Try downloading the driver from a hard line connection (ethernet cable). Sometimes downloads can become corrupted when using wireless devices. Try plugging into the network and redownloading.
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What do you mean partition method?

It sounds like you should do a complete clean install. Restore disks are always messy. You want to format the disk (not quick format) prior to installing the...

You have the laptop drive directly connected to the desktop correct?

Check out this windows article addressing your issue:...

Have you tried using the Disk Management tool to see if it shows up in there?

I warn you, be careful when playing around in the admin area.

Start > Setting > Control Panel or Start > Control...

I haven't had the time to read your whole thing now but send me a PM and I'll send you my work email address. I own a small IT company and would love to help!

Put it as the secondary drive on another computer and recover the data that way. That way it will be safe to format. Also, your motherboard may have gone bad. In which case, you would need a new one....

You should have a recovery CD or windows installation CD that came with the comp. You want to start the comp, put in the CD and walk through the step-by-step process to reinstall. It is fairly self...

I can only guess, which is the just looked it over in programming.

ShaneMcP

So you have already installed the HD? Are the jumpers set to cable select? Does the HD register in my computer? If it registers can you explore it? Does the error cause windows to crash or your CPU...

Its probably a conflict between devices, I suppose update the drivers for your NIC or onboard LAN.

Sounds like you've tried a lot, these kind of problems stink, hopefully someone has some more...

You could try using these programs, I've heard some good reviews on them. Atleast one of them should give you the option of blocking other programs trying to access port 80 or whatever the HTTP...

Throw Microsoft Anti-spyware into the mix, it is the most superior :P

You can use panda online scan, housecall is just my preference :).

Awesome! lol, I apologize then, still you can setup a program like radmin: http://www.famatech.com/

Shane McP

Turn your CPU on and hit f8 rapidly, DONT STOP. Eventually you should get the boot menu screen. Choose to boot into safe mode. You should be able to get in and backup your important files (using Cds,...

Delete the primary partition and recreate it to verify the integrity of the drive, if you have any bad clusters then your Hard drive may be bad. If you don't, type format C:
Then try installing your...

The errors you were getting were probably due to the quality of your install disk or cdrom, it should give you the option to retry whenever it cant find a file when installing a recent OS. You should...

Try using a superior browser like firefox :D j/k, you could reinstall IE6 via control panel > add/remove progs > windows components. Also, it could be the specific websites you are visiting,...

If the user is a newb internet user you can go into add/remove programs, click the windows components button, and uncheck internet explorer. This "removes" internet explorer. I believe you can still...

Using internet explorer go to housecall.antivirus.com. They have an online spyware/antivirus scan that is free and pretty decent. There are other free antivirus scans online as well, but I recommend...

Hmm, try updating all of your audio drivers anyway (from the manufacturer website). So basically ignore the steps about the !s and ?s. Just click the + where you see sound and then update the drivers...

Right click My Computer and go to properties. Click the remote assistance tab and click enable. There are also other remote control programs out there such as Radmin:

Here is the Radmin site...

Sounds like the DVD drive may be bad or on the verge of going bad. Check the power and data cables to make sure they are connected all the way. It may be because your CDRW programs try to auto run at...

I'll put a step-by-step review at the end

You may have deleted your sound card drivers (or one of the other audio devices) So this is what you do: hold the windows key(looks like a window :D) and...