Trying to refurbish an old pc:- install Win xp and I get the following
message when I hit the enter key to 'boot from CD". During the POST, the bios
were able to detect the PRI Master and the SEC Slave and it was set to boot
from cd ron/hdd/floppy. I get the same message even ...

I have the VX-6000 installed on XP SP2.   For whatever reason, in the
Settings->Resolution dropdown, I'm unable to select the 1.3 MP video
resolution.  The 1.3 MP dropdown includes the following:  "(Video capture
disabled)".  The "Capture a Video" button is also grayed out as ...

I have a spare drive that and I want to use it as a slave to hold documents
and images. At the moment it's got lots of programmes on it including a
windows operating system. Can I open it in Explorer and just delete all the
files that are on there and then save files to it from ...

I moved some folders around and can't seem to get my Monitor working right
(the display).  I have a new hard drive someone installed for me and I can't
go 'back to square one'.  Obviously I am not real smart when it comes to this
stuff, but I'm pretty sure that my adapter driver ...

I have a new laptop (Acer 4920) with Intel Centrino Duo T7300 and a
Intel 965 chipset series with the Bios upgraded yesterday.
During the installation of Windows XP 32bit I got a freeze during
detecting hardware for installation, so I cannot press the F6 key

I recently upgraded my CPU from an E8500 to a QX9770.  The results I got from
this move are mixed at best.  3DMark reports an improvement from ~14000 to
~16000 but the frame rate in some instances has actually decreased, notably
PMDG B747-400 on FSX.  Diagnostic software ...

I cant seem to get my dvd rom to work, it wont recognise any discs, it is
just asking me to install disc into drive. i have uninstalled and reinstalled
the drivers and still not getting anywhere. my system is showing  no problems
with the drive.

I have a PC that is hanging and rebooting several time by itself.  I
have looked in the Event Viewer and find no cause.  I have check the
system for possible virus and spyware infestation.  Before I start
swapping hardware, is there some other checks I can do to see what is

dvd player (pioneer slimline) plays dvd, audio, and shows pictures.  will not
see the word documents or folders

My PC runs XP Home Edition, boots fine, runs smoothly, but there is a
corrupted file I can't remove, and on running ChkDsk, it tells me that
AutoChk detects the hard drive as RAW format, which is impossible if I'm
running XP on the drive... Any ideas?

I have an external hard drive running on XP SP2 which I originally formatted
in NTFS. My daughter now wishes to use it at college on a Mac which I
understand will only work with FAT32. I followed the undernoted procedure to
reformat the drive to FAT32 but after reformatting it ...

I've found that a device I have will cause windows to crash (total system
freeze, no BSoD or any warning or event messages), by removing it while my
system is hibernated.  I have lots of USB devices, and none except for one
that I have seem to have this problem.  This happens ...

I own a acer travelmate 250 Laptop.
When I remove the power cord the screen goes dark, but the laptop is still
running, I can open and close the cd tray.
I have also noticed that a beeping noise happens when I move the laptop

Hello everyone, I wanted to replace my 40 gig Ide "C" drive with a larger one
and I decided I might as well install a sata drive. Upon installation of XP
everything was going well, the drivers were being installed then all of a
sudden I got a "stop" blue screen. Something to do ...

I bought a Dell laptop.
In the last 8 months it has broken 4 times...  These are hardware not
software problems.
This was an expensive machine, and as you can imagine I'm not too