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[OM] True confessions - Why I finally set up the external back up drive

Subject: [OM] True confessions - Why I finally set up the external back up drive and another ?
From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:26:09 EST
I must confess that the thing which pushed me over the line on hooking up  
the hard drive for back up, was my computer got all gummed up and I was going 
to 
 need to have the computer magician un-gum it.  I couldn't open or run  
Norton anti-virus and the only way I could open Microsoft Word was in "safe  
mode." 
 All of this probably makes sense to many on the list however to me  it is 
all Greek (with a bit of geek mixed in for good measure.)  My hard  drive also 
seemed to be making some noises on start up that didn't make me too  excited.  
The hard drive is probably 12-18 months old.  The short  version of the 
remainder of the story is that I contacted plumchoice.com  (because of their 
advertising on XM radio) and after a couple of their folks  remotely worked 
with my 
computer for about 3 hrs over a 2 day period, it all  seems to be fixed.  Thank 
goodness for magicians . . . or perhaps folks who  are both much younger and 
smarter than I am.
 
Part of the fix was uninstalling Norton, which I've had running for many  
years with no problems.  When I asked the tech about reinstalling Norton,  he 
said he would suggest CA Anti-virus, as he sees frequent problems such as  mine 
from folks using Norton.  He made no hard sale, although the product  was 
available from them.  So my question is, "What anti-virus program, that  is 
easy to 
use, are folks using."  My particular version of Norton is  Internet Security 
2006.  My inclination is to reinstall Norton,  however am open to the 
collective wisdom of this group.  <{8^)   Bill Barber


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