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| | Hello, I saw another thread in this forum about an HP Pavilion ze4500 that wouldn't turn on, but this case is a little different: previously, this laptop's battery would not hold a charge, so we had to keep in plugged into the charger every time we used it. Recently, however, …  |
| | If anyone can help, I would love suggestions... Usually I can solve my own computer issues but the one I currently face has me perplexed. My computer is ~5 years old and was built by ABS PC. It is an Athlon (not 64) 3200+ with ASUS motherboard and 1 GB … |
| | I keep getting the error message saying Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM I already looked [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread8886.html[/url] and it still didn't fix it heres my info and problem I have Windows XP Home Edition My Computer is an hp pavilion zv6130us -AMD … |
| | Hi, Please be patient this is my first time at this. I have a problem with a new external hard drive and would appreciate some HELP! Bought a maxtor hard drive which works well when connected, however, my system refuses to boot up if I leave it connected??? Any advice, … |
| | Hi People.... This is my first time on this web site so excuse me if I made any mistakes. I have a Fujitsu Scenic D with Windows 2000 installed on it. The problem is that when the computer is Started up, it goes through the Boot up then stops. A … |
| | Just recently began to have this problem, and i think it is related to my hard drive. First, started having issues with a new 500gb HD, it would occasionally not register sometimes upon startup. Usually, I would switch the sata cables around inside until i could startup and it would …  |
| | Hello everybody, I tried to copy my 60GB hard drive from my old laptop to my 160GB hard drive on my new laptop. It is Windows XP SP-2.I uninstalled all additional drivers.The copy works perfect on the old laptop,but not on the new one.On the first "Windows" screen,where the three … |
| | hie every body out there i have a dell dimesion 2350 that wont boot after a clean installation of windows xp professional with sp2.it has been displaying an error message of (NO BOOT DEVICE DETECTED) but i did some check ups and found out that my hard drive its okay(if …  |
| | Hi Basically my friend's computer seems to be not showing EXE files. I sent her a zip file that contains a pile of files. 2 of the files were EXEs. All of them show up on her hard drive except those 2 exe files! Changing the folder settings to 'show … |
| | I am in the processing of purchasing either a compaq s6900nx or an hp a530n, both amd 64 bit machines of comparable specs. However, the hp features a nvidia 5200xt while the compaq features just the 5200. I am confused because I know that the xt in the nvidia lineup … |
| | Dear all, I'm quite new in this malware-spyware-trojan etc. deal. I received a spam mail and unfortunately opened it and all the troubles started ever since. My PC had Panda anti-virus Platinum (subscription paid) and Spy-Bot S&D updated and the system immunized. Since I opened this mail, all hell broke …  |
| | i made a major mistake, i was trying to learn how to download software and i destroyed my computer. I downloaded an .iso of protools and unpacked it using 7zip and i did not make a disk i tried to install it from my hard drive and ever since i … |
| | I must have lost a few screws today, because after many years I decided to upgrade my system from WIN2K to XP. Its XP Pro with SP2 on the install disk. Everything was fine until the middle of the install, the system came with many beeping sounds, with the messege … |
| | I am unable to use the Internet Explorer 6 Address Bar to perform single word seaches. This started after updating NetZero to version 7.0. It highjacked the address bar and all other search functions initially but by following the instructions on their website to delete NetZero Search Enhancer I was … |
| | Hi, I have been trying to install windows XP on a new Dell Vostro 200 machine. The machine has two 500GB hard drives and I want two have them set up in raid 1 (mirrored). The instruction manual that comes with the computer and the online documentation I can find … |
 | I'm in the process of reinstalling my whole pc. I have completely formatted C: and left D: (second HDD) as it was with my data on it. I have reinstalled XP and had next to no problems doing that. My first problem was it seemed to install two versions of …  |
| | how do i get a fresh copy of windows on a hard drive that is fucked up does not boot into the windows that is on it and when i push f8 and tell it to boot from my disk drive to run to windows disk that i have it … |
| | A friend of mine turned off his PC while the updates for Windows XP Home Edition were being installed on his Compaq minitower. Now he can't reboot. He tells me that he tries both starting normally and in safe mode but cannot do it. I am going to his house … |
| | Hi all i have a GATEWAY MT 6825T LAPTOP and tonight it froze and went all blocky but not all over the screen so i turned off the laptop and rebooted it but to no avail. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE LAPTOP POWER LIGHT COMES ON AND THE HARD DRIVE … |
| | Help. I have a Acomdata hard drive with Retrospect software that is not Vista compatible. Any suggestions on how to get to my data? |
 | My computer is having extreme difficulties. In the first place my computer has problems starting up. After pressing the power button the computer will make a normal click sound indicating it's on and then do nothing else. (It normally makes a click sound, then beeps and goes to bios and … |
| | In late 1999 the Williams Pinball manufacturing company decided stop production. Higher profits were generated from the slot machine manufacturing division. This decision may have been encouraged by (evil) market analysts stating the pinball division was dead weight. They had just launched the most advanced pinball machine ever and it … |
| | hello, I would really appreciate any help at all. When I started my computer I got this message windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupt Then when I started it with the windows cd it went straight to windows shutting down to protect the computer check for viruses, remove any new hard … |
| | ok I bought a ECS A780GM-A motheboard, an AMD 2.5 quad core black edition, and 2x2048mb sticks patriot ram, I have it all together and what it doing is, the motherboard only has 1 IDE slot so I just have 1 200gb hard drive and my dvd burner now when …  |
| | But sometimes it is. Right so for the safety and protection of those involved all names and companies have been renamed to protect them... this is actually a HUGE LIE, nothing has been modified cause everything is jacked up!! So the story starts out with me buying and building my … |
| | Last wednesday my computer BSOD'd when i was away. the error message was of the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL type, but i can't recreate it and did not record the stop error. I decided to just reinstall windows. I did not attempt to go into safe mode, but was able to briefly reboot …  |
| | A few months ago my pc crashed and i took it back to the place i bought it from, to let them fix the problem. They formated my hard drive and changed a vent, when i got it back, two frontside usb ports werent working, well, not correctly anyway. When … |
| | I,m associted with best buy,im aka best buy bob. looking for a second and third possible opinion in regards to troubleshooting a compaq sr1650nx desktop. issue is when system bootsup to the compaq screen,the pc freezes at that point,no keyboard control,i believe the hard drive is the problem, any opinions |
| | ok so Im not sure if this should go here or in the nasties forum all the OS's that I worked with today were win xp and my OS is win xp earlier today I used my WD Passport portable hard drive to backup some files, and I also have … |
| | OK, over the last 2 months, I have been trying to solve the problem that causes all my videogames to randomly freeze during gameplay (no other time like cut scene movies or something) When it freezes, the audio usually loops and skips like a scratched CD, and I am forced … |
| | I've been having some computer problems. It started a few weeks ago when my monitor would go all crazy and I'd have to manually turn the computer off. It would do that occasionally, and then Monday it wouldn't do anything. When I turn the computer on, it either gives me … |
| | Im running Virtual Machine95 on a XP machine.the xp machine has 1 gig ram 80gig Hard drive and a 2.0 ghz cpu.everytime the user uses the VM95 he gets the error massage out of memory error.I then need to restart the VM program. I did increase the ram size on … |
| | Hi guys, I'm new and I'm having problems booting from my dvd rom. I've tried EVERYTHING! This includes setting boot from dvd in bios and changing the jumper settings but still no luck. It is a genuine copy of windows, the only way to get it to boot from the … |
| | Recently I got a new laptop because my old one completely broke. I was able to get my hard drive out of the old one, and have been searching for something that I could use to still view the files. I finally found an adapter that i could use and … |
| | Hello, I am setting up a new site on my server (Apache on windows) that is for my buddys to down load files from me because I am tired of burning discs for them lol lol. What I want to do is set up the site on my server like … |
| | Hi guys, I'm new and I'm having problems booting from my dvd rom. I've tried EVERYTHING! This includes setting boot from dvd in bios and changing the jumper settings but still no luck. It is a genuine copy of windows, the only way to get it to boot from the … |
| | I keep getting the following error message in my Events Log: Event Type: Warning Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 51 Date: 5/17/2008 Time: 8:30:42 PM User: N/A Computer: GARYHOMEOFFICE Description: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\D during a paging operation. For more information, see Help and … |
| | I am running an Alienware Area51 m7700 which has worked fine until recently. About two weeks ago I turn it on only to receive "Operating System not found" I checked the hard drive connection, but it was ok. I tried to boot into the BIOS but it just brings me … |
| | I have recently installed a new hard drive into my PC on which I installed Windows. I transferred all my stuff over to it, all goodies. Now, I would like to format the "old" drive (C) and use drive D and E (E being a partition especially for Windows). The … |
| | Hi Folks I think I have something running on my PC which is stopping access to my hard drive, I’m having a problem trying to run the Chkdsk /f. utility. Every now and then I defrag my hard drive ( good housekeeping ! ). The last time I tried I … |
| | Windows 2000 Pro explorer.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x7ce82a8c" referenced memory at "0x0363b9d0". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on Cancel to debug the program I click cancel, because if I click OK I usually have to restart Windows altogether. … |
| | Hi all I was wondering if someone can help me.I have a hard drive that is under the influence of virus es(and probably some other mean creatures.lol)and perhaps has corrupted windows files.the HD is slaved in my machine @ the moment Heres what happened:the client came to me and defined … |
| | I have no idea where to start with this... Basically, this will be a build from scratch. x4 500gb hdds, and I would like them in RAID 10. Where do I start with this to begin with? Do I install vista 64bit on one hard drive, then go from there, … |
| | My PC ( windows Xp 2002 version) and my External Hard drive are brand new ( about 2 months old) and the external hard drive ( this one [url]http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=290760&sourceid=2012[/url] ) It told me on the package that I could use it on my Mac aswell as my PC, it works … |
| | Hello everyone!! I am new to Daniweb! I am lookng for advise on the best game engine software as well as computers. To give a little bit of background, I have been working for a company for 10 years designing and maintaining their website and I do some freelance on …  |
| | problem one when connecting to a roaming profile, occasionally it cant find the roaming profile, which is fixed by a restart, this generally only happens after a long period (generally over night) being left on, after a reboot it is fine problem two we had a computer (21 was its … |
| | So I've got this laptop that was stuck in an infinite boot loop (I feel that I should mention that it would reboot after showing the windows loading screen), chances are OS is corrupt, right? So we decide to reinstall, but first I've got to get the data off. The … |
| | Hello there. I recently upgraded my pc ( find spec below). I pulled out the hard drives from my old pc and put them in the new one. i reinstalled XP and booted. i am running a 500GB 32mb SATA and a 1TB SATA . Windows is installed on the … |
| | I just purchased a 3.06Mhz processor for my Dell Dimension 4550. After doing some research, I learned that a bios upgrade would be required. I followed the download instructions and the .exe is right where it shoud be. When I try to run the extractor, I get the usual security … |
| | I have a Toshiba Tecra 9100 with Windows XP Professional. Recently, I tried to utilize the Product Recovery CD and ran into a problem. The computer came with 2 recovery disks. During the download of the second recovery disk, I get the following message: "Application Error 437 Cannot Read from … |
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