ok this is what happend. my computer froze, so i restarted it, then it
came up as a black screen looking kinda like dos (i think) it said
operating system not found.  i have a emachines desktop t series t2542.
i got restore cd out and restarted my computer. it came up and said

I'm using WinXP Home, SP2, and have a USB memory stick and a USB external
drive. either will show in device manager, but neither will display in
Explorer. I've checked
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297694  and that info

I could use some help/advice.
I upgraded to Win XP/Pro on my Dell Dimension 4100 desktop.
The installation all went fine and XP works very good.
The one 'problem' I have is that the messages indicate that the scanner software will not work with XP, and the manufacturer's site ...

I cannot make a Quicken Backup to my DVD RW drive.
It's the first time I've tried on this new machine.
"Disk is not RW or disk is full"....this is not the case...it's a blank 4X
DVD RW, and I did try another disk.

Can't find support for NT4 anymore, so I thought I'd try posting on XP,
since it uses an NT kernel.
I'm running NT4/sp6a on an older PII pentium with dual 350 Mhz cpu's.  I use
an older Adaptec 2940 UW to control 4  nine-gig SCSI's that I use for video

    I am looking for a combination of 4 internal sata ports and at leat 6
external usb 2.0 ports.
This is just a board that is attached to the mother board that takes up one
slot. I am not looking for a motherboard.

After installing documentation software for work to my F: drive and re-booting,
my F: drive is now "...not accessible.  The file or directory is corrupted
and unreadable."   Properties report 0 bytes free, 0 bytes used, file system:
RAW

I want upgrade memory (existing is 128MB) in PIII 866MHz, to 256MB or more,
to install Windows XP.
Can I add 256MB module, so total will be 384MB(128+256)? Or I need  use
256MB module only? Or 2 x 256=512MB?

I know that there are a lot of people who have had similar posts on this, but
I wonder if anyone has the answer. I have a new computer that won't
automatically find the driver for my USB flash stick. any ideas?
Thanks in advance

I've got a Gigabyte K8VT800 Skt 754 Motherboard that works fine except
for ONE thing. The hard drive led is on all the time (there is no
flashing activity). I know the pins are correct and the polarity is ok
too. I can only assume that there is a fault on the mobo.

I have a Compaq Presario with WinXP sp2.
When I ran the PC-Doctor to check the floppy disk drive, I got a Result as
under:
Surface scan test failed. Code: FD529-4

I have an HP DC7100 SFF with Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express onboard
graphics.  I'd like to enable dual monitors by adding a secondary card.
Can anyone recommend something suitable or advise me what features to
look for?

I just have never got this to work right, I have Creative Inspire 5.1 5200
speakers with the SoundBlaster 24 bit EAX. The only speakers that I can get
to work is the center speaker and the subwoofer. I have had my pc for 2.5
years. Every other month I try again. I dont know how ...

After suffering a powercut a few weeks ago and having my PC crash, then
perform some weird changes on reboot, I was left with no alternative but to
reformat my primary hdd and reinstall Windows XP Pro. Since then all my
drive letters have altered, so now my system drive is no ...

I had just formated my windows XP PC, and was going to re-install my XP back
onto it, i had formatted the Partition, then it said copying new files, and
then Rebooted.
But when rebooting i get the following error message: