- Copying OS to new HDD
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 8 Comments
A few weeks or a month or so ago I saw a thread that mentioned several applications for copying the contents of the current drive to a new drive. I've searched and searched to no avail. Besides...
- Disabling Ballpoint mouse when conneting GPS
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments
I need to find a way of disabling the auto installation of mouse pointer drivers in Windows XP, specifically the "Microsoft Serial Ballpoint" mouse but other Microsoft mouse pointer give problems...
- USB device wont work
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments
Got a USB MP3 player... Plug it in seems to find it OK and install software. Message comes up that device is working OK. Trouble is when I try to open My Computer to look for the drive its...
- SATA disk cannot install winxp - operating system missing
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments
Hi! I have a new Seagate 400GB SATA disk that I am trying to install WinXP Home on. The disk is recognised by the WinXP installation system, and I select it to install Windows on. It copies the...
- Chronicle of bug hunt (GemPC USB-SL SmartCard reader on Windows XP)
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments
A coworker could not run a SmartCard test application, which would hang with no diagnostic. Environment: French Windows XP latest everything, GemPC USB-SL with default install (the reader...
- Hard Drive has no drive letter
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 4 Comments
I have an old FAT32 drive from an old computer whose data I would like to transfer to a new computer. I have installed the drive, and it shows up in BIOS, and in the hardware manager. It even...
- Manual/Repair on "HP" Computer
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 9 Comments
Hi: I've been trying to take off a cover/back of HP, hp pavillion 533w. However, there are many screws on its back, ... then I do not like to take off wrong screws. It's quite challenge for a...
- WindowsXP memory error
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 6 Comments
Windows XP Memory error. I am hoping someone can please help me. I am have a problem with my Windows XP. There are three symptoms, and I don't know if they are related. 1.. Two (only 2) of my games...
- USB Flash Drive
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments
Hi, I just bought a 1GB USB Flash Drive, when I read it in my computer, it says the capacity is 978MB, why so? Is that right? How come I lost 22MB space? Kind regards Adrian
- Disabling autoplay with Scanner
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments
My colleague's XP machine is set to launch the Windows canner wizard automatically when I right click on the scanner in My Documents and select 'Scan'. How do I disable this so I'm presented with...
- PCMCIA Notebook expansion slot damage
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 4 Comments
Does anyone know if the PCMCIA Notebook slot can be repaired. I somehow damaged the contacts in the slot. Now my wireless notebook adapter will not work. My 2.0 USB expansion card will work with my...
- Newbie: Removable and bootable hard drives ?
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 4 Comments
Years ago I heard of a Bootable Jaz Drive. A user can swap out different hard drives and use different operating systems. Is there such a system now? If so, is it any good ?
- Windows not genuine
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 5 Comments
Somebody please help me as i have discoverd that my windows is not genuine i have purchase a genuine copy but dont know how to uninstall the not genuine copy from my computer. And I need to know how...
- Free mp3's
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments
<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft DHTML Editing Control"> <TITLE></TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P>And much more that that!</P> <P><A...
- usb ports
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments
cant connect my wireless adapter to usb it wont register,but it recognises my camera my phone and mp3,s ive had it working once,so ive tried uninstalling program via disc then plugging it in but it...
- Re: Master Volume Control does not work
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments
I am only guessing at this one but I had a similar problem not too long ago and I remember that the problem was in Windows Media Player. Try opening Media Player and clicking on play volume and...
- External Hard Drive not reading more than 127 GB
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments
Well is that what is definitley wrong? I don't wanna spend money if I don't have to. Are you sure that my specific enclosure can't handle large...
- Harddrive problem
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 7 Comments
I have recently installed XP Pro (big mistake, which I'd stuck with ME) and have notice that my harddrive was not formatted properly and is reading only 75gb instead of 80gb and I have this strange...
- External Hard Drive not reading more than 127 GB
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments
Before anyone dismisses me, please understand that I've searched the web for answers and am still not sure how to solve my problem. I am new to using external peripherals with my laptop, so my...
- Unusual pausing and disconnecting
- Posted on January 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments
Hi, a few months ago my computer started playing up after I put in a new VGA card and a new PSU. The screen will pause momentarily with the mouse free to move, then after some random clicking, it'll...

