what is Hardware ID and does it change if you add new components to the
computer like cd drives,hard drives etc. and also does it change when you
reformat?

I've got a 500Gb USB drive that I'd like to carve up into 4 basic
partitions, 3 NTFS and 1 FAT32 so I can use it on my iMac.
I'm using the Computer Management software to create and format the
partitions. Unfortunately, there's this unnamed 200MB partition that I

I've been given an old Inspiron 5100 laptop and installed XP Pro with
all drivers.  But it won't recognize a wireless card.  How can I tell
if the computer has one?

I have an HP 4gb flash drive. It works fine on my computer at home but when i
take it to work, the computer recognizes it but i can't open it or anything.
all i can do is safely remove it.
I checked the usb port and it says it works fine

Anybody has any experience with the Maxtor Central Axis HD? found at:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/hard-drive-backup/external-drives/maxtor-central-axis-b
usiness-edition.html
which is 2TB Network HD.
I am using it under a GigaBit router and getting the most 15 mb per second

I have a firwire adapter in the Card slot of a Dell Laptop.
The windows XP-Home sees the adapter care
ieee1394A, but does not see an external hard drive plugged into it, of
course with a firewire 6 to 6

I recently acquired another hard drive for the extra storage space. However,
when I go to initialize in the Disk Manager, instead of showing me a Wizard
like the help for the Disk says it should, it just lets me select the drive
and select OK. When I select OK, it computes for a ...

I think this is an appropriate forum for this question. I have a Dell
running XP. LCD display worked fine until today. The laptop top cover had
some loose mounting screws so I dismantled and tightened while checking wire
condition and connections. Everything looked good. I see on ...

I have to plug USB External Enclosure HD(SATA 2.5") several times (avg
3 times), for XP OS to recognize. OS fails by showing "device wizard"
dialog and expects me to point it to driver location. I have
reproduced this problem on several machines(at home and in office) and

I just installed XP on a 500 gb new hard drive.
When installing xp formatted the drive with only the primary C:.
Does anyone know if you can do extended, and if so, how?
Do you have to setup in a config.sys file last drive?

I have a USB bluetooth adaptor, works fine, but how can I disable BT after
using it?
So I don't want to uninstall it, but just go "off line" after using it.
Can't find this option...

Error adding MisConfig - startup - new entry of something I need to startup;
nevermind what it is, just that I moved mouse over on the right hand side,
right clicked, saw new, went to String Value, went to type in new name and it
said I couldn't; plus, all the permissions are set ...

I can read/copy the folder/files from the USB drive (thumb drive and USB hard
disk), but when i try to create folder or copy a file, i am getting
"Unable to create New Folder access denied" error.
But in safe mode i can copy files/folders to the USB drive.

I reformatted my computer yesterday, and now im missing my multimedia
audio controller and video controller (VGA compatible) drivers. i seem
to have lost my cd, and i was wondering if i could download the drivers
off the internet.

I have just installed XP x64 on my new hardwareb and am running 2 SATA
connected drives in IDE mode.  One drive seems very slow and I noticed it is
now in PIO mode.  I read all about KB817472 and would like to know if the
fix on offer actually cures this or is there more to the ...