Posts by caperjack

my first question is why you are trying to change hdd, were you having other problems

try dowloading and burning to disk the live knoppex in my signature to rule out software

If you do not get your solution yet,then i think you have to go for any of the online computer course which will help you to know all thing about computer and you can repair your pc and all peripherals easily.
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another sig spam you guys are ruining this help forum so do me a favor and fugg o f f

Toshiba satellite 1200-s122 is not supporting its touch pad. again it doesn't recognizes usb mouse.

hi,did you try installing new drivers for the touch pad ,does it recognize other usb devices ,have you scanned the laptop for viruses

What do you think this means for those people who still buy netbooks (those tiny little atom powered laptops) with windows xp loaded...

new ones in store in my area now coming with win7 starter .
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=844

im getting lots of blue screen fatal errors during the start up. how can i repair it.

Hi, you could start by giving us some more info ,a lot mre info ,l\start with one of the full errors you are getting ,all the numbers and any files' name in the error

Hello,

I have a Dell inspiron 600m and I ran into this issue last week when I suddenly cant boot up my laptop. A cranky noise from the compartment made me believe that the HDD had crashed and I therefore replaced it with a new WD - EIDE, PATA, one listed here

However even after replacing it with the new one, i still cant get rid of the problem, the system just wont boot up and keeps looping back between BIOS and the error message "Primary Hard Disk Drive 0 Not Found"

Looking at the BIOS, the Primary Hard Disk entry still shows 'None'
I have already reset the BIOS but still not haveing any luck.

Can anyone please advise what could be wrong here and what else can i do to resolve this?

Could it be that i am using an incompatible HDD?

many thanks,

Tom

hi ,you need to install windows or someother OS on the harddrive first

Could you OM the link please ?? Thanks

no sorry link was only for discussion !

this whole thread was created so someone could come along and post a sig spam ,driving me nuts that i have to really wounder if all the post are going that way,just wasting my time here now ,someone has to do something to stop it ,like make it illegal t opay people to do it ,sucks big time !

its all obvious ,bye bye

No, No, No, you have it wrong I can see the C and D drive in the Windows explorer NOT in the Computer Management/Disc Management section of Admin Tools. In Disc Management it shows only my E drive which is my terabyte for storage.

weird

. If you have no problem please send me your email id. I have to ask some more question related to computer.

Hi,getting better ,you actually made it sound like you had a problem and not just wanting someone to mail you !so you could get there email address

Your debugger is not using the correct symbols .

fix that and you will get a better description of you memory dump.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311503

internetdownload manger asks its serial number for registration .but idont know its number .how can i solve this prob

please start your own thread ,and explain you problem in full

Win 7 64

I then reinstalled frets on fire but the program is still running slow.
Anyone know what the problem is here and how to fix it?

hi,did it ever run fast

When I'm on a web site with a link that suppose to open in a new window I click the link and the web page dont pop up and depending on the website, some will let me right click and " open in a new window", and than some wont.

hi,care to tell us what web browser you are using ,there are many,if its IE[internet explorer ],is it 6,7, or 8 ,to find version go to help and click about

In Admin Tools there is no C: or D: and it shows all files in the Windows Explorer. It only shows my E: drive which is my storage drive. C and D Drives are my boot drive and the HP System partition to restore back to XP. Nah NO HAPPENING. Any help? Anyone who reads this. Who turned it off in Admin......Disc Management.......NOT ME!

not sure what you mean but ,
when i installed it created a windows.old folder in the root of C:\If you go to mycomputer and double click on the harddrive icon,thats the root of c:\, the windows.old folder it there!

get knoppix live from signature and try it ,like poster above suggested ,one of the best way to get to the bottom of a hardware issue especially harddrive one .

Hi, just rest easy. I suggest you visit this artilce to find out a proper solution for the problem.

just band the poster ,you sniped all 8 of his post so far ,poster never gave help in any of his post ,its obvious what going on

might as well have some wine too then

Wasn't sure about his reasoning for that either.

also it shouldn't be getting full ,should not have changed as it not meant to add any files to it

Meaning, keep it at fat32, changing to NTFS is a one-way process.

i just said that as im confused to his backing up the recovery partition ,and what would happen to it on a ntfs drive , nothing i assume ,if its just backed up to a folder on the ntfs drive . ,and not changing the recovery partition from fat32 to ntfs
its fat32 usually because its a norton ghost image .

Here's what I'm looking for: I need a password cracking program that will attempt to crack web-based passwords. When I open a browser, and go to my website, I want to test it's security by attacking it with a password cracking program.

Any suggestions?

yeah just say the word and I'll pass the crackers ! want the salt too

have to try and remember it and cut down on LMGTFY:D

lol, yeah saves time , OP will likely never return anyway

Iget the clean install I make my own PC's and repair them. I just thjought that as before, if I reinstalled Windows over Window it just destroyed the registry settings but installed over the C:\Windows\ directory and left all other files and folders in place. Guess not, they messed up the transition from XP to Win 7 for millions thansk BILL GATES you you make millions messing up millions. Par for his course.
Thanks for your info.
Jim

i have only installed a few time so far but you know i think it dos if it finds a windows installed it will create a windows.old folder with all the files

Can you reformat and shrink the partition so you can make it one drive?

yes,just format and then you expand the other partition to make it one again

Can you reformat and shrink the partition so you can make it one drive?

you sure are full of questions .lol ,
win vista and win7 will shrink the drive for you, go to disk management, in control panel, admin tools and you can do it there,just right click on the drive and chose your options .
careful when loading win7 that you chose the correct partition

I know most of you know this already but posting it anyway ,it just so annoying,i have finally stopped posting to 99% of them still get caught by a few . the link is for a job promising big money just for posting links

SNIP

to funny ,the link was for discussion purposes only ,sorry didn't know posting links to other sites for discussion was against the rules .again sorry

Well I am more confused and so I will have to use a clean install. Will it remove the partition or will it just leave the files and Iwill have to reinstall everything but it does not reformat?
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if you have files that you can use to reinstall programs you want like for your dvd ,them why don't you back them up to a dvd now so you will have them to reinstall after the win7 install .
I don't know what you use you dvd for but i burn ISO files mostly ,but i also backup file to dvd and play dvd movies and didn't have to buy any programs to do so .win7 does it all for me .
nor sure if the install will remove and create a new partition but it will definitely format it ,and you will loose all file currently on the partition .thats why they call it a clean install .

I think that's included in the "fix boot problems" process, I also ran a hard disk check from MiniPE, would chkdsk do something else I'm not thinking of?

chkdsk will fix windows errors ,like device driver conflicts and such .the update could have cause a driver conflict of sorts .

I am told that you can upgrade Windows 7.0 RC to Windows 7.0 Final version.
I only see an upgrade to Ultimate is there a workaround to go to Windows 7.0 Professional.

not sure ,but i think you are right ,you could upgrade to Ultimiate .
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-considerations.aspx

I have a HP Pavillion a1410n Desktop and it came with XP the restore discs are XP.

not sure what difference that would make

I have Win 7 RC installed and all is well but it is a MEDIA CENTER version and if I do a custom or clean install I will loose all of the other programs.
HELP!

also not sure what difference it makes that its a media center addition ,I have win7 ultimate and it has windows media ,yes if you do a full install you will lose all program you installed since you installed the RC edition .

No, Safemode doesn't work, and Last Known Good Configuration doesn't fix anything.

what i would try now is booting to windows cd and and go to prompt and do a "chkdsk /r"

can you get into computer via safe mode, f8 on boot up

When I plugged it into my XP machine it tried to format it with windows media player

in my 12 yrs of computers i never knew wmp could format a thumb drive .did you go to control panel ,admin tools ,disk management and see if it shows there and format it there

There are no restore points on the system.

thats weir as windows updates usually creates one before it installs

Method 2A: Offline System Restore
Use this method when you have the Windows Vista installation CD or DVD. If you do not have the installation disc, go to method 2B.
Prerequisite
To use offline System Restore, you must have a Windows Vista CD or DVD. Additionally, your computer must be configured to start from the CD or DVD drive. In some cases, you may have to modify the BIOS settings on the computer to configure the computer to start from the CD or DVD drive. For more information about how to configure the computer to start from the CD or DVD drive, see your computer documentation or contact the computer manufacturer.

First, start the computer from the CD drive. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Insert the Windows Vista CD or DVD, and then restart the computer.
2. When you receive the following message, press any key:
Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.
3. Set the following preferences, and then click Next:
* Language to install
* Time and currency format
* Keyboard or input method

Then, use offline System Restore to remove the Windows Vista service pack. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Repair your computer, select the operating system that you want to repair if it is necessary, and then click Next.
2. Click System Restore, and then click Next.
3. Click to select the Restore Point …

An exclamation mark is displayed when I check the hardware installed. How can I resolve this?

right click on it and delete it ,reboot computer ,windows should reinstall driver

Thanks Bob (I've even broken my log in to this site!)
The safe mode option isn't working as it still goes into the control alt delete request and the user name and password issue reappears.

Any other suggestions most welcome.

call the guys at work who setup the password and ask them what it is .

please hlep me to remove this error from my pc (security centre alert) pls help remove it or diable it
thank you.

what security alert ,there is more than one .what does it say ,were are not mind readers ,please tell all

The sound needs to come from the computer ,so you need to plug something into the computers audio out plug on the computers sound card on the back of the computer,your surround sound speaker plug ,it need to be a mini pin male

I tried sytem restore it only lets me go back 1 month, I want to go back 2 months how can i do this

you cant

I am running Verizon Internet Security by Radialpoint. Will I need to do anything with this program to run the anti-malware and ccleaner? You are also saying that it does not matter if the recovery drive is almost full as far as computer speed, correct? Thank you.

the recovery partition has nothing to do with windows being slow ,Its just storage of the windows recovery ,incase you need to reload windows to your laptop .
the version IS shouldn't cause any problem with malwarebytes

Also where do I save this backup I am supposed to do during the Reg Cleaner process?

where ever you want .i just save it to my documents folder .

I have an HP pavillion and my D:recovery drive is almost full less than 1G available,

should not be a problem, also you should not have added anything to it as it for recovery only,to be used along with the recovery cd you should have !it should be let alone in case you need it to recover the computer

while my C: Drive still has plenty of space available. I have an external hard drive and copied the entire D: drive to it. My D: is FAT32 and External drive is NTFS will there be a compatability problem?

should not be a problem as long as when you copy it back the recover partition is still fat32

recovery partition will not slow down your computer ,
try a little cleaning with ccleaner .and malwarebytes .
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Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html) to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure to checkmark the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.
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yup!fur sure

What is a 2nd world country?
lol

Me, O'Canada , 2nd to the lords below,lol

hi..

i sujjest to you... if your laptop in warrenty ..... plz claim warrenty .to company....

post was ,made May 11th, 2007, if it was under warranty it isn't any more !

It's malware. I just had the same problem.

The only way I could get control was to unplug the Internet connection, then start the browser. After the page load failed, I could change the settings to not automatically load the last page used. The malware had changed the setting to download the last page used if the browser closed unexpectedly.

they are only posting to get there signature links posted !they have no problem and no good advice ,don't wast your time posting

Thanks a lot and hoping to get more help in future

and it will be valuable to,

whats going on with all the one time dumb post anyway,they are everywher on daniweb lately !!
,some third world country just get the internet or what !