Do PATA/SATA drives have internal structures which make it possible to stop
them bij SW, or is the HDD controller on the MB responsible for stopping the
HDD?

I recently replaced my OEM 80 gig HDD with a Seagate 250 gig. It worls fine,
but my OS (Windows XP SP2) will only recognize about half of the capacity.
Any suggestions?

Is there a way to customize the autoplay options that popup when an
optical disc is inserted? I know there are options for which action to
take, which you can set on the optical drive properties' Autoplay tab.
However I don't see an option to inject a customized action, i.e.

Can someone advise me why 2GB flash drive must be in FAT32 format,
otherwise, it cannot support to this maximum size.  What about the maximum
size of FAT (FAT16)?
Thanks,

I am unable to use the dvd. It doesn't respond as the secondary master. There
is also a cd writer player (slave). The cd works.  What's thowing me is that
my system is listing two other DVD drives that I don't have (G & H) refering
to them as

When I purchased one of HP Printers three years ago is now a kind of
'obsolete,' due to functionability, particularly printing Photo.
However, buying another, newer printer is hesitant as seeing that almost
every three months, there are newly designed printers displaying at local

have 4 hdd's 2 on ide and 2 on raid ata 133 card_problem is I have to boot
twice at the start of a new day or when computer has been off for hours for
the ata 133 HDD's will show in my computer__am using a 600w PSU and have
tried another IDE ribbon cable__I have installed the ...

the scanner lamp on my canon 660u will only turn off when i shut down the
computer. windows xp i can access the scanner time to off box but it does not
work.i have updated from 98 me to xp that is when the problem started.iloaded
drivers from canon and got everything else working ...

lost my cd-rom, when I try to re-install I get the following message:
WINDOWS CANNOT START THE DEVICE BECAUSE IT'S CONFIGURATION OR INFORMATION (
IN THE REGISTRY ) IS INCOMPLETE  OR DAMAGED.( CODE 19 )
how can I fix the registry and is it difficult, please help.

my cd-rom has stopped working, tried to re-install and the computer finds it
but cannot complete the install because of somthing in the registry has
changed( CODE 19) or corrupt , how do I fix this one??

I'm having problems with my USB devices. When I unplug them and plug them
back in, Windows has suddenly decided it doesn't recognise them and informs
me that they have malfunctioned. They have all been working fine up until a
few days ago. Sometimes I get the message when I ...

Hello to all -
Im running Windows XP Pro - SP2 on a Dell Laptop.
After my computer is stationary for about 20 minutes or so,  an error
message appears on a blue screen telling me to either disable my anti virus

I am trying to install the pcmcia card for use with a webcam. I'm
running WinXP, and the only steps I've taken are to try and install it
automatically. I get a response that the proper software was not
found, and that's as far as I've gotten. It was a gift from a friend,

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Besides potential loss/corruption of data, is there any mechanical
destruction caused by sudden power supply cutt-off on an HDD?