O.K., done the "usual" stuff, i.e.. through hardware manager assured that CD
ROM was "working O.K.", uninstalled then re-installed the drivers, scanned
for virus. My system is a SONY VAIO. Any experiences or ideas from anyone
would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all,
here comes a short tutorial for XP USB boot from any USB medium:
1.) Set in Bios boot from USB harddisk and disable hyperthreading.
2.) The fresh XP has to be installed as first partition with NO other

I am expecting my new Dell Notebook to arrive next month with an wireless
card installed (an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal).
I have also purchased a Linksys wireless router so I can use my notebook
anywhere in my house with a Dell desktop as the host (in my bedroom).

I'm unable to access my systems BIOS using my wireless keyboard.  Gyaration
tech support says the only way this problem can exist is if my USB devices
are disabled in the BIOS.  They are enabled, so they obviously don't know
what they're talkng about.  Windows has the a generic ...

subject: source: disk, event id: 51, winxp sp2 clean install sata hd errors
with nvidia nforce4 based board and nvidia chipset/platform drivers
hi there,
just recently built some amd athlon64 based system (asus a8n-sli premium,

My XP Pro computer won't boot.  I get the following message after my computer
posts:
"Missing or corrupt file /windows/system32/config/system"
I have been running without problems for about 3 months and yesterday it

I've got a USB external DVD Writer. When I plug it in Windows XP Pro
recognizes it and it works for 30 sec, then it unloads it (as if itwas
unplugged), then after five seconds it reloads the device (as if it was
plugged in again).

Hi List,
I recently purchased a new motherboard and parts with the exception of the
hard drives, I just moved over the existing hard drives but it will not boot
from it. It just keeps recycling, I can get into the F8 area but each safe

how can i change drive letter of one device drive to another?

Hi :)
I've just bought a new Gigabyte 6600GT card. There's a TV-Out breakout box
that has 4 female connections on it.
One's a 4-pin S-Video output. Fine, I know what that is.

I have a nvidia Geforce4 mx420 graphics card which I could enable
secondry desktop/extended desktop on.
However. when I updated the driver, the PC no longer gives me the option
on extended desktop and I cannot find out how to enable it.

Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me. My write-able CD drive on my
laptop has been not "fine" for a while, it reads music and CD-ROMs fine but
it has stopped recognising the drive as a write-enabled one... can ANYONE
help. lol... maybe add me to msn or sumthing: ...

i have a problem with my tv-out
i have
ATI Radeon 9800 pro and i bought a new tv-out cable.
i connect them and start my TV and then my PC and the computer doesn't

I have a strange problem. I am trying to install win2000 or winXP to
system having ( Pentium II processor at 400 Mhz , A brand new 80 GB H
with 8MB buffer , 256 MB SDRAM etc) The system recognizes the H
normally. Then at the windows installation it starts copying the file

I have a Compaq Armada laptop running XP SP2 which I use with its mobile
expansion unit (the floppy and CD drives, and a USB port.)  Yesterday I
disconnected the MEU without properly stopping the drives first, and got an
error message that said something about a power surge in ...