I have a 500GB WD external drive that I have been using for about 6 months.  
This morning I got an error message "The file or directory is corrupted and
unreadable" and Explorer wouldn't recognize the name of the HDD.  I opened
the Disk Management utility and it said the device ...

It seems windows loses the numpad information if you have num lock on and
press <alt>+numpad6 for example, it just reports the key as <alt>+alt6
is there any way round this ?
im using c# with .net 2.0

I've a Compaq Evo 310 with xp pro sp2.
When requested, it goes into hibernation but suddently wakes up.
I suspect some ACPI issue, but don't know what to do.
Thanks in advance

I rebuilt XP and have a mountable image of the old drive and setup. I
had my Epson Printer setup with different profiles for different jobs
- I'm having a heck of a time trying to re-create them.
Is there a way to get them from the old drive/image?

I am curious if a dual core MB will accept a single core CPU, if it's the
same socket type .
as I see a tremendous price savings in buying a 4Ghz p4 single core CPU,
over a dual core 2Ghz.

Hello, I am trying to convert a recently purchased Sony Vaio laptop
VGN-FZ140E from Vista to XP. Upon installation, xp will not recognize my
Toshiba MK2035GSS sata hard drive. Sony will not help and Toshiba techs are
unreachable. I need to have a controller or driver that will ...

Winxp Pro on a Dell Dimension
When I turn the computer on it loads only until the WinXP Logo screen
comes up, then the monitor goes dark greyish and just sits there.
I tried to boot to safe mode, but the computer then complains of

I am trying to help out a friend who borugh me in a PC with a strange setup.
Heset it up himself, but does not know what happened.....
This system has 2 SCSI drives.
As a picture is worth a 1000 words, look at this

My cd/dvd burner recognizes all types of discs (including blank DVDs) but not
blank cd-r or rw disks  
I have copying enabled on the drive
any suggestions?

I've been experiencing several Blue Screens whenever I insert my Kingston
Datatraveler (DTI/2GB) flash drive into my HP Compaq nc6400 with an Intel
(Centrino) Core Duo 2.00GHZ. I'm running Windows XP SP2. After I insert the
drive, I can access it for a few minutes but after a few ...

The owner of the company is having a problem with a bsod coming up after the
computer has been running for a while. The computer is a laptop, but since
its left at the office, he didn't want the computer to have to go into
standby or shutting off hard disks. The only thing it ...

I own a MSI S420 laptop computer with ATI 200M chipset (X300 o/b).
Recently I've acquired a 22" monitor designed for 1680x1050 display
resolution.
I have a trouble setting it up working with my laptop as an external monitor.

Some motherboards have a ram qualification where they will accept a
smaller amount of higher speed memory or a larger amount of slower.
Would someone please give me a general idea of where the advantages of
either approach would show up in actual use?  Let's say for example

I have a user with a software modem.  Device Manager says the device is
working fine, though it won't even attempt to dial.  However, device manager
also shows only LPT1 and no COM ports.  Should I find a way to just reinstall
the software modem?  BIOS shows nothing related to ...

I have the new 8000 entertainment keyboard and mouse and have 2 questions.
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has broken and i would like to get a replacement but cannot find anywhere
that stocks this, is there an alternative i can get or is ...