I've noticed 3 things over the last few months, not sure if they are related... 1) When switching b/w users the profile does not always load and I get a generic profile. A restart seems to rectify this for a few restarts. I've noticed this for the last few months. 2) On > 25% of restarts I get a black screen with 2 lines of text, "disk read error occurred, press ctrl+alt+del to restart." This is relatively recent, say last 2 weeks or so. 3) Internet connection is choppy at times, i.e. I lose connection for a few seconds or longer. I thought this was related to the ISP or the modem but it doesn't appear the computers connected via wireless experience this. This is relatively recent, say last 2 weeks or so like # 2. FWIW, I have/do run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and the freeware version of WinUtilities by YL Software but no noticeable effect on the above issues. Any thoughts/suggestions? TIA Interesting timing given I recently signed up for Carbonite!
Correct. And when it comes down to the network issues, that could also be a hardware failure, but until the drive is replaced, you will not be able to tell. At least pickup a USB drive (2TB external for ~100 bucks or less) to backup your data.
Thanks. I have a Seagate external hard drive that I haven't used in awhile. I was hoping to not need it given I now use Carbonite but probably best to back up anyways.
Steve, A few gigs of online backup with SpiderOak - https://spideroak.com/download/referral/7b8536416342aa3007b0484f04be77d5
Underway, ugh. Thanks. On first pass it looks like a similar service as Carbonite, which I use. That said, it does look to be more comprehensive: https://spideroak.com/competitive_benefits I'll ck it out.
