I am thinking about re-installing Windows.  I have to separate harddrives.
1st one with 3 partitions and a 2nd larger one that I use for files and
pictures.  Will re-installing Windows XP on the 1st one have any effect on
the other drive?  And also how does one re-install ...

I cannot get my thumb drive to show up in my computer. I can go to disk
management and see it there but it will not show up in My comp. I can right
click on it in DM and open or explore but for some reason it won't show up
in my computer. I can boot the system with the drive in it ...

I have a client that has been having problems with her machine for many
years now.  She finally brought the computer to my shop and I diagnosed the
problem to a faulty bios on the motherboard.  I updated this and her
computer was working very well.  She decided to upgrade the ...

I recently had to do a complete new reinstall of XP. Now the system will not
accept the driver for my audio card (Philips PSC 703). Here's what I've tried
to do:
-Made sure on-board audio is disabled in BIOS.

I've just bought a new USB2.0 external hard disk and it came with a
rather odd USB cable and no manual.
The cable is a USB 'a'-'mini b' cable, but has two 'A' heads does
anyone know how it's intended to be used? is this so two computers can

I use my computer mostly without any network connection at all.  Is there a
way to boot without attempting to connect and still make connections easily
when I want to?
Thank you!

My Hitachi/GL multi purpose optical drive (GL GCC 4240N) does not read
or write CD-ROM disks.
DVD and Audio disks work OK.
Installed in fixed bay on DELL Inspiron 8100, O/S is WIN XP Home.

OK, actually it's second hand. My ailing Celeron system is a socket 478 and I
have been given a P4 socket 478 which I think gives me another 6 months
before I have to blow the dust off my wallet.
My question is: If I flip the top off my PC and simply swap the processors,

I just got an external hard drive which is FAT32 format, when I plug it
in throug USB, XP see's the drive but not able to access it, it say the
drive is raw and need to format it.
However when I plug it into my laptop which is also Windows XP ,  I

I worded my question wrong on my last question. I have a hp e-pc 42
computer with XP Pro, the problem is the hardrive is failing, will not
let the CD Rom to work or finish scanes or anything else. So I bought a
new hardrive with a XP Home Edition OP system but I`m not sure of what

My computer runs Windows XP, has 512 MB of RAM (two 256 MB chips), a CPU
running at 1300 MHZ, and an 80 GB hard drive that is about 20 percent full.
I use Ad-Aware SE Personal for protection against spyware, and AVG Free for
protection against virus attacks. Both of these programs ...

I am contemplating doing this and wonder if it would be a reasonable thing
for me to do considering my hardware, etc:
Dell GX 110
PIII 733

Problem as written in the subject. Network card works well in other
computer. When inserted to this one, WinXP cannot see it. Even when I
run Add new hardware wizard. Nothing happens.
After POST, bios displays info about Communication Device so it is seen

Hello, I'll start by saying that other than some XP updates (I have XP sp2),
I haven't made any changes to my PC for over 8 months and up until now all
has worked fine.  The problem is that XP no longer will read any of my
thumbdrives (I have several and they all work OK in other ...

I have an Internal IDE hard drive attached to a USB cord to make it
external.  In an attempt to reformat this drive I read to use the
Windows Disk Management Utility and delete the partition on the drive.
While I have no concern for the data on the drive it no longer works.