pranavv, the biggest issue is that your hard drive is not getting recognized in BIOS. You should try changing the data cable and the power cable and also try different SATA ports until it is...

Rising AV is also good. I tried it and found it better than AVG.
Rising AV (http://www.freerav.com/)
Also see 5 Free Antiviruses here...

kv79, I use this site which lists most of the new softwares .. including the updated versions etc.

http://www.versiontracker.com/windows/

You should tell us the full error message.

You have to have remotely connecting to that computer enabled. By default it is not enabled in Windows XP or Vista. You can enable by right clicking My...

What options exactly do you need to transfer your files?

If you want to access your pc from your laptop, here's the shortcut .. just type the following command in your Run dialog.

\\yourPCName...

oops casperjack .. thanks for pointing out .. sometimes we forget some common sense things and get involved into fairly technical ones .. and the solutions seem to be with common sense things :-)

richhar, please boot your system and keep tapping F8 for advance boot options. And select Disable Automatically Restart option. If there is any error (blue screen or something) .. please let us know..

aninsomniacbite, if you are using NTFS file system, then you can open your folder by giving yourself all the permissions. See this article if it can help you:...

You can boot from Windows cd and then do a repair of windows.

Probably your windows explorer has been corrupted .. see if you can fix it with the repair of windows.

Also check your hard drive .. if it's working fine. And check the startup items in your system startup. Post your hijackthis log in our viruses section.

You've probably been hit by Ravmon virus .. please see this link to download the ravmon virus patch (http://technodigits.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/ravmon-virus-killer/). And do tell us the results. If...

Great to see your happy gerbil .. I just showed you one direction and you created another by yourself..

Windows has special registry keys for manipulating the Drives as shown or hidden. One cool way of opening multiple drives (you said you could only open one drive at a time) is by opening My Computer...

Make sure that you are logged in with an account that has administrative previllages.

Right click My Computer --> Manage --> Device Manager and see if there is some red or yellow mark on any device listed .. If yes, uninstall it and then install it again.

If you want to go back one directory .. issue the following command:

C:\Documents and Settings\user>cd ..
C:\Documents and Settings>cd ..
C:\>

The thread is already marked as solved but I...

No pitfalls and no problems if both the Windows are installed on different partitions.

Hmm .. Windows XP has a problem with handling hibernation with 1 GB or more of RAM. You can see this Microsoft article for the resolution information.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330909

Right click the folder you want to change permissions, go to properties --> security --> Advanced --> owner --> select your username and check "Replace owner on subcontainer and objects". Click OK...

How much space have you got in your primary partition (windows drive)?It should be more than 2.5 GB all the time to use hibernation feature.

Thanks RueB2sDe for creating the floppy disc part .. but I don't really love it that way. I always install recovery console on my system startup for emergency purposes. Otherwise I use the CD ROM as...

Hmm .. that's usually an inaccessible boot device error. This usually happens if your MBR or some windows system files get corrupted. So how can you fix this? Here's what you can do.

Boot your...

Can you name the dll file that is missing . .and what kind of error do you get?

See if you have some key stuck in your keyboard ??

You should post your hijackthis log in our Spywares section so that your computer configuration can be analyzed for threats.

Start your computer and keep tapping F8 to bring up the advanced boot options. Select disable automatically restart option. If there is blue screen of death, tell us its error code.

Here is the microsoft page about your error messages.
0x0000008E (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827663)
0x0000007E (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321637)
0x0000007E...

Its usually a faulty RAM. When does the blue screen appear? What programs are you running when the blue screen appears?

How many ram modules are you using? If more than one, try running your...

You can find out the culprit and remove it from Windows startup if it resides there. When you want to shutdown, open up your task manager and end all the processes running by your username. See if...

It will really depend on how much data your windows has re-written to that particular drive. Use some recovery software to see if you can recover anything. Use this comparison of data recovery...

See if your power supply has not been overloaded .. remove all the accessories from your computer and try to boot the computer with only the motherboard and processor intact.. then keep adding the...

You can use this (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Browser-Tweak/IEFix.shtml) utility to fix your internet explorer but I don't think it has been updated to include IE7 support. Anyways let's check...

I can't understand what problem you're having right now?? A missing dll is not a problem as it can be removed by running msconfig or hijackthis [if it was created by a malware]

If you want to...

Probably the hardware you installed recently is not working properly. Remove it and then see if your puter boots and the monitor displays comes on.

You can probably use the files and settings transfer wizard in windows XP.

When you startup the system, press F8 to open advance startup options, select disable automatically restart option .. Then it'll not restart automatically on error. If blue screen of death comes,...

Boot your computer with the installation CD, go to recovery console and run this command:
chkdsk /f /r c:
[where c: is your windows drive.]

If there are errors in your windows system files,...

Most of the old applications won't run after your new installation of windows .. because most of the programs keep their information in windows registry which is gone with the previous installation....

When starting up press F8 for advanced options and select disable automatically restart option. If there is blue screen of death after restart, tell us the error code.

Alternatively go to windows...