How to format an external USB 200GB HDD?????? Using control panel
What are the steps to do this and how do i do it???
N.J

Installed driver for Canon Pixma iP1000 with USB connection.  The
installation created a USB port (in Printer properties).  Device Manager also
showed something like USB printing device under the USB controllers.  
Problems:  After driver install printer works fine as long as the ...

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I've read the other threads on usb problems and none have helped. Here's my
problem:
1.  When I insert the memory stick, I can see Removable Disk (F) recognized in

I have a Dell computer and should have 150+ gb. on my hard drive, with 145
available to me to use.  I seem to have used almost all my available space
but can't find enough files to account for 98+ gb. of use.  The majority seem
to be in "my documents" but when I add up what I can ...

I recently ventured out to upgrade my ram and finally complete my
monster rig. I was planning on doubling my ram by buying another pair
of the exact same ram I have now. Apparently CompUSA doesn't carry
kingston ram. I asked the register monkey for an equivilant, and he

My secondary HD has started to turn itself on (which I don't mind because it
did that now and again anyway) but it's just that it won't turn itself off
anymore. This is despite the fact that in Power Saving I have set it to turn
off after 3 minutes. This never happened before. Has ...

I'd appreciate any help on this matter.
History:
I had 4 HDs connected through the IDE Controller card.
No Raid was set up - just 4 additional HDs.

help as soon as i play a dvd my machine reboots after a few seconds into the
movie. i have a ricoh dvd+rw/+r drive which has worked perfectly 4 years.
any thoughts/ suggestions.

I have a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250 GB hard drive.  I had
ghosted a dying WD 150 GB drive on it and had been using
it about a week.  After a restart it said that ntdlr was
missing.  Solved that problem.  Then a little while later,

Our new computer came with a 9-in-1 memorty card reader built in.  I had no
problems with it at first, but the last few times I used the SD card from my
digital camera in it, when I used the 'remove hardware' in the systray to
remove the card, it removed the icon from the systray ...

How can I get my computer to shut down automatically without pushing in the
button, running XP Professional on a FR500 motherboard.
Please any help

hi i, what should i do when the low memory appears on the taskbar  saying the
my computer has a low memory pls!! help

Cd problems causes xp to crash.   The Cd drive will not read some cds
and it will cause xp to freeze.  I insert the cd and then wait a
moment.  The xp sp2 freezes.  I have to do a hard boot.  
My cd Drive is misidentified,   According to my spec it should be

No google search has produced an answer to this, so I hope someone can help!
For the last week, the moment the welcome screen on Windows XP changes to my
desktop upon starting the PC, a 'Found New Hardware' dialog box is
displayed, giving me the option of searching Windows Update ...

How can you use your joystick as the mouse?