borrowed time.  At the very least, you may have hard drive problems, and 
possibly something worse.  I wouldn't spend too much time trying to fix that 
machine - it's time to bite the bullet and get something newer.

You might be able to removed the hard drive and connect it to another 
machine to salvage the data, but beyond that I wouldn't devote much time to 
that machine.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: December 12, 2015 10:36
Subject: Very Strange Issue With Windows XP Logging Computer


> Hello, everyone.
>
>
>
> I was getting ready to work some of the ARRL 10-meter contest this 
> morning,
> and something very strange has happened to my old Windows XP logging
> computer.
>
>
>
> I successfully installed and tested the updated N3FJP logging software for
> the contest last night, but today, when I turn on my computer, I can't get
> into any of the programs on the machine.  If I turn on the computer, I can
> hear the hard drive start to engage, but after waiting for a few seconds,
> nothing happens, other than a double beep which I'm sure  indicates
> something. . Jaws will not come up, so I can't read the screen.  And, my 
> XYL
> is not here to look at the screen.
>
>
>
> Has anyone experienced this sort of thing before, and if so, how do you 
> get
> the computer back into normal operation?
>
>
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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>