My computer doesnot recognize my cd or dvd rom, I have windows xp home, does
anybody knows how to solve this problem

Recently tried to install new second harddrive to my machine
Receive an error in the Hardware update wizard
Pop-up says:
Cannot Install tihs Hardware

How's everybody doing?  Happy New Year. I have a Hewlett Packard psc 2110
All-In-One (Copy, print & scanner) that keeps giving me internet explorer
errors everytime I want to scan pictures.  I've had the scanner for 2 years
and this just started happening a couple of days ago.  ...

I have a DVD/CDR-W Combo drive on my laptop, recently the drive doesn't
recognize any DVD's, Data or film.  The drive is a Samsung SN-324F and my OS
is WinXP home.  I have NERO and PowerDVD software that was bundled with the
PC when I bought it.  When I put a DVD in the drive the ...

i have just purchased a Hauppauge WinTV Nova USB tv card for my pc. i
am having difficulty installing the software, because when it has
finished installing and i open the program a message appears saying
'OpenDevice not successful, Hardware not connected'. i have made sure

An under powered older computer with a 260 watt psu is having some problems
running a few USB devices.
One possibility is exchanging the PSU for a higher watt rating.
But would attaching the devices to a USB Hub with it's own ac power cable

Dear techs,
im trying to install a 250gb WD IDE drive in a Winwods Media Center
edition Dell.  The drive was previously formatted for NTFS on a winxp
pro machine.  The drive is connected to a pci card that came with the

I have a Dell E510 that has a drive HL-DT-ST DVD+ - RW GWA 41648 drive.
I can put a program CD in the drive such as Windows disk and the drive
reads it. If I put a data disk that was written on another Dell and seen
by all Dells in the office, it can't see information on disk. If ...

A few days ago, i inserted my new evanescence cd into the disk drive. Not
knowing that this "cd" is actually more of a dvd, its now stuck. My cd rom
won't open...the button on the CPU wont work...do i have any alternatives? i
dont care about the cd, but i dont want to wreck my ...

my old hard drive has alot of programs on it can i copy fron 1 drive to the
other

my laptop harddrive has recently dyed and i dont have the money for a new one
i was wondering if there is a way to install windows xp onto a hard drive
that is in a hard drive case that connects via a usb 2.0 port?

I am changing my computer, upgrading fron an P III 800 MHz to a P IV 775 3.2
GHz.
I wonder if it is as simple as to connect the old hard drive to the new
computer and start using it...

I purchased a GFOrce FX 5500 PCI 128MB DDR graphics card, which I have no
problem installing. When I put in the installation CD, nothing. It is not
recognized. Found out my graphics card is integrated and I cannot figure out
how to disable it. I was told either flip a switch on ...

I am using XP SP-2.  USB ports work with my printer and  camera but if I plug
in a storage device (flash drive or MP3 player) the found new hardware
message comes up and the new hardware wizard launches and can not find the
software needed (drivers?).  This process fails.  If I ...

I have on my pc 2 times WinXP pro installed  (C-drive en E-drive)
Under winxp on the E-drive i can read my usb stick (1GB perfect)
However on my C-drive: explorer lists a removable disk and than explorer
hangs (does not respond)