I have 3 hard disks and I am putting together a new computer.  
The first hard disk is brand new SATA 300GB 16meg cache and NCQ.  
The other two are 250 MB 8meg cache IDE's.
Would it be best to keep my system files on the new SATA drive

I have been trying to sort out a start up problem with my computer and have
managed to get it down to a Harddrive issue.
I have two hardrives in my computer, a Master and a Slave. The Master has
Windows XP on it and the Slave is really only for storage. Everything has

Have just set up a Dell Truemobile 2300 wireless router and fitted
laptop with wireless card. The computer & router are talking to each
other no problem, but IE and Outlook Ex will not connect to internet
via the wireless connection. My broadband is from NTL set top box.

My computer (running Windows XP Home Edition) boots up okay but before
boot-up is complete I get a message saying "Checking file system on C: the
type of the file system is NTFS, Folume Label is HDD.  One of your disks
needs to be checked for consistency....etc."

When I try to shut off the PC (by clicking "start", "turn off computer" &
then "turn off"), the following messages appear “Logging off”, “Saving your
settings” and then “Windows is shutting down”. The message “Windows is
shutting down” stays on the screen and the PC doesn’t turn ...

System running XP pro SP2 would appear to be running OK!
However, I have noticed my onboard Boradcom NIC and AGP Radeon 9800XT
graphics card are not listed in Device Manager.
Viewing hidden items doesn't reveal them and neither are there any

I have seen some small add-on card that will reset to original once reboot
the system.  Is there any newsgroup to talk about such hardware?
Thanks,
Ray

I have just installed an second SATA 200GB hard drive (Seagate Barracuda
200.0GB ST3200822AS) but it is not showing up like a normal drive in My
Computer.
The weird thing is that it has been detected by my motherboard and Windows

I've been battling Page Fault Error so I download UPHClean and now I get the
error above.  Does this mean my hard drive is failing, or do I just need to
unplug and plug back in.  School is starting soon and I need to get this
resolved.

Thanks for the help guys.  
Just to give a bit more info...I'm totally crap on the hardware side
but good on software probs, so this one i think is beyond me.  M
packard bell is an imedia 5070, it now has OEM windows xp.  It is abou

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Last weekend I accidently deleted a file that my computer needs to recognize
my computer (I was cleanning up in preparation to wipe my hard drive).  I can
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I have a sony laptop and was trying to install the ALPS touchpad drivers. It
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hi to eveyone,
i just bought a new computer system with new components
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when i try to repair windows everything seems to be all right it boots from
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