I am confused on what CPU to buy for a desktop PC with winXP home
.
I want a computer for word processing, internet web broswing and some emails
only. Low usage I guess.

Hi I installed a second hard drive in my computer which also has a cd rom
and dvd writer. It appears in my computer etc as drive (F). I have tried
changing the drive letter in Administrative Tools/Computer management/Disk
management but the only options available for that drive ...

I was wondering if anyone has seen this kind of thing before:
We've recently upgraded one of our product lines from 98 to XP.
We use a removable hard drive loaded with an image of our system.
I've rolled out about 70 systems with no problem, except on one

hey all,
i was just wondering how fast does a hard drive talk to the pc?
read/writes per sec?
thanks,

I'm planning to install 3 WD Raptor 10k rpm SATA150 drives on my computer.
Two of those will be set in RAID0 aray and connected to a new FastTrak
TX2200 SATA (enchanced) controller. The third will be connected to on-board
SATA and made bootable for WinXP.

I have been having MAJOR problems with my hard drives mainly I think because
I'm not fully aware of what's going on.  My machine has 2 drives.  The small
one  what I assumed to be the main 'c' drive was one that flat cable & the
other was in a caddie that pulls out & is portable. ...

I got the same problem while my USB devices, either flashdisk or card
reader, can't be recognized by WinXP Pro SP2, i'm using Asus P4P800SE + P4
Prescott 3.2Ghz (overclocked to 3.5Ghz) + Kingston 1Gb (DDR266 dual
channel).

Aset keyboard
It has been said that the most common letters were taken off the home
row of the first typewriter keyboard to slow down the typist and
prevent jamming.

We have a problem with C drive boot disk (WD1200JB - IDE 133) giving an
error of non-system disk. The disk light stays on solid also. Machine is
stripped to nothing but C drive and video. WinXP Pro. P4 basic machine.
What would be the best order of steps to trouble shoot this, and ...

When I try to run progrma son my PC, a message comes up saying insert
the correct cd rom and restart the application. Ive done everything I
can and can to get it to work.
It only seems to happen with stuff that needs more than one disc to

I am a Systems Engineer building and selling computers to my business
customers, all systems prior to yesterday that I sell are Celeron and
Pentium's socket 478 with the ASUS P4S800-MX motherboard, one customer
wanted a system with a SATA harddrive so I ordered the ASUS P5S800-VM ...

When I first turn on my PC or reboot it, after I get the black screen with
the Windows logo, I get a message that says "One of your disks needs to be
checked for consistency.....CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)."  
When stage 1 gets to over 70%, another screen pops up (a ...

Our application prints invoices on Epson DFX-8500 with paper size of Fanfold
11" x 8.5". This paper size was available till Windows NT and were working
without any issues. Epson advises to use XP built-in driver and this driver
does not provide for the above paper size. Currently ...

When I try to run progrma son my PC, a message comes up saying inser
the correct cd rom and restart the application. Ive done everything
can and can to get it to work.
It only seems to happen with stuff that needs more than one disc t

The whole computer is working correctly as far as I can tell except for one
thing.  After burning a CD, the computer states "A Fatal Error has Occured"
and reboots itself.  I'm using the Windows Burning function, not any
third-party software.  Any idea what causes this?