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Hello: I have a laptop with Windows 2000 and get the following error message when I bootup: "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" I wish to recover the data (files) from the hard drive. When I try reinstalling windows, i get the …

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FS690P and recently there has been some grinding from just below the F12 button. I unscrewed all the screws (except for the 1 special one that Sony conveniently added that needs a special screw driver to remove). I am fairly certain that it is the …

Hi, First off, I should say that the computer that's having problems is not mine, but my mother's. Okay, the computer is a Compaq Presario R3000 Laptop. Uh . . . I don't know much about it. I know that it has an AMD Athlon XP-M Mobile processor, but I …

Using hp omnibook 6000 to web surf and occasionally, it locks. No curser, no response. The only way to escape is to remove the battery and unplug the dc power. Then the only way to restart is by pressing the "sleep" key. On/Off does nothing. Using latest bios and really …

Hi, got a laptop that will not run just on the charger, i.e. charger plugged in, no battery inserted. It is about 6 months old. From what i can remember ALL laptops have this feature. Am i wrong? p.s. it also will not charge when the it is turned off. …

Hey all, There i was, sat watching the telly, my laptop sat there, lid open, looking inconspicuious, at the windows xp home login screen. when my little brother ran in, pressed loads of the keys at the top of the keyboard and turned it off with the power button. he …

Hi, my Dell Inspiron 1150 just died. It was working fine, but then after I plugged cellphone via USB data Cable it shutted off. Now when I am trying to turn it on, I see the power light on, the hard drive light blinks for 2 seconds and then gets …

Hi guys, I wonder whether there is anything that can be effectively done so that my system may get a boost and speeds up.... there's this agonising slow pace. I've already tried some things like, disabling the "Search Desktop" feature, defragging, getting rid of eventual nasties, but it's just a …

Hey my uncle called me looking to upgrade his IBM Thinkpad Type 26472TU with more than the current 128MB of RAM. The thing is old but he uses it so why not. He said all it says on the module made by "Nanya" or something is PC133S-333-542 SO-DPMM-Revision12 128MB SDR-133mhz …

my laptop fails to initialise and also to boot apparently due to error 0xc0000006. can anyone help me to get it up and running and deal with 0xc0000006. I am unable to boot in safemode also. I'm running XP with SP2. allan.g

I bought a laptop that was used in a recent company and i am unaware of te administrator password so i connot remove the domains, i have tried using a password remover but it doesnt work how can i get into the administrator to remove the domains and reset the …

I left my toshiba satellite a135-s487 on last night and this mourning it wont do anything. i manually shut it down and now when i try to turn it on the on light comes on in and is blue. nothing works but the cd drive wich will open and close …

I recently upgraded my hard drive in my Sony Vaio VGN-S260 Laptop. After putting everything back together it would not power up at all. It was working fine prior to me upgrading the drive. I retraced my steps multiple times. I even put the old hard drive back in. Nothing …

Hi there, I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 which bleeps on boot. I think that the keyboard may be defective. Running a keyboard checker showed that the 'F9' key was showing as being depressed all of the time and although the software allowed me to disable it... I am fairly …

i need bios update for toshiba S1410-313. MODEL NO PS141E-0502Y LAPTOP.

I have a toshiba satellite s 269 thats running XP its about 2 1/2 years old. Tonight while surfing the internet the computer just completely froze. I restarted it and after about 5 mins the computer just simply shut off. I kept trying to restart the computer but it would …

All of a sudden my laptop keyboard stopped working properly. You have to hold the key down for 2 seconds before it will work. At first I thought that it was a bad driver, but the file has not been modified since I got the computer, according to the date …

Hi my name is Karen, I am new to this. I have been searching for answers online and need a little further direction on what exactly is wrong with my laptop and I came across this site, I hope someone can help me! I have a Toshiba Satellite A20 that …

Ok, first the down volume button does not turn the volume down it mutes the sound and acts as the delete key And a couple of other keys. The up volume button is fine. The right Windows button acts as the right control button (which I do not have, weird)AND …

I just recently bought a new laptop running Vista. I know very little about The Vista O.S. I have created a new primary partition, formatted it, and copied the i386 files to it. When I try to run the wnnt32.exe it will not run. I followed this exact same strategy …

hi i was installing win xp on my laptop , i put bootable cd in drive & start laptop, it ask to pressany key to boot i pressed ; the first it gave message "boot cd-rom type: non emulation booting" . then it boot from cd & finally it gives …

Hi, im new here and thought this is a helpful site :). a few days ago random popups kept appearing on my desktop, i thought i had spyware or adware... so i scanned with a newly downloaded (after i discovered the popups) spyware doctor or adware doctor (cant really remember). …

I have a Toshiba M115-S1061 laptop that won't turn on for the most part. At first I thought I needed a new AC adapter but replaced the adapter and am still having trouble. When I plug the AC adapter in with the main battery out the plugged in light flashes …

Hi I accidently dropped my ACER 230 and now I have 2 problems. First off, the keyboard apears really springy. Second and far more important is the screen keeps going white. I tap the laptop underneath and the screen recovers but its happening more often now. Im thinking maybe something …

I have a Dell 8200 laptop running windows xp.....I reformatted about a month ago and went from xp professional to xp home.....about a week ago the keyboard and mouse started acting up....the keyboard will not respond at times and when I use the mouse to try and click on the …

While I was installing windows 2000 on my laptop, installation froze. I let it set for hours and then finally turned it off and rebooted. Now it still hangs and I don't have a boot disk. Any suggestions?

Hey guys great site and brilliant to see such a weath of infbmation and assistance. I picked up a second hand laptop from ebay its an ECS G731 and would like to increase its ram it has a 1.7 pentium 4 processor and 768mb of ram already but idlike to …

I want to transfer some files from my desktop (Windows XP) to my lap top (Windows 98SE). I have the correct cable (Null modem) but I am hitting a problem. When I set up a network connection for COM1 on my desktop, I can connect to my desktop from the …

Computer: Toshiba A105-S2001 Available RAM upgrade: 2GB Problem: System will not boot upon adding two 1GB sticks of RAM. If the original 512 stick and one of the 1BG sticks are in, it will boot; however, with only one 1GB stick or both 1GB sticks, it will not boot. I …

I have never used a hotspot before, but anticipate using one for homework or business purposes once my laptop is delivered. So in being proactive, what should I know about the ease or headache in using a hotspot (McDonalds, Starbucks, Libraries etc). Do they cost, do I need passwords, etc...

one night i accidently took the ram out while it shutting down. after that the screen is black and i have to hold the power button to turn off. From then when i turn on the computer, i don't hear anything running at all and the screen is dark black …

I have an ATA drive that I want to recover old harddrive files from, but it doesn't seem I have any usable HDs to install XP on. Every time I tried to delete a partition and reformat it, I get an error message. I can't recall the exact message but …

Hello everyone. I'm having a bit of trouble with a laptop. I got the laptop from a friend who said he was having problems with the laptop shutting down spontaneously. The first time the laptop started, it seemed to run fine for about 20 minutes, at which point it froze. …

i have a toshiba a75 laptop, which had been working fine for me. a couple of days ago my friends were surfing the web on it and the low battery indicator came up so i went ahead and shut it off and put it on charge. about 30 minutes later …

Hi all, I'm having mouse problems with my hp notebook. It is dv6773tx model. Here are the specs: 2.4gHz 2.0 GB Memory Ram 32-bit Operating system Geforce 8400M GS Windows Vista Enterprise Recently i had upgraded my notebook from Vista home premium to Enterprise. A week after using the Enterprise, …

.unning XP Pro. When you power on the laptop, it appears to start fine showing the toshiba screen and then it gives the options to start in safe mode etc... have tried to start with all option, have tried to start with advanced options, have put a copy of a …

Hello all. New to here. Used to build PC's years ago and was trying to fix my laptop. I repaired the power jack in the back that broke when the laptop was dropped. Caused it now to power up at all. Now the unit turns back on and goes through …

I have a Sony vaio laptop that half of the screen is white/black/light blue with vertical lines. I booted it up and was writing a paper and it was fine. I left for about 20 minutes and when I returned the screen was all messed up. I called tech support(it …

A week ago my Alienware laptop decided to go Blue Screen on me and after much trial and error, I decided to call their tech support which told me that my 6 months was up and the help was very poor. All of that aside while trying to install the …

I Have a TOSHIBA Sattelite P25-S262 Laptop, And When I boot the System, I Get a Bunch Of 0's Across the screen, It's like the matrix in here! When there was an installation of windows on there, it loaded into windows fine but the bit depth was only 16bit, If …

I have an old laptop that i want to use as a second monitor on my new laptop. Is this possible?

Hi there. I have a working LCD screen from a Sony SR5K and want to use it with my desktop with a VGA/DVI output. Any pointers if this is possible? I also have the motherboard with the NeoMagic video chip and the connector (40 pin, but all are not used) …

I have a HP Pavilion Laptop, Version DV5000 running on Windows XP SP2 The issue has continued for a few weeks now, quite randomly. Often times I will simply click the mouse of touch a key on the keyboard, and the computer will turn off. I just wiped my entire …

Hey guys i have a problem with my laptop.. the problem is.. well this never happen till this early morning.. when i restarted my laptop.. at the windows xp loading screen.. it takes quite awhile to load (usually not longer than 20 secs).. now seems like almost 1-2 mins.. and …

I know you're suppose to take it out when you need to remove a BIOS password, but what happens when it's not put back in? Will the BIOS work correctly/will it not boot at all? My reason for asking is that I have a dead Latitude that just so happens …

My laptop was working fine and after about 7 months or so the screen started to flicker on and off a bit but not too much and then it went black so I plugged it into my pc monitor and it worked fine until a few weeks ago when even …

I changed my laptop screen but when i put new screen its gone very dull and dark. I can see the desktop and icons on it.but its very dark. please tell me what would be the problem and how can i fix it? help me in this regard.thanks

Is thereanother way around loading labtop os with out using the manufacturing cd's.what is the service repair fees for working on laptops

HI! For my sins i have a vaio S1, It worked great for the first year and a bit I had it, but now, it has become unreliable! Sometimes it just will not power up! The leds at the bottom of the keyboard tells me that the power is on …

Hi, Synaptics touchpad stopped working in my compaqnc6000 laptop after I replaced my keyboard. I installed driver, made sure that synaptics is enabled, I did everything it does not work. I even reverted back to my old keyboard, it still does not work. I have checked that it is plugged …