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    - formatting a USB drive I'm using Windows SP SP3. I recently bought two 160GB external USB drives primarily to image everything that's on my 60GB internal hard drive using Acronis True Image. I'd like to reformat the drives to NTFS. Someone here kindly directed me to the right place to do this, but I have a few questions first: Should I accept the "default" allocation unit size? Should I leave unchecked "perform a quick format"? Should I enable file and folder compression? Thank you! Jo-Anne Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333245
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    - High definition sound drivers won't install I have an Asus mobo with high definition sound integrated. When I try to install the drivers from the CD or Asus website, the installation works for about 90% then it fails. I get a message saying configuration is incorrect. Can anyone help? Thanks Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333242
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    - dvd I just added a dvd burner. When i put in a dvd it reads and plays it. When I put in a blank dvd it does nothing. It does not recognize a disk in it. I tried several disks. It is a lite on dh20a4p. I am using windows xp service pack 2. I did download VLC media player and dvd shrink for software to play and burn. thank you in advance. Phil Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333240
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    - dvd burner not reading I have a NEC dvd rw ND3550-A burner. It will read and write to a cd-r. It will also write to a dvd-r/rw. But all of a sudden, it will not read any kind of a dvd. Has anyone experienced this type of problem and is there a solution? Thanks Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333237
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    - Debugging sleep problems I have from time to time machines that just won't sleep on their own. They can be put to sleep manually, or set to sleep /w Sleeper.exe in the XP DDK tools. Tracing what is resetting the idle state & thus causing the machine not to go to sleep on it's own can in some cases be nearly impossible once many of the common variables are eliminated. It comes down to a "hunt and peck" looking for the culprit. I have done some research and came across the tool mentioned above from the Windows XP DDK v2600.1106 in the dir: "..\tools\acpi\sleeper\x86" is the tool: "sleeper.exe". Pretty nifty, but It doesn't seem to show any types of failures other than status messages on sleep states, as to whether it entered said state, or resumed from it. I have read the documentation included, what little is there, and it mentions attaching and breaking into a debugger. I don't know if this is necessary, or even how to do it if it is necessary. Will this tool do what I want? If no, please specify, if yes, how to go about it would be awesome. I did find the Windows Server '08 DDK v6001.18001. In it is a tool that replaces "sleeper.exe" in XP, however despite what the MS site leads you to believe it won't run on XP, only Vista/Server '08. So that tool's out & I guess I'm stuck with "sleeper.exe". Pls. help. -- Thx. Y_not Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333235
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    - Event ID: 51 I have several EventID:51 (An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation) in my Event Log. The D: drive is a DVD RW drive. I am using Roxio DLA to allow me to access the drive using the drive letter. What could be causing the errors? Is there possibly an issue with the Roxio software? Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333228
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    - Wireless Microsoft Keyboard and Mouse Since I have upgraded to SP3, everytime I re-start a computer with a Microsoft Wireless Keyboard and Mouse, the system hangs on startup. I can reboot into safe mode and the device manager shows two HID driver errors. The mouse and keyboard work fin in safe mode I unistall the two drivers and reboot the system normally and the keyboard and mouse work properly. Are there fixes to these drivers that work? -- Larry Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333205
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    - XP SP3 is a D-link virus it kills it stone dead Thanks Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333202
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    - Arctic silver or Thermal paste I just unstuck the CPU chip from the bottom of the heatsink. I had to use a hair dryer. I just now cleaned both pieces off, and I want to know if I should use arctic silver or thermal paste. The chip and heasink are stock bought from Dell. The PC is a Dell 8300. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333188
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    - Sound Card not detected after XP re-install Following a re install of Windows XP (Home edition) the sound card has not been detected. I have installed the drivers from the manufacturers website, but the sound card is still not showing up in Device Manager or when running Belarc Advisor. Would appreciate any suggestions. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333172
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    - My mouse pointer becomes 8 dots -- here's the video Once or twice a week, my mouse pointer turns into a half-inch vertical line consisting of 8 dots, and then within a minute either: (a) the pointer returns to being an arrow or (b) Windows crashes, requiring a reboot. I made a video of the 8-dot mouse pointer in action and you can download it here: http://telefog.com/pointer I use Windows XP Pro, Version 2002, with Service Pack 2. My motherboard is an Intel D975XBX2. My graphics card is an ATI Radeon X1950 Pro. My mouse drivers are: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\mouclass.sys (23KB, 8/3/2004) C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\mouhid.sys (12KB, 8/17/2001) I used Device Manager to deinstall those 2 drivers and then reinstall them, but the problem persists. The mouse is a USB optical mouse. The problem occurs even after I switch to a different mouse. I've used Spybot, Ad-Aware, Avast, and Counterspy to remove any malware that might be causing it, but they made no difference. I searched Google but didn't find any mention of this parti- cular problem. I'm prepared to reinstall Windows to solve the problem, but I'd rather not. Has any of you seen this particular problem? Do you have any suggestions? Can you recommend any newsgroups or websites for me to seek help from? Thanks in advance for any advice that you provide. ********** 1366294709 Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333163
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    - flash drive freezes computer in middle of file transfer flash drive freezes computer in middle of file transfer. Has anayone else experienced this problem? Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333161
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    - power up the Mobo I removed the cover of the PC casing to observe these: When I switch on the wall socket power, the motherboard's yellow color LED come on, the CPU fan spin a while then stop (2 times). Note that I have not press the power button on the casing. If I have not even press the power button on the casing, should I see these activities on the motherboard? The other problem is when I press the power button on the casing, the system power up but it dies down. I need to press the button a 2nd time in order to power up the system. Could the experts give some insight to these problems? Thank you. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333154
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    - Master or Slave It turns out I only have one IDE connector on this motherboard and a bunch of sata connectors. Right now I want to get this PC up and running so I'm gonig to use the old hard drive that I was using on my Dell 8300. This drive is a Seagate Baracuda 7200.7 80 GB hard drive. Hell with trying to push it. I'm using 2 optical drives. One as the master and the other as a slave. The master will be the burner and the slave to play games. The hard drive is going to be a sata. I've never used one before. I better follow the motherboard manual and learn it now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333148
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    - no internet connection I reloaded Win XP on a new hard drive after my old one died. I have two problems now. 1. I am unable to get an internet connection either by wire or WIFI. This is in a house with both wire and WIFI in which other computers work fine. When I check the drivers I find that there is a yellow question mark on all my "other " hardware including VGA driver, ethernet, PCI sound and multimedia. I am unable to find drivers on the installation WinXP ser2 disc. 2. My video resolution was incredibly low and when I go to display settings I am unable to move the slider bar to a higher setting. Help!!!! Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333143
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    - CPU chip stuck to the Heat Sink I just took off my heat sink and the CPU chip is stuck to the heatsink and it came off without pulling up the level that holds the CPU chip in place. You know when you place a CPU chip into the socket you have to lift the socket arm up 90 degrees and then place the chip in and snap the lever down. Well this came out and the lever, of course was still in the locked position. Is this a problem too? How do I separate the CPU chip from the heatsink? Take a razor blade and pry it off? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333135
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    - W Explorer can't see DVD drive I've just replaced a DVD ROM drive with a new RW drive (Sony/Optiarc AD5200A). Installed without any problem. Shows up in Device Manager as working properly, but Windows Explorer can't see it. Help! -- Maurice Dell Dimension 4550 XP SP2 Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333133
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    - External HD Password Problems I have a HD enclosure that im using to access my old laptops HD. Every time i try accessing the docs on the exteranl HD it says im denied acess. I had a password on my old latop, i know it but i have not idea how to enter it so the system will allow me into the files thanks for any help Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333124
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    - Recreate Missing MBR & MFT A software that I was looking at somehow managed to replace or erase or corrupt the MBR and the MFT on a Seagate 500 GB drive. This drive was formatted as NTFS. My operating system is on another drive. My Windows XP sees the drive but is calling it Healthy(Active) and unformatted with no file system. However, a data recovery program sees what looks like all the original NTFS files still in existence on the drive. I used this recovery software to successfully copy a 17 GB file to another drive. This software can only recover files by copying them to a different drive. I don't have enough free space to copy approximately 400 GB from the 500 GB drive. Is there a way to recreate the MBR and the MFT based on the existing files on the drive so that I can use the files where they are rather than having to add another drive to copy to? Thanks for any help. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333117
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    - NTFS Checking for Consistency It doesn't happen every time I turn my computer on, but I get a blue screen like the computer is running a scan disk before Windows boots up and it says something like there is an NTFS error and the computer needs to check the system for consistency. What is this? Is this a sign that my hard drive has a problem that is fixable? My computer is only from late 2006 or early 2007. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333083
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    - NTFS Checking Consistency when I turn my computer on. It dosn't happen everytime I turn my computer on, but I have been getting a blue screen like a scan disk saying that the NTFS is checking for consistency and then goes through a long process. How do I fix this? Is this a hardwear problem and a sign that my hard drive is dying? It's been doing this for a while and the computer isn't that old? (I think I got it in late 2006 or early 2007. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333081
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    - wireless mouse causes some apps to blink? It happened on two different microsoft wireless mouse: natural wireless laser mouse 6000, and a smaller one I forgot the name. Some applications "blinks" (I think it erases its content and repaints it). E.g. outlook express, and an old backgammon game called jellyfish. I suspect it is caused by intellipoint 6.2, since that is the only software I added to my computer. Has anyone else seen the problem? What is the solution? Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333074
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    - NIC stays active even when unplugged I have a Dell 300m laptop with a built in GB nic. Users have been complaining that when they are on the road starting up can take quite a while. They sit a varios stages of the boot an login. I have used some utils like BOOTVIS that analzes the boot process and see that there are long delays where XP is waiting for some reponse from the network - either checking for domain or whatever. One thing I noticed is that the NIC still appears active even when nothing is plugged in. It has the 169.x.x.x IP address bound to it as if it were connecting to a DHCP-less network. I believe this is what may be causing the long delays because the services that rely on finding some server or controller on the network see an active connection then need to wait for a time out. I cannot seem to find a way to turn off the NIC when nothing is plugged in. Is there a way? I also suspect that this is also causing a problem for when I try to put the computer into Hibernate mode. I usually get a BSOD complaining about a hardware failure (Stop 0x0000000a). Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333065
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    - Re: reformatting external USB drive Addendum: On further thought, why even bother with XXCOPY, when you can get various windows-based programs to do it. It's a LOT more convenient that way, and you'll never have to worry about the possibility (or at least potential) of breaking the long filenames (as is often the case with the older DOS based programs; but XXCOPY may not have that limitation - I can't recall now) > Yup - you gotta download it (it does not come with Windows). But > (IIRC), > it's free. (But my memory might be off). > > Jo-Anne Naples wrote: >> Dang! I thought xcopy could copy to any "real" drive although not to a CD >> or >> DVD. I Googled xxcopy; I assume you're referring to a freeware program >> that >> I would need to download rather than something that comes with >> Windows--right? >> >> Thanks again! >> >> Jo-Anne >> >> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message >> news:uQnj32o0IHA.3680@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> "Jo-Anne Naples" <naples@tbcnet.com> wrote in message >>> news:egaty6i0IHA.3968@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message >>>> news:O0hiK2c0IHA.2408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>> "Jo-Anne Naples" <naples@tbcnet.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:en4c27V0IHA.4364@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>> >>>>>> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message >>>>>> news:e8hcwYV0IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>>> "Jo-Anne Naples" <naples@tbcnet.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:%23VO92uN0IHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>>>>> I recently bought two external USB drives for backing up the >>>>>>>> internal >>>>>>>> hard drive on my Windows XP SP3 computer. I also bought Acronis >>>>>>>> True >>>>>>>> Image 11 Home to do the backups. I thought that when the program >>>>>>>> did >>>>>>>> its first backup, it would reformat the external drive from FAT32 >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> NTFS. However, it didn't. I asked on the Acronis forum and was told >>>>>>>> the program doesn't reformat drives but that it might be a good >>>>>>>> idea >>>>>>>> to do so myself; I was also told that this reformat won't affect >>>>>>>> data on the drive. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Should I do the reformat? If so, how do I do it? (If you could >>>>>>>> point >>>>>>>> me to a website offering this information, that would be >>>>>>>> wonderful.) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jo-Anne >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just some tech jargon info to add to what's been said alredy in >>>>>>> reply. >>>>>>> The partition contains the file table information and that file >>>>>>> table >>>>>>> is the format, whether FAT32 or NTFS. Normally, with standard >>>>>>> partitioning tools, you have to remove the partition and create a >>>>>>> new >>>>>>> one with a file table appropriate to what you want. XP has a >>>>>>> converter to get around that for FAT32 to NTFS. If you're starting >>>>>>> with a blank hard drive, no files, you might as well just do it the >>>>>>> old way in XP's disk management. This will map out any bad areas >>>>>>> during the process. Converting tool in XP does not. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since you have 2 large hard drives, I would consider using one for >>>>>>> an >>>>>>> imaging target. The other, I would use as a monthly clone target, >>>>>>> leaving disconnected/off otherwise. If your onboard hard drive >>>>>>> fails, >>>>>>> you can toss in the clone for quick recovery. If that fails, you >>>>>>> can >>>>>>> wipe the clone with TI, and restore your latest image to that hard >>>>>>> drive. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Dave >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you, Dave! You've put it very clearly. One more question: If I >>>>>> can clone to my hard drive (and I'm not sure if Acronis True Image >>>>>> does that), I assume I'd have to take it out of the case to put it >>>>>> into the >>>>>> computer--right? That doesn't look possible with the two drives I >>>>>> bought (WD Passport). >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you again! >>>>>> >>>>>> Jo-Anne >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cloning will make an exact image to whatever the hard drive you choose >>>>> for a target. Using the clone onboard your PC for a boot drive is a >>>>> factor if your bios doesn't support 48 bit lba (large hard drives). >>>>> If >>>>> that is a problem, the imaging software, if you make the imaging >>>>> restoration the exact size of the original (default), you should have >>>>> no problems. >>>>> -- >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>> Thank you, Dave! Anna on this list said that my Dell should support >>>> large >>>> hard drives; I think she's had experience with the same model I have. >>>> Nonetheless, for now I'll stick to imaging with Acronis--and might well >>>> do some regular backups at least of my data, either with my old Easy CD >>>> Creator or with xcopy (which I used back in the pre-Windows days). >>>> >>>> Jo-Anne >>>> >>> >>> xcopy won't work. xxcopy will most of the time. >>> -- >>> Dave Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333050
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    - Power Surge on Hub Port One of my office laptop (IBM T43) giving me 'Power Surge on Hub Port' Message, Even I am not connected to any of the USB ports. I install XP SP3 but the message still there. Able to connect my pen drive ? How to resolve this issue. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333048
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    - dvd drive problems Hope someone can help. When I insert any dvd the dvd drive light flashes twice and clicks twice but nothing can be read from it. Windows explorer acts as though it's empty. I've deleted upper and lower filter values in registry and device manager says this device is working. I thought I would uninstall driver then reinstall. I unistalled with device manager and D:/ disappeared from decice manager and "my computer" tree but after a reboot it reappears but still not working. Drive is toshiba ODD-DVD SD-R6372 and driver is 5.1.2535.0(can't find a later one) Why can't I uninstall the driver and any ideas about the root cause of the problem. Thanks Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333040
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    - How do I check if power supply for my PC is working? Heeeeeeeeelp!!! Hello, I am trying to build a new PC. After connecting all the parts, I turned the switch on and... nothing. I suspect that the power supply is not working, or the circuit on the motherboard that switches the power supply on is not working. When I flip the switch on the back of the power supply on, the keyboard LED turns on for a second. However, when I press the major switch, nothing happens. No fans move, and there are no noises. I checked the major switch with an ohmmeter, and the switch seems like it works. I'm not sure if the power supply or the motherboard circuit that starts the power supply isn't working. So my question is, how can I check if the power supply is working? Thank you very much Zalek Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333030
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    - Restore XP to a previous date Hi, Ive XP Pro SP2 on my computer. On Monday morning (16th June 08) I accidently deleted some update folders in the C:/Windows/ directory. So when I try to do some internet updates, it cannot because these folders were deleted. Realizing my mistake, I used the XP installation CD to repair windows that same day but those folders are still missing. Then I realised that the easiest way I could have done was to restore using windows restore utility to a restore point before the mentioned date which I did the deletion of the folders. My problem now is I try to restore to an earlier restore point but earlier dates are greyed out. Only Tuesday (17th June 08) & later dates till now are enabled & that i guess was because of the repair I did. Is there a way to re-enabled the restore point dates before I did the repair so I can restore from one of those dates in which the deleted folders were still there??? Pls advice if there is a way. Thanks Connie Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333024
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    - XP Forgets CD/DVD drive I have had this problem for a while now. I have tried a bunch of fixes, like the upper and lower filters registry fix. The uninstal and reinstal (both phisical and software wise). Uninstall and reinstally (from device manager) my IDE controllers, all to no avail. Every time I reboot my computer, the cd/dvd drive goes missing. If I go to device manager and search for hardware changes twice, it auto detects and installs. But on reboot, it will dissapear again. This started happening after I installed a free version of farstone's game drive, that came with my NVIDIA video card. I uninstalled the game drive after it started freezing my computer on startup. I found out it was the culprit because I started doing selective startup. I uninstalled it, and after that my current problems started. I contacted game drive, but since its a free copy, they wont support it, and have given no answer, except to say that they wont help me, because it was a free copy. So I am basically stumped. I have concluded that it has to be some kind of registry problem, but have no clue as to what it might be. I have searced for and looked for all instances of farstone related entries in the registry and have eliminated them. But still no sucess. I am practically stumped about how to proceed, so any new information would be appreciated. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333022
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    - [OT] Unidentified USB device on all USB Ports after reboot,... Hi, this question is rather OT here but its hardware stuff, so maybe someone can help me out in solving this because i have a serious problem on my Windows XP System: After rebooting the system, all my USB devices are rejected from the System after plugging them into a USB slot with the Popup "Unidentified USB device". I removed any USB device entry, even roothub and all usb stuff from the Device Managers Treenodes, rebootet, reinstalled all hardware drivers (installed automatically from system itelsf), rebooted again, plugged my WLAN stick on and got the same message after saying that it was successflly installed and is ready to use. Message was again"Unidentified USB device", after telling me, that the deivice is ready,...nocthing is/was ready! Any ideas how to fiy this,...? I really changed nothing on the System! Regards Kerem -- ----------------------- Beste Grüsse / Best regards / Votre bien devoue Kerem Gümrükcü Microsoft Live Space: http://kerem-g.spaces.live.com/ Latest Open-Source Projects: http://entwicklung.junetz.de ----------------------- "This reply is provided as is, without warranty express or implied." Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333014
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    - Toshiba Drivers Looking for all drivers for my Toshiba Sattelite S2800-200 who can help me ? -- abby981 Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333004
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    - best protocol for carging a Laptop Battery I just bought a new LiIon Laptop battery for my Dell Inspirion E1505 (dual boot WinXP and Fedora). I gave it my initial 10 hour charge. Now what? I started using it but should I continue using it till the battery is drained and then recharge? Or should I only drain it partially? If it is not drained fully how will the Laptop learn (callibrate) itself to what the new capacity is? Or is it recommended that I only partially discharge it? What's best for the battery life? Another point: How many times should I cycle it this way? In the long term should I always wait for a full discharge; or can I charge it up from a partially-discharged state or does it not matter? I've gogled this but recieve conflicting advice. -- Rahul Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 333002
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    - video card I am trying to install power color R98E-SD3 Video when it is installed in to the PCI Slot brown and the power is turned on there is a bleeping sound can any one tell me what is the cause. running XP the info on the card AGP 8X ,256MB,DDR RAM. THANK YOU. -- amarjit Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332988
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    - Blutooth-WiFi interference: how serious is the performance loss? I'm just adding a bluetooth card to my Laptop. I had read reports of bluetooth and WiFi protocols sharing the same frequency spectrum creating potential for a performance degradation. How serious is this. Has anyone experienced this and how bad is it? Just wanted to get a better idea. BlueTooth is low priority for me but I do value a fast WiFi connection! Any sugesstions / hacks / setting-modifications to minimize such interference? -- Rahul Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332976
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    - Camera connected to PC but can't copy pics I've got 3 cameras. All 3 plug into the usb and create a drive and then via explorer I can just drag and drop files from the camera chip to my PC. Just like any usb device. A friend got a new camera, a Canon Powershot A590, and we plugged it in just like the others. And rather than a generic USB drive, I get a specific Canon Powershot drive. It opens just like a drive, and has photos. I can change to thumbnail and see the pics. I can click on them and view them in fax viewer too. I can delete them. I can even right click and drag them to my desktop. Except when I release the mouse and it says copy or move, and I pick, it don't do a thing. End of job. Nothing moves or copies. I have XP SP2 on this PC. He's left with the camera but I still thought I'd ask to see if we can figure this out one day. It holds 1700+ pics on the 4gig chip so we can wait for a while. The manual says I have to load their software to copy the pictures. I just can't understand that. Like I've said, I've done this with other cameras, and know others that have done the same drag and drop without and special tools. Really befuddles me. Thanks. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332968
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    - Memory Utilization... Is there any way, whatsoever, that Windows XP Professional w/Service Pack 2 can utilize more than 4GB of RAM? I've installed the 64-bit version and while the OS can now see all 8GB of RAM, the 64-bit version leaves much to be desired in the way of compatibility with apps, games, etc. Thanx. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332965
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    - Could my slow computer be caused by a hardware fault? When I click on drive C: in Explorer it takes my machine ages to show the file directory. If I am in Internet Explorer and go to Bookmarks and hold my cursor over the down arrow it moves at about 1 file per second. These are the things I have rules out: Hard drive has 44 Gb left on it Internet Security shows no sign of viruses I have run a registry cleaner I also ran CCleaner. I tested the memory but after hundreds of passes no fault was found. I am no expert but I am wondering whether it could be a fault on the hard drive or other hardware problem? I use XP with SP2 on a Dell Dimension 2400. Any suggestions welcomed. Noel Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332955
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    - WinXP freezing, hanging up......... on startup. my sister sent me her Gateway computer, it worked find for a couple of days then earlier this week while I was on the net it just froze up on me, I couldn't use the mouse or anything else. so I rebooted and it froze and continues to freeze up after. every now and then I can get as far as the user account icon. I'm running WinXP as it says in the Topic title. I have tried to boot from the WinXP installation cd and that hangs up too and it gets to the Windows Setup screen when it is loading files. I have also tried another hard drive with the same results. it also will not boot in the safe mode either. does anyone have any ideas. if you need more info please let me know Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332927
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    - Found New Hardware I don't know what is wrong but everytime a add a flash drive to a computer running XP SP-2 it starts the Found New Hardware Wizard, I thought XP SP-2 has drivers already installed for flash drives? I know it does as I have used it on another computer. Now I have restarted the system it is coming up with Found New Hardware Wizard about my CD/RW drive Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332926
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    - reformatting external USB drive I recently bought two external USB drives for backing up the internal hard drive on my Windows XP SP3 computer. I also bought Acronis True Image 11 Home to do the backups. I thought that when the program did its first backup, it would reformat the external drive from FAT32 to NTFS. However, it didn't. I asked on the Acronis forum and was told the program doesn't reformat drives but that it might be a good idea to do so myself; I was also told that this reformat won't affect data on the drive. Should I do the reformat? If so, how do I do it? (If you could point me to a website offering this information, that would be wonderful.) Thank you! Jo-Anne Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332910
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    - XP, Vista and KVM Oops, sorry! Recent Post entitled ZP, Vista and KVM should have read XP,Vista and KVM. I'm looking at reviews on the "Aten CS-62DU Petite 2 Port USB DVI KVM switch cables built in" which I think might be what I want. Has anyone personal experience of this make/model? Bill Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332909
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    - Installing Driver? Hardware? I've had a Sony DVD-RW (external) for about three weeks now and it worked like it should up until this past weekend. I wrote to Sony and we were able to trace the problem down to the Windows Driver. They had me click on the Hardware Manager to see if the device was connected and I got the yellow question mark with a Code 1. It prompted me to install the new hardware and when I click on it, it brings up the model # of my Sony product and just keeps searching and searching but nothing happens. Before I go any further, let me tell you that although I'm a whiz at using a computer (and most times even fixing it), my knowledge of technical terms is very limited so be easy on me if you can help. Prior to this, I tried everything I knew how to do before I realized that if the DVD burner isn't connected anyway, nothing is going to work. Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how I go about doing this? If it is even possible? I don't have a clue as to how I would install a driver. I read through the support pages and even clicked on some of the options under Properties but it's like reading another language. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332907
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    - re-enabling RAID1 on existing XP install =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=28Intel?= Hi group, Firsttimer in here: if this group is inapropriate for my question, please direct me te right way. :-) First some tech stuff, question follows: -------------------------------------------- Running XP SP3 Hardware: Motherboard: ASUS P5K-e Intel® Chipset Identification Utility says: System Information Chipset Detected Chipset: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Chipset Components Memory Controller: Intel(R) 82G33/G31 Memory Controller Hub I/O Controller: Intel(R) 82801IR Intel(R) I/O Controller Hub (ICH9R) --------------------------------------------- I have 2 SATA HDs in my machine that were working as RAID1 earlier. I remember installing them as RAID1 Array during XP installation by pressing F6 (Load Thrid Part SCSI/RAID drivers). During normal boot-up I always got: Intel® Matrix Storage screen (which I could enter by pressing ctrl-i to configure it). My RAID1 functioned normal. How I screwed up: My machine never booted the first time, it always needed a second try to get past POST message and into windows boot. So I fiddled around in the BIOS, and decided, in my endless wisdom, to change my SATA from IDE to RAID. --> WRONG! No more booting at all. :-( No problem, I thought, let's put it back to IDE. Now my machine boots again, but my drivers for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage) are totally gone. I have now, of course, an extra HD, since my RAID1 is gone, which is indeed a mirror of the C-drive I boot from now. (Better maybe: it WAS a mirror, since I have no more mirroring going on now. ) The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (a windows application) fails to start and says it misses the required plug-ins. How do I reenable RAID1 on my XP? I DO have a floppy with the right drivers, the ones I used with the first time install. Any advise? I don't feel like reinstalling my whole XP and all the apps on it. I read through the manual of intell, but they adress only loading the RAID drivers during XP setup. Thanks. Regards, Erwin Moller Tag: Bootup problem Tag: 332893
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hi all! i have a query. i cloned a hdd from ide to SATA. now when i replaced
the ide with the exact copy on the SATA drive a blue screen is coming up
after POST giving 0x0000007B. I tried chkdsk, fixmbr, fixboot to no avail
keeps poppin up....any help? tnx!

i know its something to do with SATA driver??

Re: Bootup problem by Malke

Malke
Wed Jun 25 05:09:27 PDT 2008

Paul Smith wrote:

(snip multipost)

Asked and answered in the other newsgroup to which you posted. Please don't
multipost; it makes more work for everyone and will get you *less* help,
not more. See this for why:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

If you have forgotten where you posted or can't find your post, use Google
Groups Advanced Search and search for your name.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Re: Bootup problem by RJK

RJK
Wed Jun 25 13:38:26 PDT 2008

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23BfvRxr1IHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Paul Smith wrote:
>
> (snip multipost)
>
> Asked and answered in the other newsgroup to which you posted. Please
> don't
> multipost; it makes more work for everyone and will get you *less* help,
> not more. See this for why:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting
>
> If you have forgotten where you posted or can't find your post, use Google
> Groups Advanced Search and search for your name.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!

I rummaged through Google Groups and could only find this thread !
...I would have been interested in reading his post, particularly the
answers, because a year or so ago, I imaged my boot drive from IDE to SATA
hd, and can remeber asking in NG? what to look out for, I think I had no
problems, and didn't have to do anything "special" i.e. didn't have to use
3rd party SATA drivers supplied with Motherboard, ...or did I ?? ....I
think that all was included in XP Home SP2-at that time.
...anyhooo ...the thread that you mention would probably have been a
refresher on the subject ?

regards, Richard