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| | Hello! PLEASE HELP! I have the same symantec email proxy virus that has plagued many other daniweb users. Every time I open my comp - dozens of symantec email windows pop up and block my entire computer. I've run AVG and it finds some viruses and heals them. However, the … |
| | I had an old pc that i had got in 01, it had an 900mhz cpu and a 20GB harddrive. in 03 i upgraded to windows xp and now it is getting increasingly slower. So i bought a new motherboard/cpu bundle off of the net, it had a 2.5GHz cpu … |
| | I replaced the hard drive on a 5 yr old Dell laptop, partioned and formated, which I think worked as far as I can tell. Now I need to install windows ME, but I the laptop can only have cd-rom OR floppy in at a time so I have to … |
| | Can someone please help me.:sad: [U]Problem![/U] windows\system\config\system I have tried all different things on this computer and all i get is missing or curupt file (XP will not start) I have managed to put the hard drive in another computer running windows xp as a slave hd and have copyed …  |
| | Pitiful as it is, I find that the media file collection on my computer is getting massive. I used to burn most of my files to CDRs, but now it's becoming a hassle to manage/locate certain files on certain CDs. Not to mention, it becomes a pretty darn expensive investment. … |
| | Hi All I am new to building PCs. Ihave installed a Gigabyte GA 81945p Pro board and bios does not seem to identify any hard drive or optical drive connected to IDE 2. If they are connected to IDE 1 they are identified. Can anyone help |
 | Hey! So, I have a laptop installed with both Windows and Linux. Linux comes first, logically, so its partitions fill up the first 90 Gigs of my HD. Windows comes at the Very end, filling the remaining 30 Gigs. Interestingly enough, Linux reads and writes from its partitions silently, but … |
| | Hi All I am new to building PCs. Ihave installed a Gigabyte GA 81945p Pro board and bios does not seem to identify any hard drive or optical drive connected to IDE 2. If they are connected to IDE 1 they are identified. Can anyone help |
 | Hi I'll start from the beginning here and maybe you guys can help me unravel the puzzle here. Machine Specs Packard Bell I MEDIA 5069 Intel P4 1.6GHz 512MB RAM 40 GB HDD PHILIPS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND CARD ABIT GRAPHICS CARD Windows XP Home (AVG antivirus) Ok theres the specs … |
| | Okay, I have been busy reading all these posts, but it seems there is a load of potential problems. I just bought a new lcd monitor (a Viewsonic VA721), my computer is about 4 years old, an HP 512n. Got everything connected and working okay, but the monitor goes black … |
| | Hi I am new to Daniweb and looking for a bit of assistance Can anybody help me through this process with some advice ideally a step-by-step guide on how to re-install XP home. The disc I got with my PC is a Recovery Disc only and I don't know how … |
| | On a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop, clicking was heard upon start up, then primary hard disk 0 not found. Bought a new hard drive and installed it, but am getting the same message. The hard disk is not recognized in the BIOS. Is there anything I need to do when … |
| | A little background first of all.And of course hello DaniWeb community. I had a corrupt hard drive so i decided to let my computer repair shop just install a new one without saving any old data. So i had a pristine Win XP SP2 system only no internet connection as … |
| | Hi, I have been thinking about upgrading my computer because it pretty much sucks. I mostly play game online like battlefield 1942 etc. but a lot of the games i want to get i cant play them because my computer sucks! well i really need to know what the best … |
| | how do you check the remaining hard drive space in redhat linux 9? also, how do you enter a "task manager" kind of application? |
| | svchost.exe keeps crashing on my Compaq Presario. In hopes of fixing my blue screen errors, I just recently installed a brand new hard drive and reinstalled XP fresh from my recovery CD set. Then I installed XP SP2 and my other programs and transfered some of my files from the … |
| | Hi I need help with my Norton Internet Secyrity Firewall I want to stop the firewall cause it blocks most of my online games. The problem is i have already deleted all of the Norton files of my hard drive. I know the firewall is still on my sytem cause … |
 | My Presario X1000 has been humming along nicely on XP Pro since new (couple of years ago). All of a sudden I need a new hard drive. So the only guy in town (a photo copier mechanic) puts one in! Bingo! Back in business right? :sad: Now I can't get … |
| | Hello all, I am hoping some will be able to help me. I have a system that I built over a year ago that has some problems now. First I will give you the system's information. Motherboard is A8N-SLI Deluxe, CPU is AMD FX-55 2600, 1x Asus EA800XL video card, … |
| | I have a four-year-old Toshiba 1605CDS that I rarely use, but it is pretty fun to mess around with. I want to replace the hard drive on it from a 20GB to a 40GB which I have. Now for my question: Where is the hard drive located on the laptop? … |
| | Hi all, this is my first post, hoping you guys can help me out with this. I Play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 alot, But i get these freezes that last about 10-15 seconds, sometimes longer, and i have got the blue screen of death a few times, i have all … |
| | My problem.... :lol: 1st HD: 40GB with XP 2nd HD: 250GB just data I have a second hard drive(250gigs) installed in my machine basically for data storage, songs etc. Yesterday I tried to install another operating system (Linux) on the larger one. There was an error and seemingly the larger … |
| | hi everyone. i'm having a problem i've never run into before. i'm running microsoft windows xp home sp 2. my girlfriends computer running the same thing crashed, and i'm trying to move her important files (my documents) onto my hard drive to back up. her hard drive is in my …  |
 | Hi I’m currently attempting to fix an older Cicero model I’ve had since my mother fried the hard drive a few year ago. It’s an AMD Athlon XP 2200 I believe (although I may be wrong) Anyways after concluding the older hard drive was too damaged to be recovered I … |
| | i used my system like yesterday and now i turn it on it wont come on. first i notice light was coming from the mouse only and when i press the power button nothing happen so i change the power supply and then i get it to turn on but … |
| | I have just reformatted my hard drive, however i now come to installing itunes which is fine then once i try and install the latest version it comes up with an error saying quicktime is not installed properly and itunes needs quicktime to run. i have tried un-installing and re-installing … |
| | Hi I'm new here to the forms and I really need some help. I have a Sony pcg fx140 (pcg-954a) I purchased. I knew it didn't work, but I have work on and fixed several different Sony laptops so i thought i could fix this one, boy was i wrong. … |
| | I have a friend's PC here that will not start up at all. The system spec's aren't relevant - I just need pointers on what may be up. Basically, all that happens on switch on is a brief 'grunt' from the cd drive and a 'twitch' of the cpu fan. … |
| | OK guys and/or gals, I have read so much on this that my eyes are fixin' to bug out!! I do not have any XP CD's. I do not have any reformat CD's either. I have already tried last known good configuaration, the whole F8 thing, safe mode, etc. I … |
| | My computer is giving me the blue sreen of death. Stop error 0x00000024 - advising me to run CHKDSKb but I cant boot windows up. Tried all ways - safe mode, roll back to last working configuration etc. Diagnostics show that the hard drive is ok. Tried to boot from … |
| | i have a 80 gig as my main drive. i have another drive 160gig as my secondary set as slave. how do i transfer all of my contents on the 80 gig drive to my 160gig, as i want to use my 80 gig on a different machine. ryan |
| | Hey everyone... I have a Centrios 1419830 MP3 Player When I hook it up to the computer, Windows XP recognizes it right away and says "New Hardware Installed" (or something like that). If you go into the device manager it says that it's working fine. Problem is, from what I …  |
| | My HP ze5500 laptop is about 4 years old. Was really sweet when new (2.8g pentium). Such fond memories...anyway. Have begun getting BSOD and now am getting an "imminent hard drive failure" error on boot. I would like to add an external hard drive to my wireless network. Neither my … |
| | Hello, A few days ago for no apparent reason my hard drive light has began to stay on and my cd/rw is not recognized on my computer. I searched the forum and found that someone else had a similar problem but it didnt help me. I dont know if I … |
| | I just built my first computer, and I started it up, and it didn't recognize the hard-drive when I went to install XP. So I turned the machine off, checked the connections on the hard-drive and then turned it back on again. When I turned the computer back on, it … |
| | how can i get my data off my hard drive when my computer will not boot? I cannot find my w2k cd just the setup disks I made. If I use them will I lose my data? Any suggestions? Thanks  |
| | Alright... here's my problem. My parents have a gateway that they use. It's their only comp at the moment. Lately, it's been going through a lot of problems so I'm attempting to restore it back to factory settings. I want to clear the hard drive, reinstall windows and go through …  |
| | Hey i don't know a lot about computers. I have just bought a new WD 250G SATA HDD. I currently have a IDE HDD. I want to use the SATA HDD just for storage and no OS on it. Do i need to asign a MASTER/SLAVE to the SATA HDD??? …  |
| | Ever since installing internet security 2006 my computer has revolted against me. More recently I brought my comouter to my country house and attempted to Dial up via Earthlink. Internet was fine but I could not send /recive messages via Outlook. Brought my Laptop home and tested my dial up … |
| | i wanted to add another hard drive to my computer (200 gb hard drive being added) so i tried to install it, after i did that i tried and start up my computer but all i would get is a black screen (the little light beside the monitor button would … |
| | My hard drive is completely full of junk that i don't need anymore, and is rendering my computer basically useless. For example, it takes my computer over 20 minutes just to start up. So i want to completely wipe my hard drive and start out from scratch. Please, anyone with … |
| | Yesterday I was using my Compaq v2030 laptop and I suddanly got the bluescreen error message "KERNAL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR" it said some other stuff that I didn't quite catch...maybe something about deleting physical memory...and "STOP: 0x00000077" and then it froze up. When I tried restarting it this morning the computer began starting … |
| | [FONT=Arial Black]undefined[/[COLOR=Sienna]undefined[/COLOR]FONT][SIZE=7]undefined[/SIZE Need info on a HP computer. It has windows Xp. Want to put second hard drive from another computer on it This drive has windows 98 se on it. How would this work. Dummy here as I have not done any changes in a while  |
 | Acknowledgements: Thanks to DKnoppix and Crow for most the images and dgosling for helping get this setup. This guide shows how to reformat your computer in case of a severe corruption or a severe malware infection where helpers cannot guarantee the security of your computer. This guide is for reinstalling … |
 | Hey all, Recently we have had about 5-7 Dell optiplex GX 230's(or was it 250 i forget and who really cares) die just over 1-2 years old and i have also been reading about a large number of cases like it on here about similar issues with Dells. However with … |
| | Hello - I need help reading a HijackThis log. For a long time now I have not been able to access anything with Microsoft Management Console (MMC) nor use my search function. Although annoying, I have worked around it. I needed to upgrade my Windows Media Player yesterday and could … |
| | The last time I took my hard drive for repair the technician changed the Norton antivirus for the AVG free edition because the Norton was not doing much for me. I have found doing a virus scan that I have several infections. Here is my Hijackthis log: Logfile of HijackThis … |
| | I have a compaq presario 700. It will not start. The green light comes on when I plug it in but nothing else happens. My battery is geting charged though and the hard drive seems to be spinning. Nothing else happens though...no boot up lights, I annot even open up … |
| | 'evening everyone, Long time since my last post, I've been good and kept machine tidy with DaniWeb recommended tools. Daily and weekly updates and manual and auto scans with AdAware, Spyware Blaster, AVG, Spybot, Panda, all of them..outcome allways "0", PC has been cleaner than baby's fresh dipers. I noticed … |
| | I have a new pc with XP Pro - I transferred my old Hard drive into new pc as a slave drive. When I try and access my old files on the slave drive in Documents and settings I get Access Denied. Is this something to do with the way … |
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