I installed a new 80Gb hard drive to my Win XP Pro machine and used disk
management to format it.
Followed the only option route in to making the disk Dynamic...although if i
had the option i would not do that.

It's just taken me 45mins to switch on my computer and it's been like that
for about 3 months now.
On the first switch on it gets to the windows xp startup screen and then the
screen goes black (as in switched-off black).  There is an audible click from

is there any support in xp for a conner ctt-800if (also labelled ctt-800ir)
floppy tape drive? if not, are there backup applications that support this?
this page:
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bcatid=402&av=14-795

I have a PC with Asus A7V266-EX motherboard, AMD Athlon processor and
512 MB RAM. This board has 4 USB1 onboard ports. I have added a PCI
USB2 board with the Via 6202 chipset and 4 USB2 ports. I am running XP
SP2 with the latest Via USB drivers.

We are using WindowsXP and IE. Our ISP is Optonline. We were having an issue
where we are able to open, read, delete, file all mail but as soon as we
wanted to either reply to an email and/or creat a new email from scratch we
got a pop-up msg that stated that "IE Experienced a ...

I have this problem, when i plug in my 3G iPod via USB, it gets
recognized but i dont get an entry in my computer, where as when i plug
it into a different computer i do get an entry in a My Computer. Does
anyone know how to fix this problem?

I posted earlier on a similar subject, but now have better information from
which to ask the question differently
I used to use my Panasonic PBX set-up DOS program on my Win98 PC.
I have been told by Panasonic that their DOS program for setting up their

I am using Windows XP Home Edition (with SP1, SP2 and all updates). The
operating system was booting of a Maxtor 160Gb HD, needing more storage I
have connected a second SATA drive (250 Gb) onto the motherboard. The bios
recognises it, as does windows Device manager which says ...

I am hoping somoene can help me solve the riddle behind this issue...
I have an IBM (Lenovo) T41 Laptop running XP Pro... I have a Wireless
LAN setup as part of my home network, I have two other laptops that
connect to the network via WiFi. Both are T42's, both have internal

hello i run an emachines 130, Intel Celeron Processor 897mhz, i want to
upgrade my computer to at least an 1.8 processor, could any one suggest a
processor or a new motherboard to me ? REPLY TO Jam2k2@msn.com  if possible.
thanks Jamie

i aquired a pc off a friend which is set up with xp pro on-everything
is working fine except for the keyboard
there is no keyboard showing in device manager list-can somebody please
advise me on how to install a ps2 keyboard for use with the computer

i made the following post yesterday:
I have an e-machine.  I am running windows xp home edition.  If I leave my
computer on for an hour or so it will crash.  I get a blue screen.  At first
I though it was a software problem so I used the restore cd provided by

i recently bought a sata hard drive and want to use it as my main drive but
it won't boot properly if it is the only drive how can i fix this

Yes my friends --
    I have an optical mouse with a tail but no ball.  The scroll
wheel acts sticky sometimes.  How do I clean it?  
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What's the best method of shutting down a pc with external hard drives.  
Should the pc be shut down first or should the external hard drives be turned
off first?
I hope I get more than one reply, especially if they're conflicting.