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A sledgehammer is hard work-use a hammer.

What is the BIOS on your PC. AMI,Award,Phoenix,IBM or other. AMI/ Award/Phoenix 1 long beep indicates memory error. Try cleaning and reseating memory modules. IBM 1 continuous beep indicates failing Power Supply (or worse scenario failed motherboard)

The maximum is 100 metres. Approx 300-ft.

If you are planning to install windows on the hard disk,then let the set up program format the disk for you.

Check that the "nv4_disp.dll" is not duplicated in the C:/Windows/System32 folder. If it is remove all but the latest. Good Luck.

This may be of use- Control Panel Sound and Audio Devices Audio Check default device is correct.

You don't say what the OS is. However, the system sounds may be set so that it will bleep every time a program loads. This can be easily changed (control panel/sounds} and does not indicate any problems with your laptop. Anyway- if it isn't broke-why fix it ?

First instincts suggest that the graphics card is faulty.

Media control Device is listed 4 times. This can cause problems. Boot into Safe Mode and remove all 4 media control devices (you may even find more !). Reboot normally and let windows detect devices. Re-install drivers if required.

The fact that you say that the two beeps are faint might indicate that the CMOS battery needs replacing. Otherwise 2 beeps- 1. Memory error -check and clean memory modules. 2. Possible low power supply (PSU replacement).

Some motherboards have a "Clear CMOS" or "Clear Password" jumper located near the CMOS RAM chip. When the jumper is set you and the system is booted can you can erase the CMOS data or just the password. Reset the jumper to its original position and boot into the CMOS …

1 long beep 3 short beeps usually indicates an video card error- but on an older Phoenix BIOS it indicates a fault with the CMOS battery.

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If you have IE7 installed- update to IE8. If IE8 is already installed -downgrade to IE7 and re-install IE8. You may have to do this in safe mode. Hope this works.

The update KB925902 is known to cause this problem. If it has recently been installed - remove it. Reboot and see if problem remains. If the BSOD has gone and you want the update -try reinstalling the update in Safe Mode.

Your Hard Drive may need replacing.

Look to see if there is a fuse.If so it may need replacing.

Firstly, I would run a virus/spyware/trojan check. If this is clear - try System Restore- choosing a point where as far as you know there was no problem.

Try another (preferably a manufactured one) to see if it plays.

The "missing" 5.5GB is probably a hidden partition that contains backup files for your computer. I would not concern myself.

What video adaptor do you have. On board -PCI - AGP ?

Award Bios - 4 beeps (1- long,3-short) usually indicates Video Card Error

Win98 SE does have built in drivers for cd rom drives. you may need to change the drive.

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1.Open the Hardware Manager to see if there are any conflicts.If so disable unwanted entry. 2.Go to Control Panel/Sound and Audio Devices/Audio. Check that correct device is shown.

There may be a conflict. Check for any other (sound)drivers and disable. Then reboot..

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When asked which program for restore direct it to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe Hope this works !

My first thought is to check the graphics card. Then possibly RAM.

Perhaps info this may be of help- The Stop 0x24 message indicates that a problem occurred within Ntfs.sys, the driver file that allows the system to read and write to NTFS file system drives. A similar Stop message, 0x23, exists for the file allocation table (FAT16 or FAT32) file systems. …

More information please. Any beeps? Computer spec. OS

Try downloading " Recuva"

Does the odor come from the charger or the laptop? If it comes from the charger then you should replace the charger and hopefully all will be well. However,if it comes from the laptop-then the damage may be irreparable. .

I would imagine your assumption is correct.

Have you got the latest driver and latest DirectX for your card?

This may help- continuous beep-- Award /Phoenix BIOS - memory error IBM BIOS - Faulty Power Supply or Motherboard.

Have you tried a new lead ?

Try re-installing the drivers.

You might find that your computer is able to support an installation of 4 GB memory. However, this maximum memory might be limited by the operating system not being able to address the full range of physical memory However, winXP is fine with 2GB RAM

Save data to disk. Format and re-install Windows.

Have you tried removing the above mentioned program?

Any Beeps ?

VGA- Visual Graphics Array dvi- Digital Visual Interface Mobo- Motherboard PCI- Peripheral Component Interface PSU - Power Supply Unit CPU- Central Processing Unit

Use a partition manager- This one is free- [url]http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html[/url]

Did you replace the power cable?

First of all-can you uninstall Avira? Whatever,try installing AVG in safe mode.

Perhaps the Flash Drives are not windows XP compatible (very unlikely). Maybe you have received a faulty batch. Have you checked your USB connection with a known good stick ?

I would say no to both questions.