my computer won't read any type of disc yet it was just last week. what might
of happend?

I want to run a Panasonic DOS program used to store configuration data into
my KXTD208E ISDN PBX on my new Win XP laptop.  The s/w normally runs on a
Win98 PC which has the usual COM1 port.
I bought a Belkin F5U103 USB to Serial adaptor and downloaded their more

When booting it gives me the following Error"Insert floppy into Drive A:" and
i cannot boot. I can put a bootable floppy and see each of the partition and
from Bios i can see the hard disks...I have a pentium 3 550Mhz 256ram WinXP
Professional SP2...what could be the problem.

Compare Intel Pentium D 805 (2.66G 533MHZ)  Vs Athlon 64 3200+ (2.G
512KL2 Cache)
Medium user with a few multimedia need and playing some games.

Im  thinkin it  ,, so  Im  Hoping its possible..  I Have a Sony Vaio
with XP on it.  I'd like to connect my old Hewlett Pack which is
running windows 98 , to the New PC and use it as an external drive for
memory.. First  The Hewlett Pack is acting up I cant find my reboot

This one is for a friend who has Broadband which never worked well from day
one and has now packed up completely.
She has a Broadband external modem (the ISP's) and the Broadband light is
out so apparently, the line is not synchronised.

Not responding ......software
I have a laptop - Windows XP, Intel Celeron 350
256 MB SDRAM, 40GB HDD
My laptop is now giving me trouble. It says "Not responding" on my

My main HD drive 0, has a bad block which causes a crash once in a while.
Can anyone suggest a decent program to isolate or repair a bad block?
Thankyou