I have a new motherboard but have a broken Windows XP Pro CD. How can I install the motherboard and use it without having to formatt my HDD or lose my current Windows XP settings? (I currently can't boot on that computer)

My Microsof Optical Wireless mouse keeps triggering a double-click when only single clicking.
I already reinstalled the mouse driver and software, changed the speed settings to fastest but it keeps coming back.

Installed an exterior cd burner and can burn data files
with no problem, however the disk does not get formatted
to read in standard disk drives.
Usually, you format the disk either before or after the

Help.  Can anyone tell me how to re-install Outlook
Express?  As a novice on the  Net, a friend said that 'I
didn't need it', and proceeded to eliminate it.  3 months
on, I cannot access certain web sites:  keep getting the

I am losing memory on my hard drive and have no idea why. I delete the temporary internet file daily including off line content and cookies. I also did a virus scan with an updated Norton, a scan disk and a chkdsk. I am down to 137MB of free space which is only 8% of free space ...

Sony Clie nx70 previously functioned ok, usb connection
initial install perfect. 3 weeks ago, acquired,
broadband, and got all xp updates. Around same time -
maybe coincidence - clie stopped being able to synch.

ERROR MESSAGE-0X0000007B--INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
(HARDWARE FAILURE ERROR)PROBABLY DUE TO FLOPPY BOOT
INSTALL ERROR.
TRIED TO START BUT REFUSES TO LEAVE THE BLUE ERROR

when i access system tools I get a msg saying that there
is another programme running and to exit before
continuing.  There is no evidence of any programme running
but whatever it is affects mouse function, freezes the

I am attempting a Windows XP Home Ed. Repair install because I am trying
to move the HD with XP from Secondary to Primary to eliminate the Win98
drive.  However, after the XP CD copies a lot of files and reboots, more
files are copied and then it gets to a popup "Files Needed" ...

Hello. I would like someone to give me a step-by-step on
hard drive partinioning with XP Home Edition. I can't find
the FDISK utility you would use in previous iterations of
Windows to do this, so I figure there has to be some other

First of all, thanks for your help.
This is what I have done. I guess I'll see if it has fixed
the problem. Per your suggestion, I downloaded XXCopy and
copied everything to another drive for backup. It copied

My media player wont play sound, it first says:
Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there
is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a
sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use

i defraged my disck n it says:
files that cannot be dragmentaed.. why?
es_000.hdat
can i delete this file or is it a a necessary file to run

where to download the drive  info    from microsoft files

As soon as visualized the desktop, at WIndows XP startup it's appeared the
classic blue screen with STOP 0X1000008E (0xC0000005, ..., ..., ...) caused
by SYMTDI.SYS.
The PC has approximately a month and the strange thing is that it occured