Hello all.  I was only able to find one topic on this issue on the
newsgroups.. and I'm kind of hoping to find a solution rather than the
workaround of just replacing the drive.
As the subject states, XP SP2 install CD goes black and hangs right

i recently installed a WD2500JD SATA Drive. It's recognized by XP
Pro - SP1 but it now causes a reinstallation of additional IDE Channels
every startup of Windows. Windows tells that the installation of
primary and secondary IDE channel failed with the message

I just purchased a Desktop 6000, and it won't allow a screen saver or
sleep mode. The screen stays on all the time. Does anyone know how to
fix this.

My computer: Compaq Presario 2700 Notebook
My CD-R/RW Drive: Model No. UJDA330
I can't record onto CD-R or CD-RW discs.  Even if the CD Writing Wizard goes
through the entire process and claims that I've successfully written the

I have a 128mb keychain flash drive that connects to the USB port. It
works fine in WinXP, but I would like to access it under DOS.
I have tried using a DOS 7 floppy boot disk with the recommended diver
(USBASPI.SYS) with no sucess. On bootup, there is a message displayed

I have a new IBM microsoft keyboard, but it has "hair trigger" keys which
cause a lot of typos.
Can I reduce the sensitivity?
Please help, Frank

Hi all,
I have recently purchased a new USB 2.0 PCI Card (Creative I/O) an
installed it on my desktop. As well I have bought a new maxtor 200 G
harddrive along with an external enclosure (Sabrent). The harddrive wa

I have a 160gigs samsung sata hdd, a week ago (after a power outage),
it atarted to make a "clicking" sound at random times, like it restarts
itself and so windows hangs a little while, then everything works fine.
I did not care about the clicking till today, thought it might be ...

I am confused about whether or not I should install the latest driver from
the ATI website for my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro.
When going to the ATI website they say you should only install a new driver
if you are having problems with your card and that not all drivers work with

Can anyone tell me how to keep the number lock on at boot. Everytime I
boot XP Pro the number lock is off and I have to press it in order to
enter my password.
TIA

I'm trying to make a voice recording on a CD and was told in another forum I'd
need to download Windows Encoder 9. After doing so, I started to follow his
instruction to create a new folder on my desktop but was interrupted by a
wizard that wanted me to configure an audio device. ...

a relative is having problems loading windows.  when he turns his pc on,
before windows loads he gets a message saying there is a problem and does he
want to start in safe mode, last good or start normally.  whichever option he
chooses the pc just freezes and if he tries to boot ...

Is XP home compatible with an AMD Athlon 64bit 4000+ processor and
motherboard could any one HELP!!!

Windows XP Pro SP2 with antivirus, antispyware, and all updates installed.  
Compal DVD CD-R/RW installed and recognized by Windows.  I have used
Regseeker and Regscrubxp for two years without problems.  I have not used XP
to burn cds for several months as I have been using Nero.  ...

Windows XP Home SP2  with current antivirus and spyware scans.  
I have two cd drives that came with the computer. They have worked without
any problems for 3 years.  My wife opened her desktop that she had not used
for months to install a program from cd.  The firewall and ...