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| | When I start my computer everything loads normally, up until past the first loading screen of windows, after that the windows logo appears with the blue background and just stays there nothing else will load. I have tried all the alternative start ups, like safe mode and the latest working … |
| | I just got an old used Dell from a thrift shop, the hard drive seems to boot fine but it has a login\password screen for windows by Novell. This is Windows 2000 Pro and i need to know if it is possable to boot to DOS so i can format … |
| | I recently ordered a custom computer from newegg and i got it today, i built it and everything went fine i didnt have the hard drive, i just wanted to use my old one, so i popped into my nice shiny no-tool needed drive slot (sorry ima show off) and … |
| | Hey Everyone! I need some help! My LaCie 500GB external USB hard drive is having troubles- my sister-in-laws baby knocked it over and I have valuable information on it! It worked afterwards a couple of times then it had some kind of error on it- I can't recall the actual … |
| | Hello, I have a Toshiba Satellite m45 s 269 that has a 100gb HD. I recently purchased a 2.5 hdd harddrive enclosure however it does not fit. The hard drive does says its an Hdd. I am confused. I tried it on my Compaq presario 905 us harddrive which says … |
| | i have program name lock my folder,i tried to lock my external hard drive but is not complete and then i canceled but after that i cant open my hard drive and they said access dinied ,even after i delete program and i install again with same password and i …  |
| | No ones mentioned vista tweaks so far But then again i could have easily missed huge bold letters that said NO VISTA or something even reading it twice. I thought it would be interesting to trade tips or tricks, secrets ... whatever. Anything form configuring a hard drive for better … |
| | Hi there and thanks for everything first of all, I borrowed my friends hard drive (tower for the computer) I'm using my own keyboard and monitor, after 1 day of alot of internet usage I turned the computer back on and have benn inundated with all kinds of alerts saying …  |
| | Ok I just bought a barebones rig with everything except for RAM and a hard drive which I got seperately (2gb RAM 160GB HD brand new). I first tried installing Linux Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) on it but to no avail over ten hours later (got the busybox error) so I …  |
| | So I have Windows XP Pro with service pack 2. I want to install it on a 200GB Maxtor hard drive which was brand new and completely empty until I installed Debian Linux on it. Well I got tired of Linux so I rebooted the computer and put the install … |
| | i have a dell 4150 inspiron lap top, i am looking to upgrade the hard drive. it now has only 30 g. i would like to put at leasdt 100g in it. noblody , but noby seems to be able to find me one that fits,(except if i took it … |
| | I have a five year old home built box that hasn't been moved or opened for over 2 years. It ran fine and shut down normally last night. Today when I turn it on, the machine POSTs, loads Windows up to desktop, then the screen goes blank. I here a …  |
| | I'm trying to format my computer and go from vista to xp, but when I run off the xp cd it says that it can't detect my hard drive and cannot continue with the installation. What's wrong with my computer? How can I resolve this problem? |
 | I recently tried to install a second hard drive to my system running Windows XP Professional. I am studying IT and wanted to play around with partitioning, permissions, etc. The first hard drive is a 250 G WD SATA-300 with NTFS. The second hard drive is a Seagate 250 G … |
| | I recently tried to install a second hard drive to my system running Windows XP Professional. I am studying IT and wanted to play around with partitioning, permissions, etc. The first hard drive is a 250 G WD SATA-300 with NTFS. The second hard drive is a Seagate 250 G … |
| | Hi, I'm a very, very newbie to this forum. I have a Gateway desktop running Windows ME that has started to die and I want to remove the hard drive, put it in an enclosure, and use it as an external drive for my Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop which is … |
| | Hello: I have a laptop with Windows 2000 and get the following error message when I bootup: "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" I wish to recover the data (files) from the hard drive. When I try reinstalling windows, i get the … |
| | I have an ATI Radeon 9600XT 128M 8X RTL graphics card. It's been failing for about a year - lines on the screen, color changes, etc. I installed an iTunes update and when the computer restarted, the screen was black. No beeps, hard drive and fans running, and I can … |
| | Hi, I get an awful siren sound when the pc powers up, but does not boot. Noticed the mobo [Northbridge] fan was stuck. Replaced the mobo [Northbridge] fan and still the siren. Also did the followong: 1. Reset CMOS by removing battery. 2. Reset RAM 3. Removed and reinserted CPU … |
| | Hi all, hope this post finds you in better spirits than I am. I just found this page and the forums tonight and already it has been extremely helpful. So thank you in advance for even just taking the time to read this. So let me get to it….. The … |
| | Hi, First off, I should say that the computer that's having problems is not mine, but my mother's. Okay, the computer is a Compaq Presario R3000 Laptop. Uh . . . I don't know much about it. I know that it has an AMD Athlon XP-M Mobile processor, but I …  |
| | Hello, i was hoping to get some help. I noticed my computer's hard drive was running when I wasn't using it, and a freind told me to log into my registry for something called rundll32.exe, if i found it, I should run hijackthis and post it here and you all … |
| | So I'm getting pretty frustrated with this problem, and had avoided asking any tech forums until now because I really had nothing to go by. So I have my girlfriend's computer. Built it myself, worked fine for months. A friend used it while she was here, just played WoW on … |
| | Here's some info of the situation before I describe the problem: The machine is a 95 Dell Dimension V433c with 2x 200GB Hard Drives, and 512 MB of ram. It is currently being used with no GUI as a network fileserver. The machine was fully functional with no blips ever, … |
| | Ok firstly i guess i should warn you that this post is going to be absolutely gigantic, and give you an overview of the computer im currently running - It's an Alienware (im not showing off, it was the cheapest one!) which is probably coming up to about 4 years … |
| | Hi, my Dell Inspiron 1150 just died. It was working fine, but then after I plugged cellphone via USB data Cable it shutted off. Now when I am trying to turn it on, I see the power light on, the hard drive light blinks for 2 seconds and then gets … |
| | I was once trained in C and C++ and am now brushing off the cobwebs and relearning C++. I am restudying the Borland C++ Builder and realized I needed to know more C++, so I began restudying Visual C++...by Spencer and Perry. I am writing software to anazlyze lake water … |
| | Ok, I was converting video files on my girlfriends zv6000 one day, and the next thing I know, the power turns off. So I try to turn it back on, and it blinks the lightning bolt that means it is charging 4 times and does nothing (no other lights, no … |
 | can anyone help me out on the problem i am having with my current itunes. My hard drive crashed so i got a new hard drive and am working fine with it. The problem is my itunes, is there any way to transfer music from your Ipod to your Itunes … |
| | so i was planning on getting a small sata internal hard drive and a large external usb2 hard drive, but i was concerned about the speed of usb2. but i just heard that there are such things as external sata ports! so if i build a comp with these, i … |
| | I recently upgraded my hard drive in my Sony Vaio VGN-S260 Laptop. After putting everything back together it would not power up at all. It was working fine prior to me upgrading the drive. I retraced my steps multiple times. I even put the old hard drive back in. Nothing …  |
| | windows xp pro last thing installed was animation shop transfered from another pc by mem stick after the installation computer considerably slowed down and now hours later it's inoperable okay.... currently my computer will boot up, and as soon as i log into windows everything stalls, and i get the …  |
| | I have a 40 GB hard drive loaded with windows xp home that has been converted to an external hard drive and an old emachines 333i loaded with windows 98 that crashed. I'm wondering if I bring the 32 bit DDRam up to minimum system requirements for xp if I … |
| | I am having problems with Windows Update on my PC, it is since we had a new stick of RAM installed or seems to be, we re-connected the system only to find all sorts of things not working properly to the point where when we re-booted it CHKDSK appeared and …  |
| | I wish to use the Windows backup tool to perform a backup of folders on my PC to an external hard drive that is attached to another PC on my home network. I have installed the backup utility on my PC by following the instructions given in the computer's Help …  |
| | Hi, I am writing what should be a very simple app to play wav files directly from my hard drive. As a test, i have run the simple code below <code> My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory = "C:\Windows\Media" LbClips.DataSource = _ My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles( _ My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory, _ False, _ "*.wav") </code> however i am getting when … |
| | The past couple of days I've had a frustrating Windows Media Player error manifest itself on both my work computer and home computer. When trying to burn files to CD-R at work, WMP went through the preparation phase and began burning the files to disc as normal, but abruptly stopped … |
| | I have recently been thinking about installing Vista on my Compaq Presario V5305WM notebook computer. The problem is, I am almost out of hard drive space. So I am wondering if I should get a bigger hard drive, install XP with my recovery CDs, and buy Vista. Anyone have any … |
| | I was told motherboard was bad (opinion did not come from here ... but from Gateway Tech Support) so I put in a new MB in my GT 5082. Replaced because original problem was that the computer froze and though it would power up ... there was no display and …  |
| | Hi everyone ! I purchased a used desktop IBM 8212-1SF and it's very small. I'd like to put everything in a new tower case to get more space to put additional cards, hard drive etc. Is it possible to fit all parts in any tower as long as there's enough … |
| | I recently had a 400 watt power supply die on me so when replacing it I moved up to a 500 watt. Upon connecting the power supply for some reason I can get everything from my motherboard and Processor to my Video card and 2x 120mm case fans to run … |
| | :mrgreen: :mrgreen: hi guys! i am having a problem 'bout my pc. when i double click my drive c:/ and drive d:/ (partitioned hard drive) it does not open. i have to right click and explore or open it to view the drive's directory. i am using xp sp2. when … |
| | Hello! I know answering this thread will be time consuming and little tedious. Please help! I would like to know what kind of case, power supply, and cooling mechanism should I go for along with the following configuration. Please also help me to avoid hardware compatibility issues for my config …  |
| | Hope someone can help me with this, I just done a complete wipe of my hard drive and re loaded windows xp pro. Trouble is I cant seem to connect to the internet wirelessly. It appears as if the wireless adapter has not been re installed. I re loaded with … |
| | There is some weird mojo going on... Okay, here's what happened: I was messing around with the HDDs in my PC (mental note: rather than "plug WindozeXP/unplug Linux boot HDD", there has to be an easier way to get the 'doze running... albeit it locks the instant it smells the … |
| | I own a Acer Desktop Computer. Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz Memory : 3GB DVD+RW: Dual Layer Graphics : ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro Sound Card: Integrated Modem: Intergrated Ethernet: Integrated USB Ports: 2 Front 4 Rear Media Reader Slots: 9-IN-1 O/S License: Vista Home Premium Hard Drive Capacity: 500 … |
| | I'm new here, and have a question I'm ready to throw thiis machine out the door. First off I'm a 60yr old disabled lady who has done some work on computers before, and I have never run into this problem... So I'm completely Stumped.. Purchased a Dell Latitude C810 on … |
| | my computers motherboard has the sata conectors on it but it wont read them and then i went and bought a sata controller it says it is installed corectly but still no hard drive what do i do  |
| | My friend asked me to help fix this computer dell 4550 dimension, he had someone replace the Hard drive froma 40mb to a 160mb it booted a couple of times but now power will sometimes starts then dies is this hard drive too big for this system?? I never get …  |
| | My recently bought (from Walmart) XO Vision 2gig mp3 player v873.229.700 also identified in the one-page documentation as Styler x120AUD2GB with FM radio and Voice Recording, loses music already downloaded. I run Win XP and the documentation says the driver only needs to be installed on Win 98, ME and … |
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