flatcat47

A whu-u-u-u-t?
I have a widget that will connect a removed internal hard drive to my PC. That what you mean? Have used it to copy over files from old PC to new.
Dunno if that will work directly with Parsons Address Book 3, as I do not think it is compatible with XP.

So you think the basic problem with the Satellite is motherboard? If that's a definitive opinion, then it is probably beyond my interest/means in fixing the thing. I really can't imagine it is a virus, unless there are types that lie dormant or accumulating in effect over a course of years. But otherwise wondering what sort of thing causes random events in the machine, like all those things spontaneously opening.

Going back to my original post, I have had a bunch of ideas based on things I have read but maybe don't really know much about. Wondering if any of them are feasible. Some of these questions are hardware, some software.

---put this HDD into a working Satellite 2535CDS (~$50 on eBay). Would a different
laptop model work?

---copy the address book program and files onto another compatible laptop.
Would any laptop (or PC) running 98 accept that? Or do I need to know more or
take extra steps to make that work?

---copy the address book or the whole Satellite HDD onto a partition in the PC,
running 98

---anyone know whether these ideas would work, and how to do them?

---any other ideas?

---I also have both a copy (.ab2) and a backup (.bak) of the address book, and at least one person's idea on how to open that into a CSV document, and thence into another address program. I do not entirely understand these instructions and might like to pursue it.

Have also noticed not many people are reading this thread. Would it be more effective to post a very dry, very specifically descriptive thread title? (Some people just don't think I am as funny as I think I am....)

Thanks,
Flatcat47