Its only about 18 months old, and it doesn't get used extensively so it shouldn't really be a faulty hard drive.

I tried to repair install it, but after having accepted the license agreement there was no option to do so. All it showed was a box with three options (partitions): one from the E: drive, one from...

I'm having a strange problem with my laptop. some USB-based devices (Ipod, Memory Stick) work fine, wheras others (External Hard Drive, Mobile Phone transfer cable) aren't recognised. Nothing happens...

Okay, so just to clarify: installing windows again will not put all of my old files and stuff in risk of deletion?

Sorry, I think I just understood your post caperjack. Will this not just loose all my data,? because thats what my local shop said. If it helps, when I press repair having booted from the cd, and it...

Thanks a lot, i hope that will work. Any more suggestions?

Thanks, i'll give that a try, but is that not the same as trying to repair it through the repair console? Cos I tried that and it didn't work :(

Hi there. My PC has recently decided not to work, giving me the common message "c:\windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt....". I have it under good authority that the way to fix this...

I'm on a wireless network with 2 other computers for which the internet is working just fine. however, on my laptop it isn't. My connection to the router is fine, and if it tells you anything i seem...

Thanks a lot, i am replying from my laptop!!!

However, the signal strength is still low, between 2 and 6mbps. My laptop is about 10 feet directly above the router. Do you think its just a poor...

I have:
A NTL Cable Broadband set top box (modem)
A Linksys Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port switch, Model No BEFSR81,
A desktop computer
and a laptop


I have connected the router in between the...