When you say you imaged it, do you mean you took an image of Windows on the bad drive and put it on another?

If so, surely with bad sectors the installation you took an image from is effectively...

Download and install this first:

http://tinyurl.com/y9598x

Then download and run this (and let it create the default folder):

http://tinyurl.com/y5zohv

Use the program called...

When it comes to BIOS or firmware updates, I'm always of the mind that if it has been OK for x number of years, if it suddenly starts doing it now....

Is the machine still under warranty?

The 8E error points at RAM problems. It's pretty unique for a STOP code in that it only points at RAM problems when you look it up! So there's a good start.

There are a couple of ways to diag it....

If it does do it again, since it is a new machine this next suggestion is likely to be no problem for you...

If there's anything wrong with it you need to identify that as soon as possible and...

Toshibas are good, reliable machines in my experience (compared to many other makes, and inasmuch as a laptop can be considered reliable compared to a desktop).

Let's face it: multiple Windows...

What computer is it?

I'm trying to figure out where all the AOL files came from.

You do use AOL as your ISP, I assume? It looks like it from all the other AOL specific files on there.

Apparently, AOL.EXE is... as well as being part of the AOL software.

However, your...

That just means the program crashed out to DOS.

No, now you need to get the new HDD and fit it, then restore Windows and all the drivers.

How old is the machine and how long has it been working perfectly as far as this problem goes before it all went wrong?

If it was OK for a significant time, then suddenly wasn't, something has...

Honestly, they do!

It's even more annoying when they've been told to do it - on a machine only a few days old. That happens, too. Unsurprisingly, they usually call back with the original problem.

Same here, more or less.

Windows Restore is great if you're installing something, it causes a problem, and you want to undo the problem. All at one time.

But do anything else in between and...

Well, rewording it it little, it doesn't always do it properly and it can just as easily stop other things working properly depending on what you did between restore points :)

I know what you...

You really should go to that link I gave an read up on it, but:



Taken from the FAQs.

Well, I'd just suggest recovering it now. It'd be quicker.

I've never had a problem with it.

Incidentally, I don't know what you've heard about Ghost, but many manufacturers use that - and most of the small PC-building companies I know, too - to quickly...

There's actually a better option than that.

If you build your machine, set it up the way you want it including network connections, software, etc., then install disk imaging software, you can...

Are you still a registered user? That should be the key. If you aren't, then you don't really want to be installing it anyway as the virus definitions will be out of date.

I don't think Norton...

That points at the setup file for Norton, then.

If downloaded files install OK, but just Norton doesn't.... well, you get the idea.

If you're a registered user you can download the file(s)...

Just as a test, what happens if you download some other file for test purposes and try running it? Adaware or Spybot, for example (since they're useful to have)?

I'm sorry, but I have to support them on it :)

Their job is to get your machine working as quickly as possible and if they send out an engineer with a spare part, which doesn't work, and then...

Technically, yes. But to fair: probably not :)

Dell will probably want you to recover the machine before they send anyone out though, won't they?

The 7E error can occur as a result of various things - software or hardware. Microsoft lists:



If it was me, I'd do a clean reinstall first to check if it still happened. Then attack hardware...

If you don't know what you deleted you're treading a fine line here, but why not just download the latest drivers for the Conexant hardware?

http://www.driverguide.com/

You'll need to know...

Does it do it in Safe Mode?

Does the L key have a symbol on it in BLUE? I'm just wondering if you have a Function (Fn lock) option and the L can be used with Fn to change its purpose. Just a...

System Rstore doesn't put deleted files back!

When you say 'deleted' do you mean 'uninstalled'? What exactly did you do (i.e. how did you do it)?

What Make and model is your PC?

The HDD is the hard disk drive.

You'll need access to a computer with Internet connectivity and a CD burner, plus a blank CD-R.

Go to this link:

http://tinyurl.com/y9598x

Download the...

Well, you've lost anything on the drive by trying to format anyway, even if it didn't complete.

If formatting stops at 3% each time it's pointing strongly at a HDD problem.

To be sure, you...

Right from the start this was screaming out that there could be a hardware problem with the sound card or possibly the PCI slot.

It looks even more like that at the moment.

Is it sorted now? I'm sure it will be fine - just a case of figuring out how to use it :)

Read the manual first, though.

Did you copy it into the VOICE folder? The manual (possibly on the disk) will tell you how to use it.

I thought it was just us blokes who only read the manual...

Well, now you need to read the instructions because I haven't a clue how that model works - but all you really have to do is drag music onto that drive and it'll get copied into it, and when you use...

I think that's it. It WILL be empty at the moment.

If you know you don't have any cards in your card readers, the J is probably the one. Does it disappear if you unplug the MP3 player. Can you...

Are those removable drives ALL there to begin with?

When I plug in a Flash device it appears as a new removable device. My money would be the one labelled J on your machine (the others are...

Or anything else?

It might appear as MP3 player or something. The device is obviously being detected.

What if you plug it in first and then open My Computer?

It's annoying not being able...

When you plug it in, does the computer make the ding-dong sound that shows a USB device is plugged in? (I assume it IS USB).

With My Computer open, click on the Folders button at the top and then...

You've hit the nail on the head with being more interested in solving it that finding out all about it.

Most times, that's what people want: a quick, easy fix so they can use their computer...

She seemed to say it was under extended warranty in her last post.



When we (at work) are dealing with these things under our extended warranty we assume it is HW unless a) obviously not or...

No, the recovery puts Windows and all the original programs that came with your machine back on.

It will not put back your music, photos, documents, or any other stuff you personally have put on...