have a P3 1Ghz/256 RAM Toshiba without an OS and with a dead cd/dvd drive, but a working floppy drive. Have managed to boot into DOS with USB drivers on a floppy. I can see an external HD (USB) on...

I have read old posts on this forum on this topic but have not seen any definite answer. I want to image the hard drive on my laptops onto an external USB hard drive but the imaging software packages...

I was put in charge of seeing if a PCG-TR2AP could be resurrected. When I got it it was a bit flakey. Some times it would POST and Boot fine. Other times you had to try 3-4 times to get the thing to...

Hi As the subject says, what does a laptop need to play a dvd well? I was told that all laptops play dvds well as its the dvd rom that does the decoding which I find hard to believe. Is it the...

Does anybody know if an acer travel mate 4604 laptop can work with a hgst 7k100 100 GB harddisk? regards. lasse

....but it's the lowest outright price I've seen for a new one since Black Friday. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4245540#Specifications Don't know how many of them they've...

Hi everybody, I have been working on this laptop for 3 or 4 days now and have tried everything I can imagine to fix what I think is a power management issue. I have an IBM thinkpad T30 and when the...

Kindly assist Can I use PNY USB flash drive as storage for MP3 player? I would like to plug in the PNY USB flash drive into the MP3 player to use it as primary or secondary storge for MP3 Wich...

My boss has an HP nc4200 notebook he wants to use for presentations. Unfortunately, we found the video output is quite unstable, i.e. there is something like an interference wave running down the...

Hi I would like to know the difference between a 1.7GHz (533MHz FSB) and a 2 GHz (533MHz FSB) pocessor. Would I experience the difference in speeds of two pcs with these configurations? Or Would...

Hi guy's, Anyone come across the cause for a Red Vertical thin line on LCD display. I have already reset all cables that go to LCD or mb but still same line. thanks sam

Hello all, I bought my girlfriend a laptop last Xmas and I need to get her setup properly. She would rather have a normal style keyboard hooked to her laptop when at home. I also want to get her a...

How often should I run my laptop off of the battery even though I'm often near an AC source? I recall someone in this newsgroup charactorize always using the AC adaptor as "boiling the battery"....

HP PAVILION ZV5000 LAPTOP Intel Celeron 2.8Ghz Processor Windows XP Home Edition 15.4" Widescreen Display 512mb DDRAM 128mb Shared Video 40GB Hard Drive 3 USB 2.0 Ports Video-Out Port

I am running windows XP on a Compaq V2000 laptop. When I close the lid the laptop goes to hibernation mode. When I open it, it gives me a message like "Resuming Windows..." with a bar. If I close...

I've just bought a Libretto 70CT and it didn't ship with driver disks (the eBay seller is currently attemtping to stiff me by trying to make me pay over $50 for the privilage of having them!). I...

AJC Software has released AJC Directory Synchronizer V2.3, a powerful Windows utility that makes it easy to compare and synchronize your laptop and desktop computers after business trips, make...

i'd like to replace the 30 gig hard drive in my sony t-170 with a larger one. is this relatively easy? anything i need to be careful of? will any 2.5" hard drive work? tia steve

Hello my name is Corey from A&A Computer & Electronics I hav placed this note to any one that need help repairing their laptop. can give some one directions on how to replace a DC-Jack. I...

I can see we're on the verge of some cool technology in the near future. I'm already hearing rumblings about bits and pieces of this. It's only a matter of time before it's all combined into one...