I'm going to buy an external hard drive. I'm looking at the Western
Digital 250GB. Seems to be pretty good, and has good reviews. I'm
assuming that at one point all external disks will have problems and in
some cases just "die". My question is, will the data still be

i have an iAudio M3 20Gb portable hardrive/mp3 player.
this device has worked faultlessly on too many different computers to
mention. from apple to pc and across all operating systems.
i recently did a re-format and reinstall on my machine, and went from win

I just got a MS Wireless Keyboard 1.0 and wireless optical mouse.
Neither work. I've switched USB ports, swapped batteries, hit the reconnect
buttons, whacked the old mouse drivers and nothing. So now I'm writing this
using the old Dell KB and Logitech mouse. Suggestions?

I have WinXP SP2, and I have had a fair share of problems that I have
mostly rectified myself. However, I can't understand why this isn't
working.
Tonight I decided that I should finally hook up my DVD burner. Upon

Sorry if I repeat this topic, but this problem is driving me crazy:
My usb memory worked just fine under SP1.
After I installed SP2, it doesn't work properly.
When I plug it, often it's not recognized by the system,

Occasionally when I press the fingerprint reader, the OneTouch menu will not
show up even though it's authenticating properly.  Has anyone else had this
problem or know of a solution?  I'm drawing a blank and I find that menu
incredibly useful.

I have the Microsoft firewall enabled with XP, but I also have Zone Alarm
enabled with my dsl router. Do both firewalls work simultaneously, or does
one offset the other one? Is it necessary to have both?
Thank you all.

I recently purchased a Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.1 which
has a wireless optical mouse included.  There is a single USB
connector.  The mouse and keyboard work great except for one annoying
problem.  The Windows XP Power Management functions including the

I have just performed a clean install of Windows XP Prof SP2.
I have an exteranl 500GB Lacie disk (USB)
Prior to performing the clean install, the disk was working perfectly.
Now I am getting LOTS of delayed write errors and the drive can not be

I have a CD-R/CD-RW recognition issue that is long and complicated, so please
bear with me. Yesterday morning I turned on my computer and I was told that I
had a problem with my CMOS and that I needed to go into my CMOS and save my
settings. I simply entered my CMOS and went ...

I'm trying to install the "Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite for
Bluetooth" keyboard (Model 1002)and mouse (Model 1001) on a Dell Precision
M70 notebook. It has Windows XP Pro SP2 installed.
I followed the instructions to:

I have a number of computers networked together and I have assigned all my
drive letters (A-Z). It is important to me to maintain the current paths but
I need to add more drives is there a way or existing program?

I posted this before, and received some responses, but I still have not been
able to resolve this problem.
Having a problem where my CPU maxes out quit frequently when it never used
to.  It does it especially with games (games that have requirements of like

I have a Metal Gear Box drive enclosure (USB2) that I use just fine.
Recently, I bought another one that looks the same on the outside, but
the circuit board is totally different (appears to be two different
companies).

I have a Toshiba Portege 2000 which is stuck in a Hibernation retart loop -
it purports to be coming out of hibernation, but actually fails and reboots
again.
I think the Hibernation file is corrupt - in which case (research indicates)