After a system crash, one of my hard disks became "invisible".  BIOS
recognizes it, WinXP System info reports it, but Storage...Disk Management
reports it as an unknown filesystem.
Is there a SW available that would allow me to restore the data on the

I have a problem with my Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop keyboard. Not long
ago, the right arrow key sometimes didn't work (there was no response
when I pressed it). And now, some of the keys in the keyboard didn't
work, they are: A, S, D, F, J, K, L, ;, Fn, \

Is there a guide for how to set IntelliType to make the keys do more
useful things than the defaults?
For example: The "Mail" key brings up Outlook, but actually switches
the view *away* from the mail folder and sets it to "Outlook Today"

I have three machines using three systems in my home network; WIN95,
WIN98SE, and Windows XP HE. I had a printed connected to the WIN98SE machine
but started using the XP so much that I brought it to the floor where the XP
is located. Ever since, I get a communication error every ...

I have a Compaq PC working fine for 3 years till I installed a USB driver
for a SanDisk reader. Here's what I had for drives before the installation
(X:) Drive -A mapped network drive for a remote PC subdirectory
(F:) Drive -A Maxtor USB drive

I'd like to buy a 2" disk in USB enclosure.
Do these thin aluminium enclosures provide enough cooling
and mechanical protection for the drive?
Can you recomment specific drive models that work well

Is there any kind of CHEAP adapter that will allow me to hook a PC Card up to a desktop/server (cheaper than going out and buying a
fax modem)?
Thanks for any help anyone can provide,
Conan Kelly

Is it possible to check RAM speed (e.g. PC-100, PC-133, etc) without
actually opening the computer and looking at the label on the memory stick?

i can't use my dvd rewriter many times, i reinastalled the windows, after i
use about 10? than it doesn't work anymore. now it seems can't be reached
too!!

I just had a system meltdown on my other PC, running 2k. The "system" file
went bad, and restoring it from a backup at the recovery console got me up
and running. (don't ever let anyone tell you command line skills are
useless........)

Since installing a new HD for my Master, I lost my DVD drive and my CD-RW
drive.  I've tried to install the software, but the drives won't work.  I
have checked every where, including a MS site for trouble shooting and
followed all the steps of uninstall adn re-install the ...

I have a problem, and I have not found any good working solution for this.
I was running windows XP (installed it 2 months ago) on my service computer
on our technical department.
Windows downloaded updates, rebooted the PC at night (this was before I

Can somebody tell me how to do a firmware update on my cd rom?

I'm thinking this may be a stupid question, but here it goes.  Is there a
tool out there that will tell you the cyl. heads and sectors of the HDD if
you only have the size of the HDD.  So for example, if I have a 300GB SATA
HDD, can I find out the BIOS info with some sort of ...

when i try to burn cds, as i have successfully in the past i get error
message "Insert a blank CD-r or CD-RW in CD drive (E:), and then try again."
But there is a blank cd-rw inside!  I have gone through the entire
troubleshooting menu with no success.  is this a hardware problem? ...