What They Mean 1. First check a phone. Then check to see if your modem cord is plugged in. If still no dialtone, and there was a storm recently, the modem was probably damaged by lightning. Time for a faster one.
Computer slows down when accessing a program or file or gives error reading hard disk message.
Hard disk has developed one more bad sectors. Run scandisk to verify and watch the screen for slow downs. Maybe time to upgrade or get an RMA number. Won't boot from floppy disk. Usually a dirty or bad floppy disk drive.