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Hi I cannot access my hard drive on my hp nx6310 laptop. The DVD rom will also not read any discs. Please help

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Hello, i just bought a laptop on ebay :Toshiba Tecra 8100, arrived today. I plugged it in and can't find a button to turn it on. There is a green light on and a yellowish orange on. Is there any magic to this? Thanksss Vic

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I was playing NFS Underground. During a race, at a particular part of the track the system stops responding and the screen turns off. The music is stopped an instead a repeated noise is heard. The system restarts instantly. After logging i can see the error name to be "BlueScreen". …

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I'm using Windows XP Professional on my laptop & I wonder if anyone could possibly point me in the right direction in setting my own Personal Web Server, for the purpose of uploading my personal website on it, which can be accessed from any other computer, just as any website. …

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Hi all. I did my due diligence and found threads with similar and related symptoms, but, they didn't point me in the right direction, so I'm creating this new thread. I've got a Toshiba Tecra 8100 running XP. I somehow got infected with a Trojan Horse. Eventually I got rid …

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Hey guys, I have an issue with the partitions on my HDD and I was hoping the great minds of daniweb can help me. Being a total jackass when partitioning my 120GB hard disk I set only 7 GB for my Windows Xp operating system leaving the remaining 113GB for …

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Hi my name is Bob Retired Graphic Artist living in Devon UK Like working on my mac laptop also like paiting and drawing in various media I really like your site it answers a lot of difficult questions for someone who is not that tech minded. Thanks for any help …

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[COLOR=#000000]When I plug in any USB digital camera to my Sony laptop, Windows finds the [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]new hardware (disk drive), and installs it, but then the hardware cannot work [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]due to the following error:[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]"Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. To …

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I'm planning to buy a laptop but I have a doubt and confused of what am I going to buy, a dedicated video or shared video memory laptop. I want to buy an ACER laptop for economical reasons among others. Is 512mb shared memory laptop can smoothly run a Need …

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Hay im getting a Apple laptop but i don't know what one to get..heres what im using it for.....Games....school work....Internet....House use...and i want to hook it up to my other computer this broadband...do i need anything special...how much will a wireless contetion be....thanks.... PerkO......:)

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OK I fixed my iBook but im gonna give it to a family member for Christmas and am wondering when is the best time to get a new Macbook Pro. Do mac's come out in yearly models so if I buy one now they will have a new model in …

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My friend's Toshiba laptop is frozen and will not react to Ctrl+Alt+Del, nor will it shut down if you hold down the power button. The fan is also not working.

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Hello, im very new here. Dont understand the computers much, but can follow help step by step. Im using my Sony Vaio VGN-FS742/W notebook for some emails,store pictures and some common stuff. Im using comcast cable connections and it has McAfee security running for free. I have Ad-Aware SE and …

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Dear all in my desperation I have joined this site in hopes that someone out there on a tuesday evening will be able to help me with my USB plug situation. I have a laptop from HP, specifically a Compaq nx9010 and although it's old and heavy I really love …

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i got a new laptop, and when i try to run dev-c++ nothing happens and i am forced to shut the .exe down using task manager. I've tried running it under administrator but nothing seems to help. It installs fine but when i try running it it crashes. If anyone …

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Well, I'l start off with my system specs... I have an Acer Laptop, Aspire 3100 2.5GB Ram, AMD Sempron 3500+ 1.79GHz, Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, version 2002. Now onto the problem: I have a wireless internet connection and I am using the Belkin Wireless G Router #F5D7230-4. I …

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I have a Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop. Was working fine, but now does not power up at all. When plugged in, I touch the power button and all three lights blink green for a fraction of a second. THen only the light on far right blinks ten times yellow/amber. Nothing …

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Hi all, just joined up after finding solutions in these forums before, I figure it might be able to help me here. I'm running Comodo FW, and it's giving me repeated Medium Severity Network Monitor Activity Logs, described as: Outbound Policy Violation (Access Denied, ICMP = PORT UNREACHABLE) Protocol: ICMP …

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This problem began today. I've had my laptop since May '06 and I haven't had any problems until today. I can receive email without any problem. I am unable to send email. The email sits in my Outbox. I do not receive any errors. I have been searching Microsoft & …

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I have a question. I have been studying C++ and it seems to be getting a tad repetitive. What I really would like to do is more with electronics but also with C++. My laptop only has USB ports. I never wanted to be a programmer but would like to …

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[size=1]Hi I'm new here so I don't know how things work here but I had a question that maybe you can answer. My friend had a laptop connected to the internet through DSL (I'm guessing through a router). Everything worked fine and she could access hotmail and yahoo with ease. …

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I have a Dell laptop, Win2000, Linksys router, wireless card. All have worked and connected perfectly from January until Saturday, Dec 8. I ran a full virus scan on Dec 7. It found a couple things, fixed them, and I went on like normal. I played online for a little …

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Hello. I have an older HP laptop, maybe a few years old. Under the screen, above the speakers, it says model "hp pavilion ze4800", however underneath the laptop it says model "ze4805us". Which model is it? I ask because I want to upgrade to the best ram possible. 512mb or …

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Can someone help me solve my display problem? I have an Asus laptop which is a little over a year and a half old and 1/4 of the screen stays black. The dimensions are suppose to be 1024x768, but a few days ago no matter how many times I reboot …

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hi all ;; i'm so glade to join u ,, i want ti ask about my problem in using borlandc++ 3.11 under windows vista home edition , i wrote the following program ..& i runs perfect on windows xp(on my desktop computer) but while trying it on my laptop dell …

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I am thinking of upgrading the ram in my laptop. it has 256k in it and i think that it is a pc2100 module that operates at 266 megahertz. The computer has an empty slot, so i can add a module easily. My question is does the new ram have …

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SOS anyone, please:( I'm having this problem with my internet connection with my laptop, the first time I installed my windows and Mozilla and IE my internet was working fine till it suddenly froze and could not access other websites except for the login page for inbox, yahoomail and gmail …

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Hi Folks, I'm a PC repair teacher at a high school. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that a student brought in for repair. I can't figure out the problem. I power the computer up, you hear the hard drive spin, and then nothing. I've tried to boot into safe …

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Hello, thanks in advance for your help I upgraded the ram on Sony Vaio PCG F707 yesterday but I believe I have made a big mistake. I bought 256mb ram 133mhz, problem is the laptop is designed to take 100mhz. I put the 133mhz in not relising my mistake and …

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I need help. Whenever I start up my laptop, either normally or by using safe mode, it gets a BSOD and restarts. The BSOD lasts approx 1/2 a second. The top of the BSOD was UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME the STOP message was *** STOP : 0x000000ED (0x8x70?900,0xCD000006,0x00000000,0x00000000) The ? in the middle …

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Hello: Well this is a complicated problem but I will do the best I can to explain it. I have an older laptop (Dell Latitude) and I am a student that lives in the dorm that has both a wireless and an ethernet connection. I have been using my wireless …

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Hi Folks, I'm a PC repair teacher at a high school. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that a student brought in for repair. I can't figure out the problem. I power the computer up, you hear the hard drive spin, and then nothing. I've tried to boot into safe …

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Hi I'm FJ new to Blogging it has taken a bit of time since I am about to his the big 70. Somebody may be able to help me with a problem on a Compaq laptop Presario 2500 that will not look at the floppy drive or the Cd ROM …

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So I started my girlfriends laptop today and plugged my USB phone charger in. It had never been connected to this computer before. Then after a while, we just held the power button to shut down the computer as we were in a hurry. Then when we restarted laptop, the …

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Hi! Thanks for the time. Anyhow, I'm having trouble on my laptop with a CD-ROM drive that is going undetected on my computer in explorer, device manager, disk management, and in pretty much everything else :(. I'm pretty certain the problem in linked to me using a virtual drive (in …

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My laptop does not have floppy drive. I have several internal drives. Is it possible to make use of these as an external drive? If so can anyone advise the best way. Thanks.

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I have a dead laptop. When I press the power button, I hear the fans, DVD/CD, and the harddrive working. The only lights working are the power and the mouse indicators. At one time the screen would come on showing the Compaq logo. It did not do that this last …

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Hi, My laptop keeps going to the BSOD everytime I boot it up. The message says: ***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF8A7F528, 0xC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) Any ideas on how to stop this??

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on my laptop the screen is visible but very dark. its not the brightness settings, so i imagine perhaps the bulb has gone but would love someone cleverer than me to confirm this, or suggest what i should do next. funny thing is that when you turn the laptop on, …

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HI Would anyone be able to help me? I have removed a number of viruses from my laptop? Many were Trojan Horses and a couple of programs. I have scanned my computer with three different anti viruses and it is coming up clean. These are Mcafee, AVG and Antivir After …

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:) Hay im looking at getting a iBook next year around June...i was wondering what type of laptop i will need and i will probably need help using it...I'm going to use it for school work, online use, games and other home use...i have not used one before i think …

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Quite an old laptop, but still I want to try to bring it back to life. The problem is I cannot even power it on, when I plug the power cable on a green light appears to show that is charging, but when I press the power button it suddenly …

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i have a sony vaio and a couple of days ago i plugged it into a projector, since then the display on the laptop is strange, the fonts a bit burry, pictures not clear, its hard to explain but the display used to be crystal clear! i can't figure out …

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Hi All, I'm new, so I hope that I've started the thread in the right section. I appologize if I haven't. I'm thinking about upgrading my video card so that it has HD capability so that I can connect it to my HD TV. My Laptop is the Compaq Presario …

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I purchased a used HP Pavillion laptop with Windows vista Home Premium on ebay, my problem is that its asking for a password before I get to my desktop. I dont have any OS disks or knowledge of the password. Anyone with suggestion on how to get by this to …

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Hey, I was wondering if this is possible or not, I have a toshiba laptop, and it has a built in modem, and the modem doesn't work anymore, and I found out toshiba built the computers to where you can't just buy a external modem you have to buy another …

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Hello, I'm sorry this is long, but please help. I also apologize if this is the wrong place, it's my first post! My dell laptop has been crashing recently and giving me the bod. I'm not terribly tech savvy so I wrote down the error code, googled it (I don't …

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i have recently got a new netgear router and have managed to get the wireless laptop we have to work fine, my problem is that i can't get the wired computer working properly, i can download using programs such as azureus and use MSN but cannot search the internet, i …

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Hi there, Im having some trouble accessing certain websites. I cant access: [LIST] [*]mail.google.com [*][url]www.tribalwars.net[/url] [/LIST] I can access my bank website which means its not a problem with security. every other website that i use on a regular basis work fine, and i have not changed any of my …

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