Posts by Catweazle

You need to determine the exact make and model number of the original hard drive, and determine what the various jumper configurations for it are. Not all drives use the same pins in the same places for the same configurations.

The jumper can be any colour whatsoever. It's simply a push on thingy which connects two pins.

The purpose of the Geeks lounge is not to be a 'spammers forum'. Spammers are not encoured here at Daniweb.

The lounge is designed firstly to encourage a sense of community here by being a place where members can discuss non computer related topics. It's also designed to a sort of 'message board' for questions which don't really 'fit' in any of the other forum categories.

The type of senseless posting in this topic is not really wanted.

Hi jean and welcome to Daniweb.

I've removed the email contact from your post, as it is forum policy to encourage all discussion of a topic to occur in the thread, rather than via email.

I've also moved this topic to the appropriate forum section for you. Good luck with your assignment :)

No. The function is managed in the display drivers.

Well said, belama. I enjoyed reading that :D

If you read my comments in your other thread, you'll find that there actually IS a mounting point for another hard drive in that case! ;)

The first thing you did wrong is not read those comments! Do NOT have a hard drive sliding around loose in your PC!

Assistance with file sharing software is not permitted on this forum. Sorry.

yaddam, you are correct in saying that AMD64 is a better option for gamers than current Pentiums.

But I'm damned if I understand why you'd pick a 4600+ dual core chip over a top-end single core processor. You'll get no better performance out of it as current games aren't written for multi-threading. As [H]ard|OCP states:

The Athlon X2 is specifically built for a more involved computer user, one that heavily multitasks or uses their computer for digital content creation such as video editing.

err...... nanosani?

http://www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/web/E6D96526AF2C872BCA256DD700280269

That's how to install 98 after XP is already installed. Just running the 98 install from CD as normal will cause problems.

Okay. I've reread the topic and now I'm unsure. Perhaps Safe mode doesn't bypass the effects of this worm.

Did you follow the instructions in the Symantec article linked earlier? They contain specific instructions for 'forcing' the system not to shut down, and if Safe mode bypassed the effects I can't see why Safe mode wouldn't have been suggested instead.

Those instructions need to be typed, according to the article, within a very short space of time after reaching the desktop. If you can't reach the desktop in Normal mode, perhaps you could reach it in 'Safe mode with networking'.

I don't claim to understand the specific details of how Sasser operates, but this behaviour certainly seems indicative of it.

Another option is to wipe the system and freshly install everything clean. The laptop should have recovery CD or some other mechanism to restore it to original state, and if Service Packs are installed afterwards before the laptop is connected to the internet it would no longer be vulnerable to such an infection.

Is the laptop under warranty?

I'm also now suspecting it needs to be looked at by a technician.

Topic moved to the C++ section.

What you gonna plug that Athlon FX into?

I'd suggest getting it checked by a technician if it doesn't start when connected to the power outlet via the power cord.

If it's being used simply from the battery, I'd suggest plugging in the power cord and trying it that way :D

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00246219.pdf

There they are Janine. You get those from the manufacturer website. It's not hard when you've already been told what brand and model of laptop it is!

errmmm.....

If you do a refresh install of Windows it'll probably fix up Help as well. In fact, it probably would've been the easiest and quickest course of action from the outset. Sometimes people can just get too technical and turn things into a lot of work.

Also, indiscriminate use of Registry cleaners is not necessarily a good thing. They can stuff up the way things work :D

The bazooka approach is not really a very good one!

No need to boot from CD here, Janine, or to reset CMOS. Not at this point in time, anyway.

Hi big_B,

I'm sorry, but assistance with file-sharing software is contrary to the policy of this forum. I'll have to close your topic and ask you to find that assistance elsewhere.

Boot in Safe mode. Do that by pressing F8 repeatedly as soon as the BIOS memory test is finished and until you get a boot menu. choose Safe mode and log in as administrator
Then use the CD to install and run stinger.

A few things actually. I reckon it's not gonna be very useful ;)

errrmmm...

You'll probably need to determine what particular modem you have, and reinstall the driver for it. Have you an installation disk or CD for it?

First, right-click My Computer and choose properties. If there is a modem entry listed in Device Manager select it and choose Properties again. Check the various tabs and see if it is set to 'Disable in this hardware profile' or words to that effect. If so, change the setting.

If you look at the diagram at the bottom of page 5 you'll see there is a mounting arrangement for another drive to be fitted vertically at the front. The diagram at the top of page 5 shows how to remove the side panel and access the internals.

It's gonna be a tricky job getting the drive data cable to connect to both drives in that system. Ensudr the connectors face upwards when you fit the drive, and make sure you don't reverse the direction of the cable. The motherboard and middle connectors will be further apart than the middle and end connectors, but you can't turn the cable the other way around to make it fit. If need be, get another cable making sure the connectors on it are far enough apart to reach. Drive data cables come in a range of sizes.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/partition.html

You can have one partition which uses all the space on the drive, or several which each use some of the space. Until a partition is created on the drive you can't format it and store data on it. It will be simply 'unpartitioned space'.

This gives further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_%28computing%29

To get instructions about using the disk management tool in Windows XP to partition drives, see the relevent sections of this document:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348

Can't help you with detailed instructions about opening that PC and how to fit the drive to the drive cradle. HP Pavilion machines use special built cases which have non-standard procedures and fittings in them.

The nard drive needs to have the jumper set to 'Slave', and be connected to the middle connector of the drive cable. You also need to ensure that the original drive has the jumper set to 'Master' and be connected to the end connector of the drive cable. (It might be set to 'Cable select' and be attached to the middle connector at present.)

First you should just physically install the drive and boot up to see if the system detects the full size of the drive. You'll need to right-click My Computer and choose 'Manage', then click on disk management. There you should be able to partition the drive and format the partitions.

If the full size of the drive is not recognised on your system, use Data Lifeguard tools to install it.

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Hi Raidy,

Firstly, I'm moving this to the Video Cards part of the Hardware section. Windows tips is for people to post tutorials, not for people to ask questions.

You should be getting HEAPS better performance from that video card, but I doubt you've installed it correctly. In fact I'm not even going to advise how to 'fix' it, because the most sensible thing to do when changing from an NVidia based display card to an ATi based display card is to format and install Windows freshly again. The graphics processors on the two card are far too different for a driver change to be adequate. Little bits and pieces of previous drivers get left behind and cause problems, as you've seen.

Format, install Windows, install the motherboard drivers, then download and install the latest Catalyst drivers from www.ati.com

The driver version on the install CD for that card will definitely be outdated.

Buy a third motherboard. Buy a new usb cable. Discontinue using that USB port in the front of the case. That'd be my next step if this motherboard now doesn't work either :D

Viewing web pages created by Excel is like researching the bloody used car purchase by talking to the freakin used car dealer!

The problem is not the speeds, as both are PC3200. It's simply that somtimes we can get problems with two modules of different brands. Each will work fine in the motherboard on their own, but put them together and they chuck a fit! You need to test and be sure that's not happening to you.

Buggered if I know. I got the info from a website that listed 'nasty' startup entries. The entries that the Sasser worm puts in the startup list are neither Lsass or Isass but something completely different.

I only familiarise myself with the widespread ones and leave the rest up to the Security experts :D

Any game running stable with 512Mb is better than the game running unstable with 768Mb of mis-matched RAM. Freezes and lockups give you the shits! Reducing graphics detail is hella better!

The only hardware issue I can see there is the mix 'n' match RAM. Try removing the 256Mb module and just using the 512Mb on, in case there's a conflict there.

If you can, back up your most valuable writings as a safeguard. They shouldn't be lost .but things can go wrong. Music is easier to replace than the stuff you've written.

Are you able to burn anything to CD? Quite seriously, the best thing to do would be to copy your files to CD, wipe the drive and install everything fresh again.

But a refresh install could fix some of the problems.

Was that old version Adaptec Easy CD Creator? If so, that's definitely what screwed it up. Try the refresh install as suggested and let us know how it goes. Don't worry about the drivers yet.

If you download McAfee's 'Stinger' on a different PC and save it to CD, you should be able to boot your system into 'Safe Mode' and load/run Stinger from there. Should work.

eerrrmmmm............

The 'Sasser worm' (the one which infects a lot of systems even immediately they are freshly installed and connected to the internet) does a whole heap of things on the system, none of which involve isass.exe.

isass.exe is a different beastie, known as the 'OpticPro virus'.

The instructions given in the Symantec bulletin indicate how to get past the Sasser worm and get a system operable. right now, the important thing here is for Dantheman to make use of those instructions and see if they help to get his system working, not some silly argument about which files mean what.

Despite the high probability that this is a Sasser infection, should it actually prove not to be other avenues will need to be explored.

Agreed. I'd be searching for another location to download the file from.

I hope it works well for you. I've only read the theory, not done the job.

Be sure that you've suitably altered any encrypted files etc prior to doing the refresh install. If you don't unencrypt them you won't be able to access them afterwards ;)

Hi Icarus_Night.

That is not the same problem at all. It is a Windows problem you have. Please repost as a new topic in the Windows XP section and we'll see if people there can help you to locate and fix the reason why Windows is not successfully loading on your system.

Then I would suggest a refresh intall of Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341&Product=winxp

followed by a reinstall of the motherboard chipset drivers and the display drivers.

Which Windows version do you use please? These do not seem to be symptoms of a 'dead machine' but instead symptoms of a confuzzled Windows installation. I'll move it to the appropriate section and kick the ball off with suggestions when I find out which section is the appropriate one :D

Has any internal hardware been changed prior to this behaviour showing up?

Typing FORMAT C: in DOS does not make the partition anything but formatted.

The partition type is determined when you create the partition, not when you format it!

Does the system work OK, even with the power light not being visible? If so then it's likely just a faulty LED, and not a problem at all. You don't really need that little green light if evberything works OK, do you?

Right-click on the system tray clock and choose 'Adjust date/time'.

eeermm......

I moved the thread here. The loung is the best place for the topic.

Tzwingman, all that's being talked about there is cleaning up temporary files. If you use the 'Disk cleanup' feature on the programs menu (under Accessories) and also regularly use the 'delete Files' feature of Internet Options then you'll regularly remove all sensitive information that may have found its way into temporary files. Everybody should do that regularly.

Also, if you disable any 'remember passwords' features and manually enter passwords every time you need to use them you will never have that information stored on your PC. Same goes for personal data entered into forms. Enter it manually instead of having the PC remember it and fill the forms out for you, and you won't have that problem.

Keep your security settings high, don't enter sensitive data into forms on insecure websites, and have your PC adequately firewalled and you should have no problems at all.

nanosani is correct in saying that 'scrubbing' a drive usually refers to the practice of completely overwriting every tiny part of a hard drive wso that the information previously on it cannot be retrieved again. The news report you heard has misused the term.

ALL leeching via p2p sucks!

Depends on the Linux distribution you plan to use, and whether or not you wish to share files between Windows and Linux. If you plan to share files then you need a partition type which your Windows version can access. That's either FAT32, or for recent and reputable Linux distros NTFS.

Otherwise you can let Linux use its native partition type.