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| | I have a computer which has a Pentium 4, 2.6Ghz processor, 1Gb of DDR RAM, and a 120Gb Hard drive. The computer is one I bought from the website [url]www.omni-data.co.uk[/url] which no longer seems to be working. I have used it fine for 3 years and suddenly, it has developed … |
| | Hello all- I am kind of a Mac newbie, so please bear with me. I am looking at purchasing a used ibook G4 from a friend that is is running the "panther" OS. Currently, I have a windows based PC with an NTFS formatted USB 2.0 external hard drive that … |
| | Ok, I have all my hardware stuff hooked up to standard ide cables ide-1 has my hardrive to my cd-rom ide - 2 has my cd-rw and my 2nd cd-rom my question is, can i put a 2nd hard drive on SATA 1 or SATA 2 ? and have it … |
| | Hi All, Greetings. I had the following setup in dual boot. Master Internal HD - WinME (3 - FAT32 partitions) Slave Internal HD - Win2k (1 NTFS Boot & 3 FAT32 partitions) Looks like someting got corrputed in the Win2K book setup and I am unable to boot Win2K - … |
| | Just like the subject line says, I formatted my hard drive, installed windows XP everything is working fine except I have NO SOUND!! Any reason why this might be, or how I can get sound back? Thanks |
| | Hi, I was hoping someone here could help me. I recently purchased an ECS KT600-a AMD Motherboard and a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton chip (along with all the other necessary computer parts). Yesterday, I put it all together and tried powering up (turning on power supply, hitting power button …  |
| | Hello my hard drive makes a clicking noise when i turn it on.. I have tried to reboot off the cd rom but nothing happens .. Do i need a new hard drive?? tThanks Jt....  |
| | Hello, after a power failure, I kept getting the "cpu error - check soft menu" message. After four days of the computer working fine anyway, I decided to enter the soft menu and have a look see. Evidently I changed and saved something, stupid granny that I am. Now, when … |
| | Hey everyone....I was if you guys could compare the 2 notebook systems below. I know that one has more graphics power but the other has more cpu power, so as you can see this is not as simply as choosing between AMD and Intel. Any tips, recommandations or advice would … |
| | When I try to install Windows XP pro from CD drive I get the following BIOS error message; CD-ROM: Failure I tried three different working CD dives and get the same error!!! I then installed Windows XP pro from Floppy disks. The Windows XP pro boot disk has six floppy … |
| | Hi, I woke this morning only to find every single program from my various games to system restore unable to be opened. My computer will not open ANY file types it seems... I put in my recovery disc attempted to wipe the hard drive with no luck as my computer … |
| | when i turn on the power button and seems to boot normally, but before it even gets to the windows screen and goes right into the options, to select safe mode, normal mode, etc. it does it everytime, does anyone know what is wrong with it? I hope its not …  |
| | Hey I posted not so long ago about a problem with windows not being able to start due to the file - vgaoem.fon being missing or corrupt. I managed to find instructions on the microsoft support website([url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315338[/url]) which were aparently to sort this problem out.. i followed the procdedure through … |
| | Hi I am back with my Mac 7100/66av.Following some good advice I renewed the internal battery 3.6v. Tried all the the tricks like Norton but the only way I can start up(Boot) is on a C/D.I re set the date and time no problem but it cannot find the Hard … |
| | hello i need some help please... i have a dell dimension 3000 intergrated sound and graphics i have put a nvida 256 graphics card in and all is fine. what i want to do is if i can is have a nother hard drive with windows 95 or 98 on … |
| | Hi, there. I have 2 extra hard drives and want to use them. But I don't really like to open the tower case in order to connect them. Is there any way that I can buy stuffs like some kind of cords...? So I can plug "it" to the hard …  |
| | Hello, I just baught a new computer and I emptied all that was in my previous computer HD using an external drive. I then proceeded to format my HD in the intent on doing a clean installation of Windows XP on my old machine and give it to a freind … |
 | My brother is attempting to install XP on his new hard drive setup. He is unable to get the XP setup to detect the hard drive array. Both the BIOS and Partition Magic 7.0 (rescue disks) are able to read the hard drive array without problems. The hard drives are …  |
 | This is strange to me, hopefully not strange to you guys: I got my wife's desktop out of storage and brought it up - no connection to the internet. What's more, it's flaky - I've gotten it to talk a couple of times and then lose the connection. I'm running … |
| | The problem that Im having is with Internet explorer outlook express and windows 98 SE. I have to hit the refresh button or the send/receive button 4 or 5 times before Internet explorer or outlook express will connect. It doesn’t matter what version I use I have tried 5, 5.5, … |
| | I recently purchased a FireWire/USB hard drive for my G3. It works fine in both systems when I use the USB port but with the FireWire port, when I boot into Panther (10.3) it mounts as expected, but when I boot into System 9.2.2, the system freezes (the cursor will … |
| | I recently purchased a FireWire/USB hard drive for my G3. It works fine in both systems when I use the USB port but with the FireWire port, when I boot into Panther (10.3) it mounts as expected, but when I boot into System 9.2.2, the system freezes (the cursor will … |
| | Hey, I bought parts from Newegg and assembled a computer... I've done this kind of thing before, and so I'm pretty sure I hooked everything up properly... anyways, the motherboard started on fire when I turned it on, I sent it back and got the replacement today; the computer turns … |
| | i was dual booting linux and windows XP until recently when linux (fedora Core) didnt have any purpose to serve anymore. i deleted linux off of my hard drive, leaving only the XP partition, i now have 39gigs free and cant figure out how to give it to the XP … |
| | Hi, I have a project on peer-to-peer file transferring...Now I don't have any clue how I can use just the IP address of a computer to search for files in different drives...I have used socket object to create clients...now I have the info of only IP address and port number …  |
| | I inadvertantly deleted the operating system using fdisk after unsuccessfully attempting to reinstall windows 2000 on a Dell laptop. I reformatted the hard drive, but couldn't get past the security key code. It wouldn't accept the key code I have (??). I have a windows 2000 recovery cd that came … |
| | I am trying to install windows me and after puting in the start up disc it states the following: Cover previously remove...Primary hard disc (1) not found...In the bios setup there is a primary drive (0) listed which states the following:Type Auto..Size 4326 however drive 1 states Type Auto and …  |
| | hey guys, if your motherboard doesnt read the hard drive thats plugged into the primary IDE slot, is there any way of retrieving the information that was on the hard drive? maybe with a software program ? much appreciated... PcBoy |
| | It's an Asus MB, 256 megs of RAM, 1.7 mhz processor. This is the first time this has ever happened and I have no explanation. A hard drive died. The machine has 2 HDs - C&D, A, Zip drive and CD player. The old D drive became the C drive. … |
| | hey guys, well recently i have been having problems with my pc. When i turn it on, theres an error msg that appears and says..."BOOT DISK FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". I have asked my friends about this and they say its the hard drive that is totally … |
| | I recently had to erase what was on my hard-drive, and when i bought my computer they gave me these three disk to do it so i ran what was on the disks and once it was finished i restarted my computer. Now when it is trying to install windows … |
| | Here is my log from hijack this. I last month spent 40 hours reformatting my hard drive and loading software. Apparently i picked up the extender virus or startpage gx. I have used microsoft anti virus, spybot search and destroy avg and adware and nothing works. Also the first time … |
| | Hello! Hopefully someone can help me out here before I have to resort to paying an arm and a leg to have my computer fixed or buy a new one. I have a Dell Dimension 4300 with Windows ME installed. I had the hard drive completely cleaned out (EVERYTHING erased) …  |
| | I need your urgent hellp to figure out how i can correct these computer errors. I will be informal as much as i can to explain my situation. To start: I have a toshiba satellite 1400-s151 laptop which is 2-3 years old. It never gave me a problem like this...UNTIL … |
| | Hi all, Im new here so be gentle :-) Im posting from the laptop thankfully but i have a desktop in the upstairs room that has a 160 gig harddrive so i tend to use that more than this. However, I usually leave it switched on all day every day, … |
| | Dear members: can you please help me figure out what internal 9.7 mm (can u tell me please how much is that in inches?) should i get for my toshiba 1400-s151? I am looking for that has at least 20 GB, great unique features, and at least 1 and half … |
| | i've got a problem. i'm running windows xp pro with my c drive as boot (40g) and have an f drive as a data drive (160g sata) which is the source of my problem. f drive says that there is only 2g of free space which is perplexing. if i … |
| | I have a very crappy power supply and am worried about having power issues if i put my new hard drive in as a second hard drive. I recently put in a new graphics card that is a power hog compared to my old one (128 mb 9800 pro compared … |
| | Does anyone know how to get the hard drive out of the N3350? and is there an instruction manuel for disassembling the N3350? |
| | Dear all, I have a problem with my hard drive. In my old system I had 2 hard drives. The first one was 120G (with 2 partitions - 30G and 90G) and the system installed in the 30G. The second is a Maxtor 200G. After formatting the system partition (30G) … |
| | my computer keep showing the black screen when it boots up: PXE-E61: media test failure, check cable (i think i got this because i acidently made an external hard drive one volume as active(from storage: disk management snap-in) however it never gave me this screen when i first did that … |
| | Forgive me if this post doesn't belong here, as it may be a more serious problem than just the keyboard and mouse not working. I have two computers, one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse shared by two computers on a kvm switch. One is a windows xp pro, and … |
| | :?: What effect, if any, will I notice in my system by installing Standard PC HAL & NOT installing the ACPI HAL? Also, will I lose any of the programs & files currently on my hard drive? Thanks! Tom |
| | It's embarassing to ask this, as I do helpdesk work for a living, but hey... if I can't ask here, where can I? I recently upgraded my system at home to a Pentium 4 (3 ghz) with an Intel Motherboard (915). After doing so, I wiped my hard drive and … |
 | Can anyone please tell me how to run scandisk to check for corruptions on my hard drive? cheers |
| | This is not a question, I just want to share my expirience - who knows - maybe somebody Google's it out, and then find it usefull... A week ago (or a few days more) I've had a problem with my computer: it was restarting all of the sudden without any … |
| | Hi, Ok, I've got two problems, which I've been scratching my head over for days and drawn a total blank. I have just finished building a PC for a friend. It's just got Windows XP SP2 on it at the moment, along with the necessary drivers for the hardware and … |
| | Hi, I'm new here, but have grown up with computers all my life. I upgraded to a pentium 4 about 2 years back, and now it has decided to randomly freeze up. Sometimes its when I'm just surfing the web or even if its just sitting there and I'm not … |
| | Hi everyone. A newby here still feeling his way around. I sense everyone here is vastly experienced, supernaturally intelligent and just bursting to impart their accumulated knowlege. Er...could anybody give me a list of hardware so I can build up a real knock out pc for home recording purposes. I … |
| | Quick story... Old computer died so I bought a new one. I would like some of the information from the old hard drive put on the new one. Is it possible to just set the old hard drive as slave, hook up the hardware, and be able to access it? … |
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