When loading a blank disc for burning, Windows Explorer tells me:-
    'D:\ is not accessible.  Incorrect function'
The drive will happily play a video CD or DVD but does not like blank discs.
Does anyone have a cure for this problem?

We have a computer that we just made high-speed cable ready yesterday.  It
was working fine until the switch on the power strip was turned off and we
went to turn the computer back on - it will not turn on but says " new
hardware has been installed and may be have caused an ...

Hi,
I am attempting to run a 16-bit application in Windows XP Prof. I can get
the software to begin loading (by editing the properties of the executable
and instructing Windows XP to run it as a Windows 98 application) and it

Hi, I've been beating my head against the wall trying to get this new DVD
burner to work on a XP Pro SP2 system. Actually, two systems. One is a Dell
Inspiron 8200 and the other a Dell Inspiron 8600. The results are the same on
both computers.

Just wondering if it's normal for me to press my finger at a registered
website, and have it take up to 10-15 seconds for it to enter my info and
login.  If so, why?
Thanks!

I have a Gateway running on Windows XP SP2 and I have a battery that is at
100%charge and when I unplug the AC or turn it on w/o the AC connected, the
screen backlight goes out and then in about 4 to 5 seconds, the notebook will
shut off completely. I have tried to recalibrate ...

I'm planning to purchase a 16' Active USB cable that ends in a female A
type end.   I understand that 5 meters (just over 16') is the max
length of USB cable before signal corruption occurs.   I have a few
quick questions:

Windows XP failed to boot, tried to reinstall windows.  After getting to 100
%. windows said it could not format the drive. Tried another hard drive,
same exact thing.  Tried a third drive, same thing again.
I changed the ide cable, also.

my dvd -rw drive will not open (there is not a dvd inside) although the
device properties state it is working properly.Has anyone any ideas?
Many thanks
John

I got Maxtor One Touch 250gb over 2 years back, one with two firewire
ports and one USB port.
I have computers with only USB ports.
Recently I connected the disk to USB port of a mchine which apparently

I just built a new machine (64-bit Sempron and MSI K8MM-V motherboard).
Everything SEEMED fine...installed OS, etc and had no problems.
UNTIL I FIRST inserted my USB-memory-stick into the 'front-port' USB
socket!

My speakers, which came along with the computer, have recently started making
a low humming noise. I can no longer play any music from any source, nor does
my computer make any noise. I've checked and re-checked the connection
between the computer and speakers, and the green ...

My friend just gave me a computer I reformated it with windows xp home
edtion, however, it needs some drivers and I do not know what kind of
hardware the computer gots in it nor do I know how to find what kind of
hardware the computer gots in it either.  How would I find what kind ...

Hi, hope someone can help me...I notice other people have lost there CD Rom
also but afraid mine does not fix itself after rebooting. It does not show up
at all in my device manager..no ! marks anywhere. How do you reinstall it
when you are unable to access the cdrom/dvd player?

I was recently reinstalling a "ghost" image back onto my hard drive. I didnt
format the hard drive, I simply selected the partition and proceeded to
install the ghost image I had.
Only trouble is I have a backup hard drive on the system and accidently