I have an HP laptop that will now only recognize the D drive as "HP Recovery
Disc" no matter what I do.  I can watch a DVD, but cannot setup any new
software - does not recognize any setup command.

I am looking for a hotfix regarding article no. 818733. Tel support is
taking too long.
Any help would be appreciated.

I am using a Garmin GPS on my serial port (COM 1). It is constantly being
recognized as a serial mouse and this is causing my Streets and Trips to
fail, I occassionally get the "blue-screen-of-death", and, on reboot, mouse
pointer is erratic and unontrollable.

Old system had two hard drives, an 80GB (system) and a 120GB, both Maxtor.  I
recently purchased a Seagate 300GB, exchanged it for the 120GB and started
transferring files form the 80GB system to the 300GB.  I then removed the 80,
inserted the 120GB drive and installed Windows XP ...

i have just rebooted my computer then i saw that there are 2 local drives in
my computer. One is named Local Drive (C:) and the other is called Local
Drive (E:) Local drive C: has over 10 GB of space free and E: has only 88 MB
and i cant seem to be able to reinstall all the other ...

I don't know much about wireless routers or networks and stuff so please
forgive me if I say something stupid. My laptop has a built-in wireless
adaptor used to be able to connect wirelessly to a dsl box that also connects
to other computers. But ever since I formatted my laptop, ...

Is there a software available with which a user can modify the forces in the
joystick?
I would like to FORCE  (*only) its auto-centre forces down because whenever
flying  in Flight Combat Simulator (and other sims), the joystick fights

Does anyone know of a multiple (maybe 4 or 5) output sound card where I
could plug different speakers into each of the outputs and with some VB send
different sound to each output?
Thanks,

just put in a new ECS 848P-A7 motherboard FSB HyperThread,
p4 3.2 , 512 ram, cdrw/dvd, 60gb hard drive , floppy - the computer
will comes on but can't find the hard drive or cd-rom.
massage i get is boot failure insert system disk and press enter

I've a blank 80gb UDMA/133 external/usb drive that shows up after
formatting in WinXP as a 32gb drive and Fat32. When I try to format the
drive using WinXP, the format option limits me to 32gb. Is there a way to
FDISK (partition) using WinXP and format the drive so that I can get ...

i tried to put in a music cd in my new laptop, it said it didnt read it
though, and now it wont open, ive put in in tons of times before!

Hello,
I have a cdrom that keeps turning on by itself.  It doesn't matter if
there is a disk in it or not.  I have sat in front of the computer with
nothing open and watched it just turn on (maybe every 20 min or so for

   I am looking for a 975 based motherboard to run a
core 2 duo processor.  Supermicro decided not to support
the 975 (only 965 -- rats!).
   Does anyone have a recommendation for a HIGH QUALITY

I have a Compaq Presario 2500.  The CPU seems to be running always at
1.99Ghz.  And the fan is constantly at high speed.  Power options is set for
Laptop / Notebook.  SpeedStep for Pentium4 should be included in Windows XP
but I am not sure why it does not seem to work.  Any ...

Does anyone have a good link for determining which replacement power
supply will fit into my computer. I have removed the old power supply
,which is a Sparkle Power one , model # FSP250-60ATV.   I can find a
bunch of these on the web for as little as $20, but like in the advice