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| | Hey, I have a PC on loan and I need to format it before I give it back. Its running on Windows XP Pro, but I don't have any discs. Is there any way of doing this without the XP disc??? |
| | Hi, I have a dell pc on loan and want to format the hard drive before I give it back. I don't have any discs (being on loan and what not). Its running Windows XP. I've tried running a boot disk but it won't accept any comands. Please help |
| | This happens after about 30 minutes of playing Ragnarok online... the text in chat, stats and item description get garbled [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/SntSinner/wtf/screenChaos000.jpg]text graphics garbled[/url] [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/SntSinner/wtf/screenChaos001.jpg]another messed up screen[/url] Already did: - updated video driver - got latest Direct X - lower hardware acelleration - put it back up to highest - … |
 | Setting a static page file is mainly a tip that should be reserved for the computer user who has forsaken friends and family for the realm of PC gaming, but anyone can do it, especially if you do video editing, or are a power user of any kind. the premise … |
 | Anyone got info ona vendor with a selection of mother boards for laptops. I've got an HP ze4400 that's about worthless cuz 1) Blank display / Won't POST and 2) It's got an AMD (Athlon XP-M) proc in it. I'd like to score a pentium m for it, and if … |
 | Hello: Recently one of the fans in my laptop is "grinding" usually within one minute of booting. There are three fans: the grinding one (the largest), a smaller one next to it, and a tiny fan positioned next to a heatsink. At first we thought it was the hard drive … |
| | l am trying to get rid of this spyware that keep on flashing in my taskbar. l try everything to get rid of it. l use a program call hijack to scan the computer,here is my log report please help me out to rid of it. thak you .. Logfile … |
| | I signned up to this forum yesterday because I finished building a computer. However... when I plugged it in and turned it on, the green light on the CD ROM and the little LCD screen on the front was blinking really fast and the meters on it showed that the … |
 | I'm considering buying an external hard drive. My internal HD is 160GB, should i buy a 160GB EHD or something bigger, such as a 250GB? It's going to be used as a backup to the Main HD, so i want to be able to put everything on it, i will … |
| | Hi guys, I just bought a Seagate 320GB Sata II hard disk drive, initial plan of it is to store all my files. I already have a 120GB Sata I drive that I am going to keep as my primary drive so that the Windows XP can run of that. … |
| | Hello all, I'm at my wits end so I'm hoping someone here can help me, if only to confirm my worst fears, at least then I'll know. I have a Packard Bell laptop, coming up to 2 yrs old. Basically he won't recognise his primary hard drive. He can recognise … |
| | Hi All, Hope I don't sound like too much of a simpleton, but I'm a relative novice. I have a emachine that had the hard drive die about a year ago, I replaced the old drive and moved it to the slave. this was working fine until last month. At … |
 | Ok this may just be because im a newbie linux user however i am not very impressed so far with what i have seen. Basically the other day me and my supervisor decided to use one of our new custom built computers to install Linux Fedora on. They are quite … |
| | Hi, I have been having problems w/ my Compaq Presario 2218Rs Laptop for a while now. I've used the recovery disk a few times and it reinstalled the operating system, but it would only last a day or maybe a couple days and then it would crash again. Now I … |
| | Recently my hard drive stopped working completely. I was getting an error saying "Unmountable Boot Volume". Eventually, the tech people at Dell came to the conclusion that I needed a new hard drive. Does anybody have any idea as to what the cause of this might have been? |
| | Hello all: Im having an odd problem I can't seem to figure out. Before we get started I'm an A+ Certified technician, so my understanding of PC's is fairly good. So, I have a Toshiba satallite 2435-s255 and it's hard drive had a complete failure. I've purchased a replacement drive … |
| | I have a hp laptop nx9105 which lately has been having problems, It will lose power for no reason, and it will show a blue screen when trying to activate some programs, after ringing hp they told me it was a hardware fault and it would cost £375 to have … |
| | Hi I have some pictures i want to place on my website their on my hard drive.Is there a code to place it on the web page? I've got a HTML book but it doesnt tell me how to it just tells you the basics. I use notepad to write …  |
| | Hi. I'm looking to get a new motherboard to replace my ASUS P4P800 SE. I've had an EVGA 7800 GT video card for a year and a half. I've now finally been able to actually take a break from my hectic life to get a new motherboard and put it … |
| | Please Help! I Know Nothing About Computers And My Computer Keeps Beeping From The Moniter Or Hard Drive Or Mother Board. That Thing You Put Disc's In. Please Help! It JUST KEEPS BEEPING!:sad: And If It Helps It A Windows XP Pentium 4 |
 | I am running 64-bit Fedora core 5 and attempted to download core 6. The download (FireFox browser) took about 8 hours and when done the file could not be saved :mad: I know it is not for lack of disk space -- fedora is installed on a 320 gig hard …  |
| | :sad: :sad: I have windows vista on a 60GB hard drive, and i dont want to have to install it over again on another 300GB hard drive, i just want to copy the partition from the 60GB to the 300Gb hard drive, any ideas or programs i can use, please …  |
| | Interesting article (copy/paste) [quote] DefectiveByDesign.org has declared Tuesday October 3rd a "Day Against DRM". With more than 10,000 technologists having joined the campaign, and pledged to take direct action to stop DRM, and with more than 200 "actions" planned across the globe on October 3rd, we aim to raise the … |
| | I think ppl should read this post. Short story: I was installing and reinstalling windows, troubleshooting some hardware incompatibility issues that I'm experiencing. I wanted to preserve my AV software as it is now, so I wouldn't have to download upgrades (~10 MB) via modem again. I've opened registry editor … |
| | Not sure if this is the right forum for such a question, but hopefully someone has an answer or can direct me to the right place. I have several folders on my hard drive with thousands of files within them. I would like to copy the names of these files …  |
| | Hi guys, got quite a challenge for those experts out there. A long time ago I had installed a copy of XP on my computer that I had borrowed from a friend. I found out that the cd-key was blacklisted as being pirated, so I got myself a legitamate cd-key. … |
| | Greetings to all !!! I just bought a laptop on ebay that was a Compaq Armada M700. Everything seems ok however in the listing it mentioned that the laptop " continually restarts after doing a memory check" now heres the kicker [I][U]Without [/U]the hard drive[/I] it goes to 256RAM check … |
| | I am definately not an IT professional. As an undergraduate, I used a sliderule. My first computer had no hard drive. I am trying to w6rk on a SONY Vaio laptop, and somehow, I have screwed it up. The fn key is locked on, and I can't release it. When … |
| | Hello, Newbee here. I am not very computer literate. But I do know how to research. From the homework I have done. I discovered that my comp is a "no POST." I tried disconnecting the power and battery to no avail. I did a PAS alternate boot to attain the … |
| | My friends hp pavilion ze1250 laptop stopped working, so now I am trying to fix it. The laptop will power up, you will hear the hard drive working a little, the fan will be on high, then in about a couple seconds the fan will turn to low, and there … |
| | Hello. :rolleyes: I am having a real problem with the unwanted programs running in my Ctrl+Alt-Del - End Task Window. I am not able to upgrade to an XP Version of Windows yet and am still using the ME version of Windows. :?:Can some one tell me how to delete … |
| | [quote=mercury049;272311]Hi, I have Vista and XP set as dual boot on my machine with no problems. HOWEVER, I have noticed that on most of the forums I'm a member of that people are having a LOT of issues surrouding the install of Vista on their existing machines and some are … |
| | I will start off with computer spec/hardware Athlon 4000 w/ Epox NF4 Mobo 2 gigs of mem 1 7200 200gig hard drive Has SLI but not using it. I have 1 7800 Geforce card. Ok, It all started when the sound would work then after leaving the computer on for … |
| | Hello to all I am new to this group and am in need of advice regarding booting a G5 that isn't responding following an attempt to use a firewire enclosure as start up device with a cloned sytem drive. After cloning drive and checking that it was seen as a … |
| | Hi! My computer went just fine two days ago, it was normal. Yesterday I have tryied evrything I know to fix the problem. I started my computer yeterday and it had changed primary and slave in the BIOS. So it started good but afterwards it came up: "Press Ctrl + … |
| | Hello This is my first post so please bare with me if it's not up to scratch. I recently dropped and broke my laptop. I have replaced the laptop and connected the old working hard drive to the new laptop. I am trying to get some files from my old …  |
 | I just downloaded vista rc1, but i have a problem. I dont have a dvd burner. does any one know if it's possible to boot the iso image off my hard drive as if it were on a dvd, and how? THANX |
| | Hi I'm desperately need a cure for my external hard drive. I have a 250gb Seagate hard drive inside a Multimedia Maddog external enclosure. Both the hard drive and the enclosure manufacturers doesn't provide any drivers. After I plugged the USB 2.0 enclosure cable into my front Dell Dimension 4550 … |
| | My brother's cpu, cpu fan, and hard drive randomly shuts off at random times, like I can get it to start to boot then the cpu and hard drive will shut off but other components will still have power, like the cd-rom drive doors will be able to open and … |
| | Hi, I have contacted SBC for help and they have not been able to help me as yet. I have a new laptop. A Compaq Presario V6000. It has windows XP, 512 mb system memory, 80 Gb hard drive. I have installed SBC DSL from a disk that I used … |
| | I get this error now when I start windows: One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency I was on MSN when I got a message from a friend saying download this pdf document when I downloaed it I saw a MOS shortcut on my desktop but I … |
| | Hello, when i boot up my computer it checks all hardware then says "disk read error occured, press cntrl-alt-delete to restart", which i've tried often. I've had this sata hardrive running for a couple of days with no problems, then i turned it on and all of a sudden there's … |
| | My HP pavilion dv1100 laptop will not boot up. When I turn it on, the HP logo shows and it freezes there. The HD makes clicky noises, and after about a minute it goes to a blank screen. Sometimes if i push the space bar during the blank screen, the … |
| | I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 and upgraded RAM to 1GB and hard drive to 80 GB. I have to use an auxilary fan or it will overheat and shut down. I've been told it's probably the HD. Should I switch back to the OEM 60 GB or what? What … |
| | Hi, I have an eMac 1.4 ghz on which someone had installed a PC3200 Ram chip in, instead of a PC2700. This caused constant crashes/software problems/freezes. Once I had discovered the rogue chip had been installed, I removed it, and decided to erase the machine & rebuild it from the … |
 | ok.. lately my computer has been restarting randomly while playing World of Warcraft, however only when i play WoW does this happen, and time incriments in between when it happens varies from day to day. The other day it happened and when it restarted an error came up telling me … |
| | I had a laptop gave to me that doesn't work. When you turn it on the power light comes on, you hear the hard drive spin, cd-rom has power, but there is no picture on the monitor. Also you cannot hear it go through any boot process. Does this sound … |
| | Hello guys, I have formated hard drive at my neighbour's computer. It's relatively new computer with Pentium 4 processor and intel motherboard. Installing windows Xp passed all right, but there was a problem when trying to install chipset drivers. Since sound card and network card are integrated, autorun option offers … |
| | I have two hard drive's on my pc. C:/ & F:/ c is my normal hardrive and is functioning fine. F is a small 10 gig hard drive that has been formatted and it is my intention to install xp only to this drive in the event of failure in … |
| | Hi I'm new here.... Hi you all!! I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there's a way to clone more than 1 drive by tcp/ip using just one drive image in a server or something like that. This is my problem, I work as an IT support specialist … |
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