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| | Hi, I am having a startup problem with a Power Mac G4 I recently got from a friend. They have no idea about which version the computer has or what is wrong with it. The problem is that when I turn on the computer it makes its mac startup sound … |
| | This is exactly what happens from start to finish everytime I turn on my pc. Power On. Goes thru til Boot from CD to install windows XP Pro. (for some reason my dvd-burner drive won't recognize the cd in the drive and doesn't ask me to push any key to … |
| | I am having trouble installing a second hard drive as a slave. They are IDE, originally there were two hard drives, however i have purchased a new hard drive to replace the old slave hard drive. I set the new hard drive jumper setting to slave, however when i do …  |
| | Alright so my sound card was going to that evil place down under (yes, australia ;) ) So i booted down my comp and unplugged EVERYTHING and proceeded to take it out. I went to boot the system again but this time i got the error of Boot disc failure. … |
| | Is there any way to get rid of that annoying music-store avatar to the right? My friend's computer doesn't have it. Also, and the basis for my thread, for some reason Media Player 10 refuses to play files which are stored on my external hard-drive. WMP 9 didn't have a … |
| | Is it possible to reformat a hard drive but leave the OS on it ? Im expecting a big fat "NO" on this one, but I hope I am wrong. Thanks in advance for the input. I should add that this comp was custom made, and that I am looking … |
| | I am using this computer (specs below) for gaming (Flight Simulator). On the former system before this one, I used a utility called GameGain which seemed to help increase my frame rates. Since this system has much more muscle than the system that I replaced, if anyone has used GameGain, …  |
| | everytime I start up my computer i get three RUNDLL error messages: RUNDLL Error Loading C:\windows\system32\frmsorts.dll AND drvax.dll AND kerxuulr.dll The specific module could not be found I checked out some other solutions to this and tried to run the msconfig and uncheck these but then my Yahoo Messenger wouldnt … |
| | Hi Folks, I'm a PC repair teacher at a high school. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that a student brought in for repair. I can't figure out the problem. I power the computer up, you hear the hard drive spin, and then nothing. I've tried to boot into safe … |
| | I recently built a system with all new parts from Newegg. Core 2 Duo Proc Gig of Ram 160 WD HDD Lower Mid Level MBO It worked fine to two weeks. Two days ago it began to randomly reboot. There was no virus protection on it at this time. I … |
| | This should be an interesting issue for you all to tackle... :D I was having this same issue with my computer (starting about a week or so ago), so I tried the standard things (clearing the CMOS, removing the battery for five minutes to wipe the CMOS, switching out hardware … |
| | I dont know alot about computer, sorry if its what iam writing is not clear. Last night i was using my computer when all of a sudden the computer lost power. There was no warning of any sort on the monitor. When i tryed to turn on my computer, everything … |
| | Hi Folks, I'm a PC repair teacher at a high school. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that a student brought in for repair. I can't figure out the problem. I power the computer up, you hear the hard drive spin, and then nothing. I've tried to boot into safe … |
| | Hello, Recently I have discovered through a Tech Help call that I possibly have a bad memory strip. The tech person suggested that I download Memtest-86 and test each strip individually. I have done so, but the results are a bunch of numbers that are confusing to me and, as … |
| | when i try to wach dvd or any movies it shuts down and reboots. please help! i thought it might be a bad hard drive so i replaced it with a brand new one but same result? I'm lost!!  |
| | Help! My computer has been running really slow. I have run Spybot, Ad-Aware and Trend finding some problems but not stopping my major problems. I am also having problems with programs locking up. Task Manager says they are not responding. When I end task it does not work even if …  |
 | Ok, About a week ago, i started playing around with an Ubuntu live cd that i had. The cd was the latest version (Feisty Fawn) and after a while i decided to install it. I was feeling rather enthusiastic and didn't think that much could go wrong so i proceeded …  |
| | Hi, I coulnt find much under search, I was hoping someone can point me in the right direction for a tutorial on how to install a new hard drive. I have never done this before and Im not sure where the jumpers should be, should i put them in the …  |
| | guys i have vista on a small hard drive i just want to clone it onto a larger drive whilst still making it bootable, then i can format the smaller drive and use it for media storage. can anyone suggest a suitable, idiot proof cloning software i could use? many … |
| | im not sure what i got on my computer but different folders randomly close within like 10 seconds. i ran ad aware scan and it found some stuff but even after removing the items, i still have this problem. I ran a hijack this scan and this is my log: … |
| | I opened up my pc to add a second hard drive and when i plugged it back in i noticed the power indicator light on the front was blinking faintly. I pushed the power button and nothing happened. When I opened the pc back up i heard a ticking coming … |
| | Hello, I'm sorry this is long, but please help. I also apologize if this is the wrong place, it's my first post! My dell laptop has been crashing recently and giving me the bod. I'm not terribly tech savvy so I wrote down the error code, googled it (I don't …  |
| | Hello, Ive been getting "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device" when starting comp. I tried checking the cables, all seem fine. I Tried the recovery disk that came with the comp, it says that it cannot find the hard drive. I was … |
| | when i double click my volume E: it open with ,openwith.. option . it not open normally nor explore option working,plz help |
| | can some1 help me! like 30gb of my hard drive just sudenly dissapeared wat can i do! |
| | Hello everyone, I am faced with tricky situation. I have an emachine computer the model is T2984 and the dam thing died recently. I think that the mother board is fried. The thing is that about 10 months ago I upgraded the the ram to 2 GB and also the … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]I need help recovering a few days worth of photos in Barcelona off my 20 GB flashtrax, it is essentially a 20gb portable usb2.0 hard drive with a CF card reader, it acts as a portable hard drive, so I imagine any data recovery tools that would work for portable … |
| | i recently left my computer on while i was at work and when i returned it had shut down, thinking that it had just gone to sleep i pressed the power button and it came back on, that is all the hardware, monitor, hard drive, video card, fans, and led's … |
| | Hello. I had a user bring their external USB HD to my office. He used it on his Mac for a backup with the Time Machine software. He accidently pulled his HD from the USB before unmounting it, and most likely when it was being accessed by Time Machine. When … |
| | Hello all, I am pretty sure the question belongs in this thread. I am installing a new hard drive for a friend, which I know how to do just fine. This is the first time I am not adding a slave though, he needed more memory, we backed his old … |
| | *Problem: Brand new hard drive (properly installed) isn't being detected by the installation software (or by windows). It is properly installed... It is confirmed as working... It is meant for my computer (computer stats below)... The 8-pin jumper slot has no master or slave modes. *Component: Western Digital SATA 300, … |
| | Hi everyone, Well....I think I may have some nasties again.. ....the desktop has been running slow....here's my HJT log....could someone take a look and let me know if you find anything? Thanks for the help....JD Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 21:39, on 11/30/2007 Platform: Windows XP … |
| | I just got a new hard drive ( old one is dead) and i can't get os to boot. I am trying to boot linux and it freees midway and will not continue. I tried booting live version and it freezes in also. it's on a laptop and bios recognizes …  |
| | Hi! I'm new here, but I would really appreciate some help with this. I have a Sony laptop that I need to restore because I keep getting this message: <window root> system32\hal.dll corrupt or missing, please re-install ...... When I press F8 I can't open in Safe Mode or anything … |
| | does using the recovery console erase everything on the hard drive? i got pictures on a laptop that will not load windows will using the recovery console help recover the system and keep those pics on it? |
| | I have a amd processor a sound blast live sound card. I recently lost all info from hard drive and had to reinstall windows xp all over again. The sound was working fine b4 failure. I have all the drivers needed for sound installed. what can I do? |
| | recently, my pc got a problem. It a asus p4sp-mx motherboard. when i turned up the pc it can't detect the harware installed (e.g hard drive, cd drive etc and it stopped there. can you give me an idea on how to fix this kind of problem. |
| | Can I clone the partition containing the recovery software on an HP computer with a bad hard drive to a new hard drive and then use it to install the original software on the new hard drive? The old HD suddenly developed several bad sectors and the BIOS reports that … |
| | Hi, I am trying to add 3rd hard drive (500 GB) to my computer. I added IDE PCI card and installed software but, it is not detecting my 3rd hard drive. Is there any thing I have to do with jumper settings? or am I missing any procedures....? Help would … |
| | Greetings, friends. I'm trying to get my new build to work. After getting it to POST and show up in the BIOS, I popped in my WINXP disc to get the OS installed. After I get the blue set up screen for WINXP to set up, I hit ENTER to … |
| | I'm trying to copy a home DVD to my hard drive and I'm having a tough time. It's just a home movie so there aren't any copyright laws being infringed. When I open the DVD drive there's a file that reads VIDEO_TS. I've tried just hitting "copy" and that doesn't … |
| | Hello hello my current hoster is changing his location and just now he suggest me few servers for choice 1. AMD XP2400 ram: 512 HD 40GB bandwidth: 2000GB port: 100 mbit with Directadmin 2. AMD Sempron 2400 1GbRAM 80Gb HDD 3000Gb transfer 10mbps network Located in New Jersey, US 3. … |
| | Ok I just built a new computer. I have done this many a time before but for some reason I am getting lots of problems with this one. I have a: Windows 98 Gigabyte motherboard- with the KT400-GA-7VAXP a GeForce 4 4200TI-XFX with 128mb ram 512 pc2700 ddr ram-Premium a … |
| | Hi, My old laptop got shot due to heat problems which I think shot the mother board. To move my data, I bought a Enclosure which allows me to see my folders with USB connection to new laptop. But since I had password protected them, I cannot get them open, …  |
| | hi got a prob my computer was running all ok yesterday . but today on startup its saying no signal to the monitor . i have tryed a spare grafic card that i had lying around . still no luck . the fan on the grafic card runs ok . … |
| | I have a trojan(s) in my machine, antispyware differ on which one it is, but I can tell after running SpyBot, AdAware and Avast constantly for two years on my machine that something was up with a pseudo webpage popping up every 2 secs saying my machine has been affected … |
| | I have a PC that randomly will not boot into Windows XP. The screen displays the message: reboot and select proper boot device. Installed boot devices are: SATA hard drive, and IDE dvd drive. The SATA is the chosen first boot device. Any feedback appreciated. |
| | I have an HP notebook that I believe is busy eating the hard drive or the processor. I would assume that the noise the computer makes when you start is the hard drive? My laptop froze up and is now making clinking and clanking sounds while it is running. I … |
| | Greetings, friends. I'm trying to get my new build to work. After getting it to POST and show up in the BIOS, I popped in my WINXP disc to get the OS installed. After I get the blue set up screen for WINXP to set up, I hit ENTER to … |
| | Hi all. I need help on a problem. I sent my Pavilion notebook off to HP to get a hinge replaced, but I removed my hard drive before I shipped it. The Pavilion is back now, and I've reinstalled my hard drive, but when I try to boot up I … |
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