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| | Hi Everyone Firstly, I hope I've posted this in the right place, ( mega apologies if I haven't ) even though Ive attached a Hijackthis log at the end because it might help arrive at my Chkdsk solution. I think I have something running which is blocking access to the … |
| | I recently purchased windows vistro 200(Dell Desktop) which came with windows XP home installed.I wanted to install windows xp professional (32bits). I formated the hard drive(250gig) into 20 gig C drive and rest into D drive using windows XP professional disc. I tried to reinstall windows XP professional on C …  |
| | Hello all, I'm new and need help. Did some research on the HJT scanner but am a little nervous about using considering everything I've read on it tells me novice users are advised against self healing with HJT. Sorry to start intro with a problem - my laptop is riddled …  |
 | I'm new to Networking so i have a simple question. Say I establish a network between my desktop, and my laptop. Now what If i'm at a friends house, and want to show them some pictures stored on my desktops hard drive. How does that work? Do I go through … |
| | I realize I'm probably reaching for the stars, but I have a wonderful PowerBook Wallstreet model which I would like to be using. It's 233 mhz with only 2 gig hard drive and currently OS9. I would like to be able to add a USB port if possible, so I … |
| | sorry i know there is a similar topic about this but my computer never booted so I started my comp in "Last known good configuration" and now some of my files have been erased! My computer looks like it reverted to 2 years ago and some of my newer files … |
| | Hello my hard drive crashed, I was unable to boot to pc. Tried reinstal repair of Win xp still no luck to boot. I added old hard drive C, set first hard drive D as slave and reinstalled again Now I have access to my pc however no access to … |
| | Ok check this out I've installed Windows XP on a new hard drive, now each time the computer starts there is no "Welcome" screen instead i get this box with my username and password it gets so annoying. It appears as if its a Windows 98SE username & password box. … |
| | I have a problem with my windows system following an migration to a new hard disc. To move the system I cloned the original drive using the acronis software from the seagate site, which seemed to work perfectly. When I boot the new hard drive I get an initial error … |
| | I have a newly built computer running Vista Home Prem. with Intel Q6600 processor, 4 GB RAM, lots of hard drive space. I have been trying to install CorelDraw X3 but install stops with error message "Error 1606. Could not access network location". Contacted Microsoft and through three or four … |
| | I'm trying to replace a video card for a SONY Vaio PCVRX660. It has a 4X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration TNT2 M64) (nVIDIA 32 MB Video Memory (SDRAM). Can anyone help me find a different card that I can find much easier. Any suggestions? I have a PCI space … |
| | Sorry about that. Let's start over. I have a win 2k box that I can't install SP4 on. (see previous posts). Since my win2k is an upgrade, I thought I would spring for a new XP Pro and start again. I bought an OEM version with SP2 on it and … |
| | HI all, Sorry, I don't post very often but I've got a problem and I sure could use some input. I working on a Compaq Presario S4120WM. The only specs I know for sure since it won't boot is it has a P4 CPU, 512 MB of RAM and a … |
| | I'm completely clueless, so bare with me ... I just switched over to a mac. I have an external hard drive that I used with my PC and I can read it on my mac, but I can't modify it in any way. Is there a way to format it … |
| | Hi All, This is a strange one for me. I have just got back from work to find my computers not working. I turned it on the Mobo graphics appeared (XFX) then the bios and the post completed successfully. It then jumps to the DMI Pool Data hangs for about … |
| | Compaq Evo N800v w/XP Pro gives the following message during boot; [COLOR="red"]1720-SMART Hard Drive detects imminent failure (Failing Attr:02).[/COLOR] If I ignore, it boots up and I log on normally (even the screeen, but then after a while it goes black and I have the SMART message... If I do … |
| | I recently purchased a laptop on ebay, and when I went to Windows to download the latest update, Windows notified me it was an illegal copy. My question is: when I reinstall a legal copy of Windows XP, do I have to save hard drive info before I install XP?  |
 | I am trying to reinstall XP on my system. This isn't the first time I have done this. I have never had a problem before. The only difference now is that I recently had Ubuntu 7.10 on my system on a separate partition. I deleted that partition and my XP … |
| | I was attempting to reinstall windows xp. I put in the cd, formatted the hard drive, it copied the files, and then it is supposed to restart the computer so it can continue with the second part of the installation. You are supposed to take out the cd and boot … |
| | what's the deal here? Snake oil or actual remedy? Is it necessary to actually defragment a Mac hard drive or does it really do it by itself? Some experts claim Mac automatically defrags it's drives and some say on files only 20mb or less. Does defrag really help to optimize … |
| | Is it possible to replace a motherboard and CPU without losing data? I have Win Xp Pro installed on one of the two hard drives, the other is also defectie. I would like to transfer this hard drive, cd and dvd writers into a new box or if at all … |
| | HI, I recently purchased a dell tower from State surplus because my computers MB and PS blew up. I installed my recovery disk onto the new tower and installed an audio card, ethernet card and the old hard drive. The system is working well. However, I cannot access my Documents/default. … |
| | Hey, Im donig this for a friend. I inserted the XP cd and the setup popped up. But it wont let me click on Install windows XP (i wanted to select upgrade). So I created a new partition with 10 GB of space (by shrinking the one that has vista …  |
| | I know that sounds wacky, but here is the deal. I have a new build with a 30GB 10K RPM SATA drive I'm using for OS and apps. I want to install a new 500 GB SATA drive for storage, but every time I connect it, the PSU shuts me … |
| | All, I have just finished the initial phase for provisioning a laptop with Windows XP. I am using LANDesk Management Suite which includes provisioning for this. Provisioning is a way of building templates that execute instructions on a client machine. I have setup my template to currently format a machine … |
| | One day my DVD/RW just quite working; but hey, now I've got a real cool cup holder. It will open and close, all wires are secure (I removed and replaced). I'm sure it has something to do with the driver. The PC doesn't recognize the D: drive. The media I … |
| | Hi all, My PC is running extremely slowly and I'm thinking I might have some nasties at the root of it all. I ran Lavasoft's Adaware and clean things up but it's still slow. Here's my Hijackthis log. Can someone please take a look and advise? Thanks a bunch.....JD Logfile … |
| | Hello, I have a presario 2100 series laptop, and i am trying to run the quickrestore disks to restore the hard drive to the factory image. i have started the process with disk one, and it shut down after about 16%- now it doesn't have the operating system it needs … |
| | my mother left her job and kept her laptop and gave it to me. the problem i have is that it is locked, she can not remember the password so despite attempts at getting on it it just informs me that the domain is no longer available. at first i … |
| | I recently built a new pc which was running fine for a couple of weeks without any problem. I then didn't use the computer for 2 weeks. When I next came back to use it, I pressed the on button, it started for a second and then stopped. It then … |
| | Hi everyone. I am looking for an audio software program that will allow me to record my voice over music which I already have in my hard drive. Basicly I need to have a recorded speech with ambient music playing in the backround. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
| | i dont know if this is the right spot but I hope it is. So here it goes. i have about 3 computers. one of them the power supply went out and i was to lazy to replace it and it was my main computer. So i took the hard … |
| | I recently had Windows Vista on my 2nd partition and I uninstalled that hard drive that had Vista on it and formated it. When I boot my computer it still shows 2 Operating Systems to choose from, Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Vista. I want my computer to only … |
| | Hello! I have a project in which I must simulate a blog application,with users' post mangament. These are the requirements: A blog has a title and a collection of posts.The posts have the following information: -author -data -title -text Each post has a code thet is generated automatically and which …  |
| | HELLO Nearly every time it turn me pc of for a while it always loads up with cmos checksum - defaults loaded. If i just restart the pc it all loads up fine. I have replaced the motherboards cmos battery and it still does the same. Tryed numorous different components … |
| | Spell check acknowledges miss spelled words but the suggestions are grayed out. I have tried a detect and repair of Office. I even went as far as reformatted the hard drive and the same thing when I install Office 2003. Any ideas on how to fix this? |
| | HI, the hard drive on my IBM thinkpad was very noisy. Now it doesn't seem to be working. When I try to boot up I get the IBM screen but nothing past that. Eventually I get a black screen with a small square then a lock then xxx (three x's) … |
| | I have a HP Pavilion Laptop, Version DV5000 running on Windows XP SP2 The issue has continued for a few weeks now, quite randomly. Often times I will simply click the mouse of touch a key on the keyboard, and the computer will turn off. I just wiped my entire … |
| | I have an IBM Thinkpad T42, 2373-FWG series, about four years old, recently replaced hard drive. Battery is equally as old, not subject to recall, but acting a little funny since hard drive replaced -- drains in 90 minutes as opposed to 2 and a half hours before. About two … |
| | Any advice on what an optimum networking solution would be appreciated. We need to upgrade our server and wanted some expert advice on what our system should like. We are a design manufacturing company that relies heavily on our computer usage for design as well as interfacing with shop equipment. … |
| | First, thanks to all in advance! My PC will not start up at all. There is a constant whine when the power is attached to the motherboard and the power supply is turned on. The whining noise seems to be coming from the motherboard, near the green led light. It … |
| | Well indirectly anyways ! Sequence of events (or screwups on my part) 1 - Vista SP1 started with networking problems "NVIDIA nforce controller dirver not working properly or installed" - Tried to uninstall driver - get new drivers, unistall let microsoft provide driver with SP1 - uninstalled driver and went … |
| | My hard drive is an 80 GB drive. When I check properties of the C:\ drive in Normal Mode There is only 1.98 GB free space. Adding up the size/ceach folder on the C:\j drive there is only 46.6 GB used. If I go in Safe Mode and check properties … |
| | Hi, all! New to the forum. Just got myself a Dell Precision 690 with a 2.33 Xeon Quad Core in it. I'm trying to install XP x64, but I'm having a big problem. The motherboard has an Intel AHCI SATA controller on it, you can run it in either ATA … |
| | i do not know if i put this in the right place so i am sorry; How would someone go about reformatting there hard drive with the windows stuff |
| | i recently obtained a hard drive with... lets just say a lot of extraneous information from someone else that i don't ever want. A friend of mine showed me a program to wipe the entire disk with so it would be like brand new. I fully understand the workings of … |
| | So I have a couple pieces of hardware which I don't need anymore. -Onkyo TX-8511(B) receiver -Sony CDP-CX355 -Creative L3500 speakers -HP deskjet 930c -HP Officejet 5510 -Nostromo n50 speedpad (PC) -Logitech MOMO force steering wheel & pedals (PC) -Lenmar Camera tripod -Sony 1Gb memory stick duo w/ memory stick … |
| | I am trying to get some product [B]images[/B] from a datafeed to my new store. I am trying to find a better/faster way to copy these images links into my server. I am having to copy about 6000 plus products and am looking for a way to batch copy. I … |
| | Morning all. I am having problems booting machine, It started with a problem booting up, it both restarted during xp screen or froze. assumed hdd, got new one. while doing this clean out case, therm paste chip. check all cables.. re installed windows and the same thing happens.. ok change … |
| | i recently purchased a second hand laptop (HPnc6000) for myself to mess about with. It came with XP pre-installed and basic drivers etc. The first thing i did was check the memory and hard drive for any errors, so to stop wasting any-time installing all of my applications over again. … |
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