ok desperately need help, my other computer was on a network at uni and since
ive come off it whenever i start up my computer it has a black screen with
some wrting then automatically switches to a blue screen trying to start
windows xp from the recovery boot disk i have.  if it ...

I am running Windows XP Pro...main Hard Drive is 80GB Primary Master; I had
a second (Secondary Slave) 20GB drive where I store all my
files/pics/programs/etc. Both hard drives are Maxtor.
Also I have my Power Options set in the "Turn Off Monitor" to 3 minutes.

Where do I check to know what type of hard disk I have?
I want to know the Interface, RPM, and Access Time of my HD.

I have a new Dell computer with OS Windows XP home.  I just installed my
old Iomega Jaz drive and SCSI card.  The Jaz drive is not located in My
Computer.  The Jaz drive is, however, located in Device Manager in Disk
drives as “Iomega Jaz 1GB SCSI Disk Device.”

ok i got two fan, one is located inside power supply  and the second is under
it . the fan on the power supply blow out air outside the computer and the
second big fan suck in air inside the computer. I want to know if the second
fan has the right configuration,  does the second ...

OS is Windows XP Home SP 1 and 2.
I have two physical hard drives C and D.  D drive has remnants of an earlier
XP installation and now, on booting, it gives me the choice of which
version.  I have, from the C: drive, formatted D but it still asks me which

My Sony DRU-510a DVD writer no longer recognizes DVDs.  I can still read and
write CDs and the device manager properly recognizes the drive but when I put
any dvd in the drive, Explorer will pause and then prompt me with "Please
insert a disc into drive".  I have tried removing ...

Can I replace my motherboard, cpu & memory and expect my existing Windows XP
installation to boot up? I realise there may be an issue with XP detecting
too many hardware changes and insisting on being reregistered, but is that
likely to be the only thing?

I have been having similar problems with my new MS Wireless
IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0 mouse (Model No. 1007) on my MS XP Home
system.  Sometimes it suddenly slows down terribly.  Multiple clicks
have no effects on whatever you want to do.  Windows scroll speeds

Okay, here's the situation, any help you can provide ... please!
I've got a pc running WinXP Home, the 20GB hd had some bad sectors.  I
bought a 160 GB hd to replace it.  The version of Norton Ghost I have won't
handle WinXP, so I did a direct sector copy from the 20GB to the 160 ...

I own a Lexar pen drive, and i'm trying to make it bootable.
I formatted it from windows 98 with /s option, and copied all
necessary files.
Now i'm in trouble, cause i think that bios must see the pen, but dos (or

I have recently installed a TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-U624 onto my Dell laptop. I
installed a dvd decoder to play dvd's, but even before this nomusic cd's or
data cd's would play. It would just say "insert disc in drive"
Please help since I can't just watch dvd's all day, and not read ...

I'm trying to get an internal multi-card reader to install correctly on
my WinXP machine. The problem is, it works when logged in as admin, but
not as the User (it's a public place). And in fact, once you log in as
the user and then back again, the drives are not there, like it

Well My problem is little same as here :
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Har...Q_20915592.html
My problem is when I plug a USB Bluetooth adaptor into USB port
Windows Xp(Sp2) installed drivers itself but If I restart my pc it

Please can someone help me with this problem  I have tried to install an
external mobile drive but the message I get from the device manager is "The
device is disabled because the firmware of the device did not give the
required resources (code 29)"