I posted yesterday about a hard drive format that was proceeding very slowly.  It is a Maxtor 250GB ATA/133 drive, I set up a single partition and started a default NTFS format using the computer management applet.  It took over 90 minutes to reach the "1 percent complete" point. ...

can any one pls. help me about fixing a cd-rom,cdr-w,dvd-r. thanks.

I'm experiencing a strange problem with my Compaq Armada E500 notebook and
WinXP Pro SP1: USB is not working at all - although I installed the USB
update from Windows Update.
The problem is as follows:

What is the best way to set up a printer in terms of all around speed?  I
have an HP T65 all in one (Parallel) and my daughters have USB all in one HP
1210's...
At times it seems the 1210's are slow in responding to print.. A run of

my ps/2 keyboard and mouse wont work on every other start
up of windows xp.  it is very consistent.  i have to boot
twice every time.  i don't understand why it will work
only on the second boot.  please help me.

I recently put a 1ghz AMD Athlon cpu into my pc, but
there is a problem. After about 30 mins use, it cuts out,
but the power stays on. No signal is sent to the monitor
and I cant turn it back on for about 10-15 mins. I guess

I recently put a 1ghz AMD Athlon cpu into my pc, but
there is a problem. After about 30 mins use, it cuts out,
but the power stays on. No signal is sent to the monitor
and I cant turn it back on for about 10-15 mins. I guess

I have a Nova Tech , 64 pro using a asus K8V deluxe motherboard . the main hard drive is 160 gig sata ATA and everything has been working fine
I am trying to add a 40 gig Maxtor IDE additional drive.  When this drive is added , and I reboot this message comes up, reboot and select ...

Why is windows Xp asking me to format my already NTFS formatted drive
and what is the solution?
..T

I need to know how to check a number of things for
errors, including:
RAM
HD

I was closing programs on XP before shutting down as
normal, when I clicked to close a program and then my
mouse froze on the screen and has stopped responding since.
I have tried re-starting the computer on numerous

Have a total of three drives.  The main one is working fine.  Just
installed XP Pro after a problem with the old system drive forced me
to replace it.  Have two other drives which are hooked up, seen by XP,
but only one of them is being recognized as it is supposed to be in

The calander in the works 6.0 section was working fine
and now says there is an error. It says I must reinstall
works in order to get it to work properly. How do I go
about fixing this. Works came with my computer and I am

I recently upgraded my mother board and installed windows
XP.  I have tried my PS/2 Microsoft Wheel mouse 3.0 and a
Micro-Inovations 5 buttton wireless optical wheel mouse.  
The Autoscroll used to work just fine when I was running

I just purchased a used computer from ebay.  I knew it
didn't have an OS, so I got Windows XP to install it.  
However, I just received the computer and the cd-rom is
not a installed.  Is this normal or did I get ripped off?