Is there a way to measure the actual data transfer rate between separate
physical drives in a computer?
I figured that with a couple of SATA drives (150MB/sec) the rate would be
about 8 GB a minute and it will take roughly 30 minutes to transfer the

I bought an HP computer in 2001 which had Windows ME as the operating system.
Several months ago I upgraded to Windows XP(I mention this only because I
think it may be pertinent to my problem, I can't say the monitor problem
started with the change to the XP operating system I ...

Most of the time, I am able to access the Internet via this
particular computer. But some of the time, I cannot. When this
happens (I did not change firewall setting or anything), I
cannot access google (neither IE nor Firefox would do it) or

Winxp restarts on start-up after passing windows logo when the CDROM drive
is connected.  I have disabled auto-restart on system failure but it only
blinks on a BSOD screen for a second then restarts.
Take note that it works as normal without the CDROM drive.  Also I tried a

After installing the software and connecting up my Epson Perfection V350
photo scanner, when I attempt to use it a message comes up entitled "Files
Needed" - The file usbscan.sys on Windows XP HE, Service Pack 2 CD is needed.
I don't have the CD.  Is there any way I can sort ...

I've got a customer whose running XP Pro SP2 with a startech ST100S Realtek
8139-based network card. The system had been running fine for several months
and then suddenly the NIC failed and came up as "unknown device" in the
device manager. I uninstalled the device and did a ...

Which DVD burner software are you using that will burn 2 DVD's in 2 DVD
hardware burners at the same time?
Win XP on a HP.  I need to buy 2 DVD burners with their software.
512 K Memory, 60 GIG HD.

This Epson Stylus 6600 is now printing all in red.  It has 4 color
cartridges.  The black went empty.
The black was replayed.  A color test print page created in WordPad with 10
colors was printed.  All of the colors printed perfect.

I have an XP computer from Dell with 4 USB ports in the back and 2 in the
front.
When I plug my wireless keyboard in the back not all the keys work but
plugged into the front they do.

I downloaded updates from Microsoft for hp 5500 series dot4 other hardware on
3-4-08.  Since then, everytime I turn on the pc, the updates reinstall.  Very
annoying.  Can't go to Control panel and remove, not listed, even in updates.
But printer is working once update reinstalls ...

I want to connect my old computer with Windows 98 to my new laptop with
Windows XP via a null serial modem cable so as to move old files to the new
computer using the File Transfer Wizard.  Trouble is, my old computer has a
DB9 male port and my new laptop has a DB15 male port and ...

I am using a notebook to drive a projector at my local church using a couple
of dual monitor programs OpenSong and PowerPoint.
The problem is that the projector is not always on when the notebook starts
up and, just to confuse matters further, there is a switchbox so the preacher

About two months ago my computer started freezing, then rebooting when I
tried to play a game. It never did this before two months ago, and happens a
few minutes into the game. I have tried to play CounterStrike:Source and
Warcraft 3, both of which have very good graphics. ...

I have a Niulogic Laptop with a QSICDRW/DVD-ROM drive. Problem is it can
read CD but when I try opening DVD's, the drive opens up but no content is
showing in the DVD even though there are some data in the DVD.
Where could the problem be??

Told you it was just a test, couldn't help yourself could you?