Every once in awhile my computer freezes and hangs
up............after the hangup i get a clicking noise
coming from the computer (like a starter relay clicking)
and after that I turn it off and then on and a message

I'm currently using a pentium III computer running Windows
ME. However, I am attempting to recover information from a
maxtor hard drive (internal IDE) that was the system HD on
my other computer (which was running Windows 200, but bit

How do I format a CD and save photos from my hard drive to
the CD?  Everytime I try to save it to that drive I get a
window that says "The disk may be full or write protected".
I am using a new RW disk.  HELP!

I recently had to install a new hard drive to replace a malfunctioning
drive.  I re-installed windows and did all of the updates.  Here is my
problem.  If the computer sits for a long time, overnight, and I turn it on
I get a blue screen that says "Write Error on C Drive.  Data and ...

I bought a Maxtor 160GB drive and MS ME thinks it is a
132GB drive.  Is there a patch or update that will allow
ME to see/fdisk/format/access 160GB drives?  Thanks for
any info.

My systems freezes every few minutes regardless of where I
am browsing, Internet Explorer or playing a game, or excel
so this is not a isolated problem. Oh yes, it froze
momentarily while I was writing this. Any suggestions on

I have a 20 gig hardrive, and it has always reported on my
computer the correct size and free space until today.  I
have nominal usage of space and all of a sudden it tells
me that my hard drive is nearly full.??????????????help

Installed ME, can not access CD Rom. Yellow !! in front of
the primary and secondary controllers. Have ME copied to
slave drive and have tried unsuccessfully to reinstall
drivers. After working on this problem for hours, I am

I have a compaq presario that I upgrade to windows xp. My
a drive did not work; I uninstalled windows me; Now my a:
drive does not work. I have contacted the manfacturer and
they advise that there is a software problem. I have

I am trying to dowload 823559: Security Update for
Microsoft Windows but every time I try it can't do it. I
am also getting an error that reads:
Windows 2000-KB23980-X86-ENU[1].EX> file is linked to

When trying to copy files to floppy disk
the system temporarily locks up.  It remains stalled for
quite awhile then prompts me to insert floppy diskette
(which has already been done).  "Device Manager" says that

i recently bought an infra red port (USB) and have been
trying to install it with no luck.
I have tried using the drivers that came with the infra
red port but they seem to have problems, the first time i

A couple of days ago, I replaced my ELSA " Winner 2" graphics
accelerator card (32MB)  with a Nvidia MX400 GeForce 2 (64MB). The
reason I did this was that I could not get updated drivers from ELSA,
as they have "restructured" (bankruptcy) ...  In any case,  I removed

Does anyone know why my added RAM is not boosting
performance.
Took out both 64MB cards and replaced with 2 - 256MB
cards. In Properties, available RAM reads 512, but

When I attempt to use any device that requires
installation of the USB Disk Driver (digital camera, USB
hard disk, or a USB Thumbdisk), the system hangs up
shortly after it displays the New Hardware Found screen