I am trying to repair a windows xp pc and have installed new mobo + new
psu because these were faulty? so i thought. The same problem still
exsists i.e.no bootup nothing!. There is a voltage off sorts from the
new psu but pc will still not boot up, no power to lights or anything

I'm building a new PC with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor and am
seeking advice on which 32-bit Windows OS to install.  Do both XP Home and XP
Pro handle dual-core CPUs?  If yes, are there any serious drawbacks
stability-wise or performance-wise when using Home as ...

Hello, any advice on this problem would be gratefully accepted.  I have a
laptop one yr. old and I can play a dvd just fine but when I put a cd in the
dvd drive it doesn't work.  I am trying to download software to use a new
fax/printer/scanner and it doesn't read it at all.  I ...

Hi all, i have just installed a new second hard drive on my desktop pc. the
problem i am having is that although the start up screen has recognisedand
the device manager has found and installed the driver for it for some unknown
reason when i go into my computer the drive isnt ...

I am getting the error #1516 when trying to resize the partition on my
hard drive using pm 8 when booting the computer. XP will not boot up
all the way and I cannot access the dos either... I only get a black
blank screen when it is in the middle of loading xp. So, I can't do the

trying to install any cd,this error comes up.the other problem is that
its a cd to install a wireless adapter in my pc,so i cant even go on
the internet to download a cure.can anyone help?

I have this strange problem with USB flash drives. If I plug in one while
booting up from Win XP SP2, I get a bluescreen with error 7B. If I boot up
the pc without the USB flash drive, then the pc boots up fine. The USB flash
drive works ok in the OS.

I just bought a new computer except for a HDD
The specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
2Gb RAM DDR 400

please help
I have tried everything suggested here, to no avail
my last option is to reinstall windows xp pro
can any suggest anything new/

I just want to check something to make sure I'm not doing something wrong.
I have a Dell P991 analog monitor and in my computer I have an EVGA
6800GT 256 AGP card that has a DVI connection available along with the
standard monitor connector . The monitor has a

I need to install raid sata drivers from diskette during the windows xp
setup process.  The message prompts for a diskette in drive "A".
Can I use a USB attached diskette drive in place of the standard ribbon
cable attached diskette?

My USB hard drive loads in the device manager as nonremovable (no storage
volumes).  
Also the drive icon and drive label does not appear.
Shows up with no drive letter in Device Manager, I set a drive letter from

I just bought a new harddrive from Seagate.its 100gb and i installed it into
my computer. When i boot up the computer the keyboard doesnt turn on and
doesnt work so i cant even get into the bios or setup or anything.
        While it is booting, it goes into the safe mode ...

My XP Pro PC at the cottage dies all too regularly with a Stop 0x6F.
The root cause is temperature extremes - the cottage is not heated
during the week, then we arrive for the weekend and heat the place up.
The Slot-1 adapter gradually works it's way out of the slot, then the PC

Hi I want to add new HD to my computer and make it the Master drive and boot
from it. The HD that is there is small and my computer boots from this drive
and I want to transfer my data from the old HD to the New HD.
How do I do this and then later use the smaller HD for data?