Win XP system with 2 WDC 200GB drives...primary drive shows up as
187GB, 2nd drive shows up as 137GB.  XP SP2 installed.  Registry
EnableBigLba entry has been created and set to value of 1 in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters\

I bought an I/O Magic IDVD16DD and installed it in my 2-yr old Dell
(Win XP Pro), replacing the original CD-RW. Upon bootup, the computer
finds the new drive and I can see it in Windows Explorer and Device
Manager. However, if I click on the drive icon in Windows Explorer with

Both my CD-ROM and RW Drives not being
recognized by system .  Show ok in BIOS and
both light up on bootup.  Have checked connections
and tight.  Both drive doors open ok but neither will

Hi, I bought a 52X 700MB/80min CD-R. But, The recording speed of my DVD
Recorder for CD-R is 40X. Can I use it for recording? I can not buy anothe
one with the parametre of 40X, but 52X and 48X. Or should I buy 48X instead
for the compatibility? Thanks.

My PC is not recognising my hdd's every time on startup.
I have an external hard drive. (switched off on boot)
2xinternal hard drives.
This problem has recently begun & I pull out the ide cables and

Hard Drive Mapping after new HD install.
Windows XP Pro SP2
512MB Ram
AMD Athlon64 3000+

I have a sidewinder precision 2 joystick that has always worked perfectly
with my computers configuration. (1 GB of ram, 2.6 Ghz. processor, ATI AIW
256 MB video card, SoundBlaster Audigy MP3...not the usb card but the
internal pci card, 2 internal DVD burners, 2 100 GB ...

Thıs is very intersting problem.i plug my flash memory device to my laptop's
usb,at bottom i can see usb mass storage device found icon.but i can not see
my flash memory device at my computer.when i restart my laptop while flash
memory is still plugged,then i can see it in my ...

Friends,
I formatted my PC this morning.The total space in my PC 160 GB.But
after formatting its showing as 17 GB .Looks like i have lost almost
143 GB of hard drive space.

After messing a bit with my audio drivers, due to a video edition program
that didn't start, I am trying to reinstall my audio devices. I have a
RealTek AL660 6-channel integrated audio card, mother board ASUS M2V Socket
940-pin.

Friends,
Here is the following situation
Computer:Dell Dimension
File System:NTFS

I currently have an AMD Socket A processor using an Abit Max 2 Motherboard &
Windows XP Professional
The system has a 80gb Boot disc for operating system & programs with a Raid
0 striped array for the data

I have 4 IDE devices: 1 old HDD; 2 new fast disks (same model); DVD burner.
The mainboard has only 2 IDE channels and I wanted all devices to be master.
So I bought this PCI card to add two more IDE channels.
ITE IT8212 ATA RAID controller (Chronos)

I have Win XP Pro SP2 installed with SB Live WBM series. Lately the
scvhost.exe is spiking my cpu to 100% for a long period of time, seems to
happen after reboot and log on - my initial thought was Windows Update
however I am not too sure now. The process runs for so long when I ...

I purchased a ECS (Elite group) 865G-M8 motherboard on the 3/10/06. It is the
worst board I have ever come across. The installation of the board went well
but after that it went down hill. First I found that the drivers supplied on
the cd don’t work with the hardware on the board ...