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| | Hi I am getting the above error on my Dell Latitude 600 laptop. Is there any way I can get the data out of my old hard drive. Dell is sending me a new hard drive , but I need the data out the old one . Any possible solutions …  |
| | 1. I used GoBack on my laptop, but after a crash it goes in loops, and restarts the computer without option for intervention. I have then mounted the HD in a USB enclosure, and added it to my desktop. The bios sees it, and I can boot on it, but … |
 | [B][COLOR=red]:lol: I purchased a Laptop from a store that had sold it previosly and the first owner had fired up Widows XP and logged his name to it ...[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Now everthing goes via C:\documents and settings\Billy>[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I want to change this login to another name (cos i'm not Billy )[/COLOR][/B] … |
| | Hi, Im interested in Linux and have tried a Live DVD of SUSE 10, very nice! At the moment I use both a mac and a windows laptop both have their good and bad points, what I want to know is what can linux offer me which windows and mac's …  |
| | Hello People, Recently installed a new external hard drive to backup my stuff, since then was unable to see my CD-R/W drive on My computer . Found some help online which suggested removing 'Upper' and 'lower' filters from here in my registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet/Control/Class/ I did so and rebooted and I … |
| | Hi all! I have an Acer Travelmate 2300 that is causing me a few headaches! The machine will freeze when in Windows XP Home or the install of it - it works fine when I booted the laptop and tested the memory and hardrive in the pre-xp environment. It sometimes … |
| | Hello, My Travelmate 2300 fan only powers on wjhen you initially boot up - it doesn't appear to do anything else after that.:?: Is this correct? I have other issues with this laptop too and was hoping somebody would be able to offer some form assitance? Would really appreciate it. … |
| | Hi My laptop doesnt charge my batteries anymore, however it does still switch on if i start the laptop up with a battery that still has some life in it. Im suspecting that there was a power surge and the power supply unit was blown. connecting the laptop to the … |
| | Hi All, I hope somebody can help b4 I go mad. i have a web page I need to open it is a ASP.net page (or so it says) [URL]http://www.ths.teleware.com/[/URL] then click on click here. When I try it wont open. In a new window in tries to open then … |
| | Hi there. I have this old laptop with Windows 98 on it. and its a Compaq Armada 7800 anyway i would like to see if i can reinstall Windows 98 by doing the following. 1. I Have the Windows 98 CD 2. I Have a PSP (PlayStation's Handheld Device) Since … |
| | Hello Everyone, I purchased a used Toshiba 4600 laptop from a military auction on fort Knox today, little did I know that it would be password protected. I knew that the hard drive would be wiped clean. Does anyone know how to get pass/deactivate this? (Help) JD |
| | Hello. I'm new to all of this so patience is requested. I have a school project that requires the use of Windows Movie Maker. I have a camera that records video but when i load the video onto my laptop they are saved to Quicktime. So basicly the video that … |
| | Here's the skinny: My laptop is a Toshiba brand that runs Windows XP Home Edition a week or two ago it started seemingly overheating and shutting itself down...even more recently its switched to randomly shutting down and rebooting, and even worse, randomly going to white screens. Now it just keeps …  |
| | Hi all! I have an Acer Travelmate 2300 that is causing me a few headaches! The machine will freeze when in Windows XP Home or the install of it - it works fine when I booted the laptop and tested the memory and hardrive in the pre-xp environment. It sometimes … |
 | hi guys, thanks for taking a look, if you have an idea as to whats up pleeeaaassse reply! thanks right, frind of mine brought their compaq evo n800v laptop round running windows xp pro, said it couldnt play dvd's, whenever you play a dvd it has audio but no video, … |
| | Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron 4150 and tonight in the storm there was a lightning strike and even thought the computer was plugged into the surge protector, the computer spazzed out. Now when I press the power button, it lights up and thats it. The lights go back off … |
| | I have a KDS laptop that won't start up. When I press the button the LED's & screen just flash very quickly and nothing. My guess was a bad power button board so I took it apart and removed the power button board but it had no obvious damage to … |
| | Hi, I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place, but my username should explain why. I'm having problems getting my desktop PC to start up. I'm currently using my gf's laptop to post this plee for help. Basically, since this morning, my desktop PC won't get beyond the … |
| | Ok, here's an interesting one. I have the HP pavilion DV6095EA laptop/notebook and for some reason it has decided to start coming to life (often in the middle of the night) nothing is displayed on the screen at all, but all the lights come on and it beeps. beep............beep...beep I … |
| | I've recently inherited a Dell Inspiron 50003 laptop. I tried to power it on but it and nothing happens. I tried to power on with just the battery, just the power supply and both in with no result other than the power light flickering when the battery is in. I've … |
 | I run my laptop with windows XP as an administrator. I recently made a guest account as well as a limitted account for some people that will be using it temporarily. One thing I noticed is that symantec antivirus autoprotect fails to start on both accounts. Also, websites which use … |
| | Hey, So my laptop hard drive )Seagate- Momentus 5400.2) went belly up the other day, its a SATA, 120Gb, 5400RPM and was wondering if i can image it onto my other drive to get the data back, and whre this cable can be found.. Thats pretty much it, ive looked … |
| | I have an HP ze5730us notebook PC. It was working fine until one day my wife updated some software and next time it came up it wouldn't boot up. It powers up and all the usual lights light up, but the only noise I hear is the fan. I don't … |
| | help please. I have set up a home network between my desk top on XP professional and a laptop on XP home. I can share the printer and use the internet on both. When trying to share the desktop's files I can see them on the laptop but can not … |
| | I've recently inherited a Dell Inspiron 50003 laptop. It has no hard drive. I tried to power it on but it and nothing happens. I tried to power on with just the battery, just the power supply and both in with no result other than the power light flickering when … |
| | [B][Moderator's note: post has been split from [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post36464.html#post36464"]this older thread[/URL]][/B] Have to write this again as the window apparantly closed out on me mid question....anywho.... I am having a similar problem where when the computer is loading up and after detecting the primary and slave drives it will state that … |
| | Just recently from time to time, my IE opens and goes to an advertisement page. (Everytime its a different ad) I am using a laptop and I have another monitor attached to it. When the IE opens up my laptop screen turns into movie screen and shows movie clips of … |
| | When I boot up my laptop I get the following error: [hr]Windows could not boot up because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\System32\SYSTEM\SYSTEM.CONF Insert the Windows installation CD and press "r" at the main screen.[/hr] I have done all of this, but still, it boots with the same …  |
| | G'day.. My laptop averatec 3150 XP service pack 2 has completely died and İ have no idea what do to. Whan İ start the computer it freezes on the load page when İ sign in. just does not go any further. When İ go into safe mode it ın my … |
| | Hi all i have a toshiba qosmio f10-101 notebook,four months ago i have had my nvidia fx 5700 graphic replaced with nvidia geforce go6600 because there were some waves on screen and needed to be changed. From that time i noticed that the new card every two second starts and … |
| | I need assistance in determining how to resolve a networking issue with a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router in regards to online gaming. I have 2 computers connected to my network: a desktop hardwired to the router (which in turn is hardwired to a cable modem) that is set for DMZ …  |
 | I found this odd... Sometimes, and only sometimes, when I turn of on my laptop and log in, my sound system fails to function. No tune is played at startup, xine can't initialize sound drivers, etc. Then if I restart my system everything usually works fine. Why is this? Does … |
| | ive got a laptop running xp and im not sure if there is a problem but my laptop switches off everytime i do a windows live scan half way though ive done a highjack log please find below Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 22:50:46, on 08/10/2006 Platform: Windows … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 this is the third dell laptop I have due to virus infiltration!!!!! I am needless to say furious at the level of frustration I have reached....could use more colourful words.....lol hijack this log.....' Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:44:07 AM, on 10/7/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT … |
| | Hi all, I am a novice and I am struggling hard to get to the root of my display problem. Whenever I start my laptop Dell Inspiron 8100 , the screen start behaving oddly . It shows random lines all over the screen and I can not do anything . … |
| | not really a technical person, so not very sure how to explain this and please remember that when replying. I was using my laptop to watch a DVD when my one yr old decided it would be fun to turn it off:mad: , when I hit the restart button it … |
| | Hi all! Im new to computers and not very technical. So here goes:When i insert a Cd into the Cd tray of my laptop nothing happens?? When i try to burn a cd through Itunes it says the "Cd Burner or software is missing"?? But i have burned cd'd many … |
| | Hello! I scanned to see if there was a thread like this, but I didn't see anything, so let me apologize in advance if I am asking a repeat question. I first noticed this issue with my computer would not log into MSN Messenger although I was connected to the … |
| | Im working on this laptop that has me just confused. Its a 17" widescreen and the right portion of the screen is solid black. Its like the extra bit of screen from the widescreen wont come on. Windows thinks its there b/c it extends past the black spot. I was … |
| | Hi I'm new to Daniweb, come from and work in Dublin, Ireland. I'm an IT Tech in a large University with sole responsibility for a dept, so need someone to talk to sometimes!! aaahh Great site it's very useful to be able to find out how to fix irritating pc … |
| | I have a toshiba laptop and I've had this problem for a while and just stopped using it for a while because it got to be so annoying and impractacle to even use anymore. The power cable used to work perfectly fine when you plugged and unplugged it, then all … |
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| | helo, i receive my connection wireless thru a DLINK access point (my isp took its mac adress) there is a straight (i also tried crossed same result) cable plugued into the AP wich i use as internet connection. my isp gave me static ip settings... when i plug the cable … |
| | 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 … |
| | I just built my home network today, after getting tired of lugging thumb drives around with data between computers. Please note that originally, I had all of the computers connected to the internet through the same router (as it is now), but I didn't create a home network (no printer/file … |
| | So here's the rundown; Dell Inspiron 700m has been working fine for a year, but now will no longer connect to the internet. When it comes to my wireless connection it gets hung up on 'Acquiring Network Address.' When I use my physical broadband cable connection, it says its connected, … |
| | This strange problem has come out of no where and it now happens on both my laptop and PC! It started within a few days of each other and will not go away! It blows my mind that it is happening to both of them and they are in no … |
| | Hi guys! A relative was using my laptop and infected it! I just got the computer back up and running using the Windows XP Media Edition disc my aunt had. But, I have major problems. The computer is extra slow and keeps freezing. :sad: I ran McAfee and was told … |
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