After a format/XP install from on a Presario 2100 notebook, the IDE CD-ROM
device is no longer accessible. Device is not present in device manager.
Device can't be accessed through XP boot disks or DOS boot disks with general
IDE drivers. Tried removing and replacing drive to ...

How much RAM is recommended for XP Pro?
I have 512M and it swaps a lot.
Maybe it suspends running programs to disk until I need them again?

I have recently purchased a laptop 2nd hand, when I use cmd it shows the
previous users name. How can I change this? do I have to edit the registry

Using xp sp1 and trying to configure my wirless BB. Following the menu at
start/run 'minipcfg', the pc says it cannot find the file. when I do a search
, it also cannot find the file. What is this 'winipcfg'?
When I search in another  working xpsp1, the search also give  negative

I have my computer Hibernate overnight but I noticed it coming on by itself
about 9:15-9:40 am. I know this is strange because in hibernation only
physically turning it back on is supposed to be the only way to bring it out
of hibernation, no prompting by a program (such as ...