I am running XP Home SP2 on a laptop with 40GB HD.
Recently i deleted my linux partition to just use windows. After that
windows booted fine.
I then used gparted live to resize the C: drive with the unallocated

Would hot swapping a USB device (like a flash drive) without safely
removing it cause damage to the motherboard? And if the motherboard is
damaged could that cause a PS/2 mouse and keyboard to stop working?

Since a thunderstorm shutdown, my Epson 2400 Perfection scanner will not
work.  It shows message that the device is in use by another program but I
have no other program that uses the scanner.  I have deleted the scanner;
uninstalled the software and reloaded bot get the same ...

I am running XP Pro on a 1.3 Gig P4 with 784 Meg RAM,
I have two Hard Drives C and F. (Maxtor)
Recently a scan has been run on F everytime I boot up, the scan message is
that

I'm looking to upgrade my CPU from a Pentium D 830 to a Pentium D 940.  If I
do that, will Windows require to be re-installed?  Assuming the motherboard
and chipsets are all compatible and don't need to be replaced.
Thanks!

I have a OEM XP Home system that I have used for several yrs. It came to me
with one 40 gig HDD with C: and D: (recovery partition).
I would like to further partition C: Will I need third party software to do
this without lossing any files? Can fdisk do it? How does one move files ...

How would you completly empty out a computer and put XP on it when you
already have a bad copy of XP currently on it?

I have an otherwise reliable recent model LG DVD drive that has
decided that is will not load autorun programs from a disc when loaded.
 Am I missing a system setting for this drive that would cause this
problem?  I am running current firmware on the drive and this problems

I have XP with SP2 etc.
I have connected my TV to my computer using my Radeon 9250 video card and
the ATI software that goes with it. (TV is clone image of screen)
But now, when Windows start, I sometimes (1 in 5 times approx) have no image

Windows XP will not detect my CD/DVD burner, believing that it is only a
CD/DVD player. I have downloaded the latest drivers, and have even replaced
the burner with a newer model but it is still not recognised. Any help will
be gratefully received!

I will soon be upgrading a computer that was built in 2002.  It has an
ASUS motherboard, Series P4B533.  I have re-read the manual; it
doesn't say anything about video.  If the video isn't built into the
motherboard, then it's probably a videocard that was in a 1999 HP

Every time I install any piece of hardware on this computer (like a second
hard drive, for example) Windows (XP SP2) locates the drivers but then tells
me they have not passed Windows Logo testing.  Obviously I just ignore this
message but it is clearly a false negative and is ...

I experienced a crash due to Norton GoBack. It corrupted the MBR of my two
HDs. To solve the problem I reformatted my “C” drive and reinstalled XP.
However, I can’t access my “D” drive. When I use Control Panel |
Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk Management, I can ...

Hi, I wonder if you could help me. I have just tried to add an external hard
drive via USB, and the 'Found New Hardware Balloon' with 'MTP Device'
appeared but would not go away. Even when I click on the cancel icon it would
reappear straight away.

in event log  in "System" i see this segnalation
of SERVICE CONTROL MANAGER code
events or 7035 or 7036 ? what is ?
(in propriety i see : HPZ ipm12 PML