I need some guidance on handling a problem I recently experienced through Best Buy. My mother took her computer in because it was acting extremely sluggish and freezing up. Initially they told her it was .99 for a diagnostic exam. Later in the week she recieved a phone call telling her to fix the problem they needed to run extensive diagnostics and repair which would cost an additional 9.99 because they found viruses. They took our the viruses and installed some childsafe software and the total came to 0. They then called and said they discovered it was actually a bad harddrive and it needed to be replaced (an extra 0). Since replacing the harddrive will completely eliminate the work they did previously, I am wondering what our rights, as customers are. She specifically asked if she it was cheaper to buy a new computer and was told her computer is good and should last about 3 more years. Should they have been able to diagnose the bad harddrive from the inital tests

I’m a bit nervous about using such ‘cleanup’ optimization applications.

Should I use such utilities or just leave well enough alone!

Would welcome some guidance please.

Gemhak

I want to clean out my computer a little because I know things are probably getting clogged up. I know I need to clear out the cookies & the registry, etc but I can’t remember how to do all that. Can someone please tell me what should be cleaned up & how to do it? I am computer literate more than many of my friends so I know I can do it myself as long as I have a lil guidance.