Laptop running XP Home with SP2.  The DVDRW drive Sony U50A cannot read any
discs inside Windows.  I can reinstall Windows as well as boot up to Knoppix
using a Knoppix CD.  Any ideas?

Currently using XP Pro latest SP2 etc...
I have an LG 4081B DVD+RW burner (Super multi what ever that is)
The system came with B's clip and Gold Recorder 7 installed, I removed them
and put nero demo in and it gave me a write burn error.  So I down loaded

I have a nVidia GeForce FX 5200 AGP video card and I am planning on
installing it in my new MB.  The MB says it does not support 3.3v AGP cards
but does support 1.5v and 0.8v cards.  Went to nvidia web site, they said
some GeForce cards do and some don't????  Paperwork with card ...

I guys,  I just installed a new hard drive then I installed windows XP SP2  
on the disk and the computer keeps rebooting and I'm getting a blue screen
c000221 unknown hard error.  Then I re-install windows 2000 it works Ok.  
Then I installed windows XP SP1 it work OK, then I ...

I'm trying to get my Targus USB 2.0 hub to run at USB 2.0 speed.
Everything I've located on the internet indicates that Windows XP
service pack 2 should include the necessary files to install it at 2.0
speed.  It always installs intself as "Generic Hub" instead of "Generic

My Acer Travelmate recently losy the ability to connect to the wireless
network. One day it worked, put the machine into suspend mode, and when I
restarted it wireless was gone.
The adapter shows as working fine in device manager, it seems as if the

Recently I cloned a new hard drive because the old one was failing.
Everything went well with the cloning other than the following problems.
1- I cannot have full use of office xp small business; this is the error
that I’m receiving.

I have a new samsun 120 GB hard drive that I have placed into two
seperate external enclosures connected to my dell pentium 4 win XP
computer via USB. My computer will not recognize the hard drive. It
powers up fine? Any ideas of what to do next?

since I reinstall XP + SP2, I can't download my own movies from my SONY
camcorder trought the firewire port.
throught the USB port, I can without probleme download my pictures from my
camcorder.

Impossible to lauch the IrDA connection, the event observer states that
impossible to start Routing and Distant access service. If I try to start
this service manually, I get a -2147483576 error code
Any idea

When my old laptop ceased operating, I took out the hard drive and had it put
into a USB enclosure, so I could retrieve the data onto my new computer.
I can open the drive, and files on it, except for the ones in Documents and
Settings for those users who were passworded for log ...

I have never had a problem with this hardware until recently. I have
rechargable batteries that I switch out when the mouse goes dead. It usually
takes about a month or more. Lately the mouse needs new batteries in a matter
of hours. I put brand new durecells into it to see if it ...

i am having trouble with the drive reading some disks my dvd rom does not
read any type of disk and the cd rw will read some and not others if i burn a
disk it will not read the disk afterwards but another computer will this is
the message i get from the event viewer   Details

I am trying to get my neighbor's Windows 2000 machine running, and
decided to try to boot a disk from his DVD drive.  I have tried
setting his BIOS to boot from the drive - and nothing works.  In fact,
when I make the drive the ONLY bootable drive, the machine fails to

I have two laptop hard drives, 20 GB each, one internal, one external.  If I
use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to backup my system files to CD's,
then partition my hard drives, will the use of the CD's destroy the
partitions?