I'm kinda at wits end with this one.
The drive is a Pioneer DVD-115 that doesn't read DVDs, only CDs, under XP.  
The only time it will read DVDs under XP is if I boot 98SE first, then
restart into XP (My system is dual-bootable).

Has anybody actually used the restore discs and it worked??
I ran into some issues,
1. Using the restore cd's I booted to them and formatted the hd, removing
also the restore partition, at first it wouldn't create the restore

Does anyone know how to fix this problem:
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 828940
I was trying to troubleshoot my Linksys wireless USB
device and it told me to go into my wireless network

I own a Dell Dimension 4600 purchased in 3/04. I use Windows XP Pro. I use
this machine constantly and in the last few days am experiencing a freezing
problem. When I go to restart, it restarts but  does not start up properly
so that the desktop shows but the hourglass constantly ...

                       My rig is a Dell 4600i  nVidia GeForce FX200 display
Adapter. the trouble is i beleive might be the card itself,
i checked the driver for this display card which is correct , how can i be
sure that its the card itself , i did try another monitor

Is there any tool/utility/trick to allow writing of ordinary files (NTFS or
FAT) to DVD at the XP command line?

I am playing an online game.  After about 30 minutes my frame rate will drop
down.  Then the game slows down dramatically.  It has never done this before.
Could this be my video card going out?
Thanks for any help

I have in my PC two hard drives, and two CD-ROM drives.  The two hard drives
are connected to the same IDE cable.  The two CD-ROM drives are connected to
the same IDE cable.  Do I speed things up if I connect a hard drive, and a
CD-ROM drive to the same cable?  My computer is ...

I get the following error message:
***
The type of errors encountered indicate that
this HDD is about to fail.     It is

We've had great service with a HP 2410 all-in-one, print, scan, fax, scan.
It just went!  What's a good-service all-in-one to buy new?  We don't run
over about 50 pages per month.  Thx in advance.  s

Just inserted an Geforce 6600 into my HTPC to generate less heat than
my 8800.
However i have a weird problem.
When my computer boots the bios image, and the windows startup logo is