Thank you jbennet for working with me patiently ! You are good solid help and very much appreciated !
This laptop is quicker and I've learned alot !
Thanks also for Daniweb being here for the...

COOL !
I reckon this is as much as I can do to it. I will leave Internet Explorer 6 on there. I should have left Windows 98 on it. I didn't know that XP would need so much RAM!
I appreciate all...

I found the info to change the log on screen at
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-103

I have 7 as an .exe file on a thumb drive that I use to put on peoples computers. I had already installed it on this computer. THEN, I make a mistake. After loading this computer the way I wanted it,...

So if I've already installed Internet 7, can I go back to 6 ?

Thanks for that website ! I am installing Service Pack 3 right now so that I can use that website. I will post results tomorrow and let ya know how it goes.
Thanks again for all your help !!!

I have a router and will have it completly working this week. Right now I'm piggy backin off a friend down the road wirelessly till I get everything working.
I will shut off Zone Alarm and see how...

I will be sharing files wirelessly between 2 other computers. Yes wireless. It uses a Airlink 101 wireless card in it.
What antivirus and firewall program would you recomend since it only has 256 mb...

Your cool !
This laptop will sit in the living room and be used when sports is on or whatevers on, to surf the net and listen to a couple songs. It will be part of my inhome network, connected to 2...

I went to " performances "and selected to adjust for best performance.
When I went to "services" I was a bit overwhelmed with what may work and what may not. Is there a list somewhere that would...

How would I disable visual effects and what services could I tweak......and how would I tweak them. Where are they at ? I need to find so speed for this thing, LOL.

I took another working hard drive, in another Thinkpad, and downloaded a BIOS update on it and transfered it to the non working Thinkpad. I updated the BIOS and then reinstalled the 30GB hard drive...

I just got another Thinkpad 600 working, so I will take that hard drive and put it in the TROUBLED laptop and do as you suggested. Thanks ! I will update the results tomorrow !

Thank you for your reply !
I can't get the computer on the internet yet. I have a wireless card to install in it, but it won't go on the internet if there isn't any system on it. How else would I...

Hey ALL !
I have a Thinkpad 600. I bought a new hard drive and RAM.
I went to install Windows XP Pro on the hard drive and it won't do it. I have installed this disc on desk tops before and had no...

YES !!! The install disk is loaded and everything seems to be fine ! Thank you for all your great help ! This place rocks ! I hope one day to help you as you have helped me !
Thanks again !

I did the things listed on the link above. I tried another install disk of Windows XP and it is loading in the computer fine and is almost done. I have nothing attached to the laptop.
I will update...

It's still stuck on ..." Setup is loading files ( Kernel Debugger DLL)...
I'm gonna leave it like that till I get home from work. I don't know what to do with it now ! Help

Yes, when I tried booting from a recovery cd, it would say "NTLDR is missing".
I went to this website... http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm ,
and I did some of the things on it. I put...

I don't have a Windows 98 CD, I was using a Windows XP CD. When I'm prompted to " PRESS ANY KEY TO BOOT FROM CD" , nothing happends. I'm thinking on just buying a replacement hard drive off of Ebay,...

Hi to my great family at Daniweb !
I bought a cheap laptop to add to a network in my home. It is a Thinkpad 600. When I bought it, it had Windows 98 on it and it ran fine. But, me being a little...

Thanks for your reply Houston !!
I did try another power supply and got the same results. I believe it's a bad hard drive and I'll start shopping for an affordable new/used one, THANKS !!!!!!...

Hello good folks at Dani Web !!!!
I hope I'm posting this in the right place, if I'm not, let me know and I'll repost it where I'm supposed to.
I have a Dell Dimention 3000, Windows XP Home,...

I ran Seagate , Seatools for Windows. I ran 4 tests :
S.M.A.R.T Check, Short drive Self Test , Long Drive Self Test, and the Short Generic test. All 4 tests turned out to be perfect ! I think this...

I have downloaded Seagate SeaTools and will run it today, thanks !
I do make many mistakes on my computers ! Thats how I got invoved with DaniWeb :D . I also work on folks computers at work for...

To my Brothers in arms,( Coolraj003, EMCCleveland, and Sittas87), I really appreciate ALL your unselfish help that you've sent my way !!!! I have taken a Windows XP Pro disc and successfully...

I honestly appreciate y'alls attention to my problem !!!! Thanks again for all advice given !!! I will try the recovery CD tomorrow.

I will try to put the XP Pro on it tomorrow. I have to get ready for work. I'll let ya know what happends. Thanks to you and everyone else who has walked with me through this !!!!!

Here is what I did. I switched the data cable from the optical drive and attached it to the hard drive. I got the same results, error message. Then , with that still changed I rebooted and went into...

I don't know all these terms. I'm VERY new at hardware and even though I know some basics, I don't know what these terms are.....:
Data CAble, Optical Drive, Jumper, Cable Select, Master.
Please...

I pressed "enter, for AUTO-Detection. It says..." Detecting hard drive", for a second then the words disapear. The settings below it says this....
IDE Primary Master - AUTO
Access Mode - AUTO...

Something happened when I tried to send the last reply and it erased some of it. Here is the rest of what I had typed.....
Under the Main menue it has this under it....
Primary Master - [WDC...

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Under boot Device Priority it had...
1rst Boot Device - floppy
2nd - CDROM
3rd - hard disk
4rth - LAN
~
Under Hard Disk Boot Priority it has.....
1. Pri.M WDC WD400EB-11CPFO
2. Bootable...

HEY !!!!! I used F1 and got into BIOS !!! I have to go into work so I will have to do the next step, whatever that may be, when I get home tonite or tomorrow. Thanks for all y'alls help !!!
Whats...

I'm shouting ! Yes please, let me know how to back my data up. So you think there is no way to retrieve whats lost ? I have no hope of retrieving whats lost, just asking. I'm all for putting XP Pro...

Reply #1 I don't have the original XP recovery disc for this machine but I do have a Windows XP Pro disc , that I could put in it
Reply #2 I can't seem to be able to get into BIOS. I've tried...

I sure hope I'm posting this in the right place ! If not, someone let me know please.
Compaq Presario S4020WM, Windows XP HOME . Young teenager messed around with this computer and has really done...