Can some one guide me in the right direction to how I can
format my hard drive C: and then install windows xp home
edtion? The computer came with a windows xp system cd.I
have been told too many things on how to do it.I just

I installed Windows XP SP1 yesterday hoping that my
system would become more stable and secure. But when I
was done installing I found out that my microphone
stopped working, which is pretty hard for me as I use my

I have a system with a Western Digital HD, Windows XP
home, Abit 815 mother board.  I have another HD that the
mother board crashed on, Intel 815EEA board.  I had that
HD looked at and it is fine (this HD has Windows ME

I'm having trouble with my external USB 2.0 drive.  Most
of the time it comes up as an "unrecognized usb device"
The only thing I can see is that the unrecognized device
in the device manager is using this driver

when i run chkdsk its warning no f parameter set running
in read mode only . how do i set the f parameter? anyones
help would be appreciated!!!! Thanks , Tim

Are there any known workarounds for requiring a floppy
drive to add non-standard drivers during XP install?  I'd
hate to have to buy one just for this!
Thanks!

I recently upgraded to XP Home Edition, and my sound chip does not work.  The sound seems to come on after Keyboard manager opens when I was using ME.  Keyboard manager does not open now and so the sound chip never activates.  Info indicates it is a crystal sound chip.  Does ...

Our prior E-Mail had the incorrect "Sender's E-mail"
address!
We purchased 2 trackballs in September, 2003 and one of
them has failed to continue working.  The other one is

i'd been having problems with my palm m500 while trying
to hotsync to my laptop. i called palm and went through a
number of options and i was told that it was a windows xp
issue and to call microsoft. naturally, you need to jump

My system was working fine then I upgraded to XP
proffesional and now my keyboard layout has reverted to a
US layout. I have set up UK as my region and currency
shows up OK in MS office. But I cant type the pound sign.

I have been told there is a bug with refresh rates on xp.  
It is probably more noticeable in games that seem choppy
at times.  Would something like refresh force help and
where can you find it?  I have tried increasing from 60 to

How do do I tell whether my computer has USB 1 or USB 2.

 I just did another fresh installation of OS, but at the time I am
installing the OS, it turns into blue screen again..... I doubt it's the
hardware problem..... But I am pretty sure there's no fault on harddisk,
since I can install the OS into this harddisk by using the other ...

Hi;
Just bought a new hard drive for my computor.can i use xp
restore disks to reload all information onto new drive.

Was hoping to backup everything onto this NEW USB 2.0 120GB WD drive.  XP (sp1a) sees it and recognizes it as USB Mass storage device.  It also shows up in device manager.  It does NOT show up in explorer OR Disk Manager.  So I cannot format it or partition it or do anything ...