error message: "Windows cannot format this drive.  Quit
any disk utility or other programs that are using this
drive and make sure no window is open which shows the
contents of this drive."

I purchased XP for my home computer some time ago. After I
installed it the "A Drive" does not show up. I have to
unistall it then reinstall it each time I want to use it.
It disappears each time I shut down the computer. I can't

I have purchased a USB Flash Drive, this utility runs fine
with Windows XP, but soon as you upgrade to Windows XP
Service Pack 1, it starts to crash the system when you
safely remove the drive from the USB port.  Has anybody

In response to the posted reply to my original post, yes I have 6 usb ports on my system with only one being used @ the present moment. My question is.....will adding an external burner to my system just add another drive and drive letter? or will the external burner rule out the ...

 I put this in the Games forum as well, then saw this forum and thought it would be appropriate here as well (sorry, Admins if this is a problem)
I just got one of the new wirelsss Microsoft mice (the one with the side-rocking wheel), and I love it for desktop work, Word, etc
 ...

I'm having problems with a computer that has XP
installed.  I'm going to have to buy a new motherboard,
processor and memory.  But I am retaining the Hard drive.  
However, the hardware guys says I am going to have to re-

Does anyone know how to install service pack 1 becasue i
can't,
It says that the xp code is not valid.....

I have a Philips CDR4816 drive which is apparently compatible with XP (according to the box). Trouble is it's really flaky - sometimes I can read CD Roms, sometimes not. For Audio CD's I can get them to play back but there is a very noticable juddering to the sound. Writing to ...

When power options are enabled, say power down hard disk after 3 mins, is it
possible to exclude some disks from this option?
There may be a registry value to do that?
Bye

In the instructions, it's asking me to disbale (DMA
setting) in windows before executing firmware update. How
do you do this. I'm running windows XP home version.

I have 2 hard drives that I want to install in my PC as a
slave, but I don't know which one of them is better. Help
me to choose between these two.
Sizes are the same 4.3GB

Help! Ok I Just Bought a new HD from dell I am replacing
a 8 gig HD slave with an 80 gig hd slave. I have never
had to partition or format a new drive before as I've
only bought two slaves one was used, the other the store

Has anyone else encountered this?  I swapped out my DVD ROM for a new
Pioneer DVD burner, which I LOVE.  However, a feature I had enjoyed
previously in Windows seems to have disappeared -- I used to be able to
right-click on selected files/folders and "send to", with one of the

My boss installed a new hard drive and new stick of RAM in a co-workers
computer.  The hardware seemed to install okay but he couldn't get XP Home
or Win98SE to work correctly.
I brought it home, swapped the memory back to the original, started from