I have a Antec 1080 Server case with front mounted USB, my motherboard has
USB 1 and 2 sockets, but when  I plug in a Sandisk jumpdrive device manager
finds new hardware. However its Not Reconfigured. But if I use the rear
socket it works. Device Manager list Enhanced PCI to ...

I have a 20gig drive that is compressed.  I have over 20gigs of music
stored on it.  All of a sudden when I try to open the drive in
explorer, I get an error message saying XP needs to format the drive.
Is there a way I can get it to work again?  I do have most of the music

We used to have a 7 gig HD as the slave in our PC but I picked up a 40 gig
from where I work and just plugged it in the old HDs place.  The computer
recognizes the hard drive in the device manager and in the BIOS settings at
startup.  The problem is that it's not showing up in My ...

We have a sony vaio PCV-RS410 that is only 9 months old.  Aside from our
numerous other problem our dvd drive now won't work.  We have taken it in a
few times and they say nothing is wrong, but it doesn't recognize dvd's and
won't write.  Usually the response is no disc.  ...

Windows XP doesn't recognize my scanner.  I have
uninstalled, reinstalled, updated drivers and still no
luck.  I have a Microtek Scanmaker 3630.  Here are the
error messages I get when I attempt to run the scanner:

dear newsgroup,
i am using xp pro sp2 mobo asus a7v333 (raid - but raid function is not
used) parallel ata controllers.
recently i added 160 gb hdd. ntfs formatted with partition magic. hdd is

I have a RAID 0 configuration on my computer with 2 hard disks & now when i
switch my computer on, it firstly takes ages to change from the Intel Pentium
4 logo at bootup and then loads in the RAID configuration and is showing that
one of the hard disks is "missing". I had not ...

I'm trying to install an OEM XP pro and am getting error codes. If i try to
boot from the CD I get error code 5, this is before even starting the
install process.
I've made the 6 boot disks, disk 1 gives a 519 error codethen stops.

when I try installing any hardware (printer, camera etc) a windows message
states that a device is already being installed.  doesn't say what device or
give a choice of stopping the installation.  any suggestions?

I just purchase an Iomega ext HD 160GB USB 2.0 . Apparently my Getaway PC XP
Pro SP-2 doesn't detect the new hardware. I tried installing the BIOS update -
as recommended - but still doesn't work. When i tried to add the hardware the
system finds it but at the end there is a msg ...

Im running a kt600 A, with award bios 6.00pg, and I have an IDE 40gig
drive in place.
I want to add a Maxtor 6L200M0 to it.. Ive managed to format the thing.
My bios says the drive is there, in sata channel Zero.  \

I would like to be able to just plug in a USB keyboard that I have without
having to use a PS/2 adapter. (The adapter is now slack and falls out
easily)The problem is that when I restart the computer after attaching this
USB keyboard directly using a USB port (and not the ...

I have tried to load the Ricoh i500 on to my laptop computer with Windows XP.
I have downloaded the new USB from Ricoh web site.  When I installed it, it
shows as the Ricoh i700?
When I try and connect the camera with the USB cable, it bleeps show's the

I hope that someone here can help.
I have a partitioned hard drive, c and d.
c has operating system and a few programs.
d has most of my programs.

Hey all, I am having trouble getting my floppy drive to work, I need to make
a diskette to check and repair my hard drive after booting but every time I
try to access the a: drive the My Computer window switches to "not
responding"...I have tried 3 different floppy drives and I ...