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| | I own a computer that for no reason at all, will just shut off. What will happen is that when I am doing something on my computer, such as playing a game or browsing this website, my computer will suddenly turn off. I can't turn it back on from the … |
| | With the NTFS file system, if the proper disk space on the hard drive isn't showing up for the partitions I have defined is it due to partition gaps? thanks. |
| | Ok... so. I'm just putting this out there, that if you know how to do something with your computer... but your parents don't trust you... just f'in do it behind thier back.... Here is the story. So I go to school online, and the program through which I use my …  |
| | [COLOR=black]I've had my HP computer for quite some time now, and been running Windows XP home on it since i've first gotten it, and its worked very well for the last 3 years. That was, untill recently :rolleyes: [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Whenever i turn on the computer, i'm getting this nasty little …  |
| | Hi, last week you helped me get my slave hard drive sorted. Now I want to add XP to it. Do I go into the boot menu and get the computer to start from CD (with my xp disc in) or is there another way. XP on the main drive … |
| | I currently have a Dell XPS Gen 3 that didn't come with SATA capability so I needed to add a SATA PCI card. I chose a SIIG 4 port SATA controller that is working fine. I am using my original hard drive still as my main "c" drive. When I … |
| | Ok... so. I'm just putting this out there, that if you know how to do something with your computer... but your parents don't trust you... just f'in do it behind thier back.... Here is the story. So I go to school online, and the program through which I use my …  |
| | How do I format my hard drive? All my important files and documents are backed-up on my external HD. I need to reformat my C Hard drive, but cant figure out how. I have the restore disks I received when I purchased my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread68738.html#"]computer[/URL], but am lost. Any help is …  |
 | So... I just joined DaniWeb last week and yeah... I didnt know there was an community introduction page. But anyway, I'm Christina. I'm not really a computer geek, but my bf Duki is. You might know him. :) You're lucky if you do. He got me to join, and I … |
| | Hello, Problem 1: I am trying to install XP SP2 (32bit) on my XPC 64bit Shuttle [500 GB Hard drive, 2 GB Ram]. During the install, Windows setup alerts that a large number of install files cannot be copied to the hard drive. I hit 'escape' to skip the install … |
| | I have been doing some upgrades on my PC ( MOBO, CPU, PSU, DVD-R) After I had installed all these things, the computer would run fine, at first. but at times when I try to install something, it will start out fine, then freeze up for a second and all …  |
| | I have just spend the last 3 hours trying to find a solution in forums accross the net and have found nothing that might work. I was on my computer tonight, Windows XP Pentium 4 HT, 250gb hard drive, 1gb RAM and well frankly it should be working fine. all … |
| | [COLOR=#444444] Hi List This is my first posting. I had the pc on, left the office and upon returning my pc was shut down. I went to start my PC, clicking on the switch, the fans come on, the lights are all on and I am not hearing any normal … |
| | So the title pretty much says what I'm trying to do. Not sure how to accomplish. I know there are programs out there (norton ghost, etc) but what I can't figure out is if they are made for doing what I am trying to do. Do I need something like, … |
| | I stupidly installed the wrong memory module in my computer and turned it back on. A funny noise came out of the speakers, and the screen zapped out. Now only the fan and the power light come on. No hard drive activity at bootup or screen response. I replaced the …  |
| | Power to computer turns off after 5 sec. to 2 min. Fans seem to be working fine and have been cleaned. Power Supply box or hard drive problem???? Any guesses. Sshoun :rolleyes: |
| | Hi, I was installing a modem for dial up and accidently pushed against one of those small black cylinder objects. I had the computer turned on like an idiot and the whole thing shut off and won't power back on. PLEASE HELP!!! P-4 2.0ghz, 512mb ram, 64mb onboard video, 40g … |
| | I have just swapped out my mobo for a foxconn NF4K8AC with Athlon64 3000+ cpu and geforce 6600GT 128MB PCI-E graphics card. The graphics card, cpu and mainboard fans spin up as do the CD/DVD drives and harddrive but the system simply emits a series of single prolonged beeps :cry: … |
| | I just got a BFG Tech GeForce 7800gs oc and it continuously freezes on my desktop and during games, sometimes within 1 minute!:sad: My Complete system specs: ~ECS K8M800-M2 (v.1) motherboard w/ Windows + service pack 2 ~AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor ~512gb … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]My girlfriend's Panasonic Toughbook's (laptop) internal hard drive up and failed out of nowhere today. She doesn't back up, so all her music, documents, etc.. is on that drive. Is there a way to hook up her HD to my PowerBook (just as an external HD) in an attempt to … |
| | I just got a computer tonight. It was one that my friend gave me. It was running before she removed a hard drive, and she said that there are two hard drives in it now. I'm completely lost. I need complete help. I made sure that everything that was inside … |
| | Installed a second hard drive, computer works as normal, however, it doesn't show up in My Computer and I can't open it, for example, to save a file in. It only shows up when i go into "Device Manager" under "Disk Drives" How can I get it into My Computer? … |
| | Hi, I was trying to install a modem to connect to dial-up internet and pushed against one of those little black cylindrical things and the computer shut off and won't turn back on. Like an Idiot I didn't have the computer shut off at the time and had it booted … |
| | Hi everyone, my PC keeps on shuttng down everytime after 1 minute to 3 minute after starting up. Sometimes the window start up ok then shut down itself. Even if I go to the BIOS setup, it does not give me enough time to reset to default settings. I unplug … |
 | Hey, If look in the XP Forum, you'll find a thread about and the problems I have had with it. Well, I have this computer that is running slow for some reason. At first I thought it was a Virus/Spyware problem, but then after I did a Virus and Spyware … |
| | Dear Anyone. Computer crashed due to a very large and nasty virus, so I reformatted the hard drive, deleted all partitions to force the Windows install disk to repartition (that way the virus couldn't be hiding in the partitions!) and Windows reinstalled. That was fine. Went to Control Panel, couldn't … |
| | Hey, I have a Maxtor III One touch External HDD. Its works.....100%, but it makes like a vibrating noise.....I went to Maxtor.com and went through the diagnostics tests and told me that there was nothing wrong with the HDD. Personally, I agree with them, but I don't think a External … |
| | [COLOR=#555555]Hello,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I do not know whether or not to buy two 8MB ATA 133 Hard Drives or a single 16MB cache SATA Hard Drive. I would extremely appreciate any help.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]If I buy the two ATA 133 Hard Drives then I would put it on my motherboards integrated raid (0). … |
| | Hi everyone! This looks like a great place, many members, lots of posts, and can't wait to "dig in." But first, a problem . . . I am a heavy user of my PC, and as of the past few months its "behavior" has been troubling. The problem is that … |
| | Hey, My moms PC si running unbelievably slow.........I don't think it is a virus, spy ware or something else. I think its something else. I've run my ZoneAlarms Zonelabs Security Suite ant it doesn't pick anything up. I would really like some help because if even though it is a … |
| | I've been having problems with my computer recently and suspect i might have a virus or something nasty on my system. Can someone please take a look at my report and tell me what looks bad? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:13:52 PM, on 2/12/2007 Platform: Windows XP …  |
| | This is my first post so here goes. I have a emachine M6811 laptop that got the blue screen of death. Running the restore CD worked until it felt like turning itself off and just shut off. I have replaced the hard drive and the restore CD has the same … |
 | Hi all, Recently I installed a video capture card in a freinds machine so that he can capture all his old VHS videos onto his computer and in turn burn them to DVD. Everything is set up and running perfectly now except for 2 things. The first problem is a … |
| | Hey gang, I'm at wits end with this thing, was wondering if someone may be able to help. Recently my Windows XP crashed, and upon reboot, it now "hangs" at the Windows loading screen (before the login). I have tried using last known good configuration, and safe modes, and nothing … |
| | Hi, I have recently updated my pc from the windows updating site and after i had sucsessfully installed all 60 updates i restarted it, it kept on restarting itself and never comes to the desktop. i have tried to get into safemode and all the other ones but it keeps … |
| | I have been given a new system which is running windows ME and want to use my current hard drive which has xp as master and the existing h/d as slave. The problem is that I know the previous owner of the ME system used it on the web with …  |
| | Alright, so i've browsed around and looked at the other people with similar problems, but mine seems to be something completely new. a friend of mine got the update for internet explorer 7, installed it, disliked it and tried to uninstall. it gave him an error and he had to … |
| | I am fairly new to computers but not afraid to get my feet wet. I installed a 2nd used hard drive to my system. Went great. When I go to explorer and look at properties my C drive is NTFS and the other (e) is FAT 32. Is this the … |
| | OK here's my problem. I have a six month old PC. An Antec SLK1650 BQE case with a 350W power supply. An Asus M2N-E NF 570 Ultra (S-AM2) DDR2 Dualcore. 1024 ram. a GeForce PX7300GS Video card, and an Western Digital 320 gb Hard drive. Today I noticed that there … |
| | My Dell 8200will not boot into windows.When I go into setup it says that the hard disk and the cd-rom are not installed. Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to fix it. It is aDell 8200 with 5120Mb Pc 800 RdRam, 80GB EIDE hard drive(7200 RPM),PCI Ethernet … |
| | :confused: Hi Folks... ========================================== :cheesy:Sorry Folks.. I think I posted in the wqrong forum to start with , so am reposting here to make sure that it gets to the right people:cheesy: ========================================== I have an interesting issue that I am sure the neighbourhood can help me with... My friend … |
 | Hey. My question is, can laptops have startup problems if they're cold? If the answer is No, or They Shouldn't, then I will call the depot and interrogate them as to Why my computer fails to start in the mornings. My problem is, sometimes when I turn on my computer, … |
| | i reinstalled my windows xp cd because of previous problems and now i have another problem when i click on my computers then check my hard drive it indicates that i have 30gb left and i have a 100gb hd. i tried to find these files so i can delete … |
| | Ok a couple days ago I turned on my computer and the intel screen came up bla bla bla and I hear a strange clicking noise I take the side off and it's coming from the hard drive. By the time I look at the screen it ayd disk read … |
| | I've been thinking of putting a SATA card in my machine to connect a 160Gb hard drive. Can Windows 98 SE handle a drive this size? |
| | :confused: Hi Folks... I have an interesting issue that I am sure the neighbourhood can help me with... My friend has the following: [B]System: XP pro version 2002 service pack 2. AMD Athlon (tm) processor 1.1 Ghz with 760mb of ram.[/B] The other day, he loaded a new version of … |
 | [COLOR=black]I just bought a new barebones PC[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]PC Specs...[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#333333]Windows 2000 Pro service pack 4[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Intel Chip: Intel Pentium 4 HT [/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]RAM: 1.5 Gig[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Video Card: GeForce FX 5200 256MB DDR AGP Graphics Card[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Hard Drive #1: 13 Gig- (OS/Games and Programs installed here)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Hard Drive #2: 200 Gig- … |
| | How do I format my hard drive? All my important files and documents are backed-up on my external HD. I need to reformat my C Hard drive, but cant figure out how. I have the restore disks I received when I purchased my computer, but am lost. Any help is … |
| | I recently had a hard drive failure and it was replaced. Did a full recovery using the set of discs. I have all Windows Updates in place. My system is Windows XP Home, SP2. My Office 2000 won't install. No error message, it just does not respond to the last … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Vista Vista !!! I don’t know how many people are facing problems during upgrading there system with Vista. But I should not have upgraded my system with that. I’ve had my karma about 6 months, initially I had a few problems with it freezing etc but nothing major. Then last … |
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