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    - LCD Monitor Have finished building a newer system as follows: Asus P5K Deluxe Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Fsb 1066 Asus EN8600GT 512 MB DDR3 2 GB Crucial memory 650W PSU One item left the monitor I'm not a gamer but do a lot of photography work. Old system used a CRT. What, in the opinion of this NG, is a good 19 to 22 inch LCD for Photography work. I'm retired so have limited funds, $300, for a monitor. Right now have the CRT hooked up but, like is getting old. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Mr. Bro Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330385
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    - Memory Test Stops Boot Is this the XP home or the Presario hardware that stops the boot up? Is this COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100NX 2.6 Ghz; MB (Mother board) broken? It stops at reboot with these 3 lines in the BIOS; 1. Award Medallion Biox v 6.0 2. REV 3.7 3. Intel Celeron 1600 Mhz Memory Test 1040448K + 8192 K Shared Memory It just hangs there. At the borron of the screen are 2 options; 1. Enter F1 for Setup. 2. Press Escape to skip Memory Test. Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect. Nothing happens. Both 512 RAM chips were removed. 2 other 256 RAM chips were tested. The original new Crucial 512 RAM chips were reinstalled. Nothing happens. Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect. PC Doctor test on MB and RAM memory tested OK. Would the last MS Windows Updates affect the Hardware / BIOS / Memory test ? Which MB test would you run on the MB ? With a bootable FLoppy Disc or a Bootable CD ? After about 1 hour it will finally boot into XP home. Thanks @ Novice @ New Orleans Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330377
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    - couple stupid questions about 32bit vs 64bit platforms I recall back when first 64bit chip was released by AMD that is also supported 32bit windows and 32bit applications via a 32bit mode of some sort.... please correct me it I'm wrong on that... my question is kind of the reverse of that... do 64bit operating systems such as XP and Server 2003 64bit editions support 1) being installed on a 32bit processor?, and 2) running 32 bit programs? Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330353
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    - External Modem and Remote Access Hi! Does anyone know how to get Routing and Remote Access service to "re-establish/reconnect" to a modem that has disappeared and reappeared again (e.g to a temporary power failure). It seems that the operating system does not automatically starts up the service and sets the DTR led on the modem. Any idea? Regards Pat Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330351
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    - ramdisk or eboostr Hi, there is a xp version of readyboost call eboostr, is it simular to ramdisk ? which one is better ? thanks a lot Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330350
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    - Passwords I have just run software which analyses the hardware and software of a computer. I was surprised to see passwords to ISPs and Outlook Express accounts which, in use, are hidden by blobs. I already knew that it is very easy to discover passwords to MS Office files. Access to passwords probably goes much wider than this. Let this be a lesson. You may not have a file containing all your passwords for someone to steal your information. It is already on the computer just waiting to be harvested, possibly remotely! This strengthens the argument for removing and destroying the hard disk(s) of any computer before disposing of unwanted computers. Bill Ridgeway Computer Solutions Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330348
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    - Can not open Pen Drive I am having 4GB Kingston Pen Drive which was working perfectly till now. Recently I copied few snaps from my friends computer and when I tried to open the Pen Drive I got the message: Can not find Script file "E:\VirusRemoval.vbs" E: being the Pen Drive. Can somebody please tell me why I am getting this message and how do I open my Pen Drive. I am using Windows XP with SP2. Thanks. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330346
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    - Raid 1 and Drive Replacement We currently have (2) 320GB drives set up as Raid 1. The drive is partioned 50GB for the boot partition and the remainder for data. We want to replace the drives with (2) 500GB ones. We want to replace one and then use the Intel Raid utility in Windows to rebuild it. When that is complete, we want to replace the other one and do the same procedure. We would like to end up with the additional space on the data partition. Will this work? -- Thanks! Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330320
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    - removing USB keyboard on notebook I can't remove the USB keyboard from notebook and get the notebook's keyboard to function properly. When I hit keys on the notebook keyboard after shutting down and removing the external USB keyboard, it does not display them correctly. So what do I need to do to be able to use the notebook keyboard? Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330312
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    - Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 does not work after hibernation state Hello! I have got an Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000. the LifeCam dies not work after the computer was sent to hibernation and came back from it. I have got other devices sticking in other usb hubs that function with no problems (usb flash drive, a keyboard, external hard drive ). When the cam was up and running prior to hibernation or while hibernation :-), everything will be fine. Also, what I can do was to un-plug and to re-plug the cam to the same hub. That's but no clue since I had to un-plug and to re-plug the cam each time. When I run the program after hibernation with no prior preparation the cams image(s ) will not show up, but a black square only and the green light on top of the cam does not flash Was any one used to the problem and can help? Thank you, Steve Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330298
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    - Internet explorer I disabled the internet explorer services. However, everytime I logon to the computer, the internet explorer seems to start up automatically first before i open any other programs. It's not listed either in the start-up directory..where could the cause of this problem be? In the task manager..its not showing in the application tab but in the processes tab, its showing there. I also notice that there is a system alert message saying spyware "Trojan-spy.win32@mx that pops up at the taskbar. Could that the virus be the cause??? Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330282
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    - Dell Inspirion refuses to charge battery. The battery on my 2 year old, out-of-warranty, Dell Inspirion E1505 was almost dead ( about 6 min. charge retention). A new Dell battery was around 200$ and hence I bought a replacement battery from Kahlon (guaranteed to be E1505 compatible) for half the price. After I swapped in my new Kahlon battery my Dell beeped on boot-up and issued a warning of the sort: "Unrecognized battery type; Will not be able to charge". Pressing F1 allowed me to ignore this and continue. I kept the AC charger connected for about 12 hrs to get the battery its recommended initial charge. Subsequently I disconnected AC power and proceeded to work on the battery till it drained fully (about 4 hours). Laptop worked fine. (all the while the battery charging LED blinks green/orange) On next recharges same warning recurs. F1 allows me to bypass. Only difference now the battery does not charge at all. On AC adapter disconnect the laptop immediately dies. Double clicking on the power bar gives me all the battery details including Amp-hrs, manufacturer etc. Charge %age always remains at zero. I have no clue how to fix this! I suspect its the right battery but some Dell trick that prevents me from using anything other than their expensive "official" battery. No proof but a strong suspicion. Unfair. Debug steps so far: 1. Tried booting from a Knoppix Live Linux CD. Still same warning. Will work only so long as I have the adapter. /proc/acpi/battery recognizes all battery details. Charge %age remains zero. 2. Tried BIOS. No battery recalibration options. No user-changeable battery settings at all there. Probably Dell "sanitized" the BIOS to some custom-version. 3. Only one BIOS flash upgrade listed on Dell website for this model. Its only an optional update. Too chicken to try it yet lest I end up with an "expensive doorstop" Any help at all is greatly appreciated! If I can help it I do not want to pay Dell 200$ to inject new life into a laptop that cost $700 2 years ago! -- Rahul Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330270
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    - Transfer data from 'failed' hard drive I had a disk boot failure on a faltering hard drive that I could not resolve. I have fitted a new hard drive and can access the old hard drive but I cannot make the 'files and settings transfer wizard' move my data across. If I simply copy programs across most do not activate. Is there a way to move the whole drive across so that my settings/access are restored ?? I have Acronis True Image 10 on the old drive and back ups on a currently disconnected drive - but the True Image program suggests I reinstall it. Will there be a problem reactivating my OEM XP once I restore my internet connection? Only the hard dive has been changed. JeffT Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330259
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    - NON PCI X Computer with only IDE How to make an older NON PCI X Computer with only IDE run faster or more reliable with Video editing? Will this COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100 boot up with the 2 IDE channels on this Motherboard P4G533LA ASUSTeK and the Award BIOS v6.0 know the 2nd DATA cable is removed from the CDROM and connected to a 2nd HD? Can this Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz send instructions through both DATA cables at the same time and speed it up or will it only run as fast as 1 DATA cable with Master and Slave HD's? Thanks for your help and tips ; Novice @ New Orleans Louisiana Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330257
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    - Both DVD drives not recognised Hi I have an XP Pro PC with two DVD drives a Sony and a LG DL. Both were working fine a couple of weeks ago, last night when I tried to burn a DVD Nero would not see either as a DVD drive, only CD drives, I tried uninstalling Nero and reinstalling but that did not help. I noticed that the drive appear correctly in Explorer as DVD/R DVD/RW but as soon as I put a DVD in either they appear as "CD Drive" only. Any ideas on what I can do about this? thanks Daniel Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330249
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    - I think I deleted my DVD component I believe I have deleted a windows component. I was trying to remove windows messenger and went to add & remove window components and believe I deleted my DVD rom and also lost my internet explorer icon. Though I get there from my favorites. Messed around where I should not have. When I now go to windows add & remove and check all of them I get this message: The file â??AuthorScript.dllâ?? on Windows XP Professional CD2 is needed Copy files from C:\cmpnente\mediactr\i386 Bought a backup Hard Driveâ?¦Now how do I reinstall???PLEASE Do not have disc. Did not come with. Geek squad wants 230.00 to help!?!?!? Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330248
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    - which one is faster ? which one is faster ? Northwood 2.8G @400fsb or Northwood 2.4G @533fs thanks Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330233
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    - USB Mouse driver I uninstalled & reinstalled my USB ports/hub to try to solve a stop error now WinXP won't run my usb mouse. I plug it in & the Found New Hardware Wizard pops up, but then it says it can't find the driver. I've tried different mice with the same result. Right now I'm using my laptop mouse plugged into a serial port. Everything else that's usb works fine. I've tried looking on Microsoft's site, but I guess I'm using the wrong search terms or something. It's a Logitech corded optical mouse & their site says to use Windows native driver. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330218
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    - PC won't start? Philips iQoun PC with an MSI MS-7071 m/b. At switch on there's a quick display of the boot screen then the monitor switches back to standby, can't even get to BIOS Setup. There are no POST beeps at all. All fans are running and no dust inside it. The PC appears to be still booting because the HDD activity LED is flashing but here's the odd thing, it's still flashing even with the HDD totally disconnected, both power and data. Also have DVD drive disconnected. Checked CMOS battery with multimeter, it's above 3V. Also tried clearing CMOS with onboard jumper. Tried reseating RAM. Graphics and audio are onboard on this. Almost certainly hardware fault but where to start, CPU, RAM, PSU or m/b itself? Any advice appreciated. -- Kenny Cargill Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330212
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    - iTunes 7.6.x: Can't find, delete or Last Played custom genre non-DRM Since upgrading from iTunes 4.9 to iTunes 7.6, I have been unable to seach for or delete songs in my Music folder, or in any Playlist, that uses a custom genre. These are non-Digital Rights Management songs (like free podcasts and CD rips). I can view the songs in their custom smart playlist folders, I can play them in iTunes and on my iPod, but I cannot find them in the iTunes Spotlight search, I cannot delete them in any view, and they do not show a "Last Played" date even when I know they have been played and other, non-custom genre files show a Last Played date. None of these problems existed before upgrading (I didn't want to upgrade from 4.9, but Apple forced me to do it to regain access to my purchased songs). I have an iPod mini and I keep all my songs on my iPod (with the exception of purchased DRM songs downloaded from iTunes store, which are in a folder on my computer). Windows XP SP2 Any ideas how I can force iTunes 7.6.x to treat my custom genre songs like any other non-DRM song and allow search, deletion and play history? Thanks. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330211
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    - DOS/SafeMode Hi I need to get into Dos mode in order to delete a file which is blocking SafeMode to run. Safemode starts loading but stops at a particular file and then can't get further. Thanks Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330208
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    - SATA DVD burner not working in Windows XP I just bought a SATA DVD burner (Samsung SH-S203N) from newegg.com and I am having some problems with it. When I open the tray it comes out and then automatically goes back in without me doing anything and before I can put a CD/DVD in the tray or take a CD/DVD out of it. This is most annoying. I have a dual boot machine with Linux on it and this does not happen in Linux. So, I am assuming that there is some setting in Windows that maybe I should be able to change to fix this. Anyone know how to fix this? Z.K. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330194
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    - XP hangs on boot with 4gig of DDR3 on line installing Mup.sys XP runs fine with 2 Gig of DDR3 mem installed. MoBo is DX38BT, cpu is Cr2D E8400 3GHz. When i add 2nd set of CD3X1024-1800C7D mem sticks for a total of 4 gig system bios sees it, but XP hangs on boot up at: "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\drivers\Mup.sys" boot up hangs at this line and will not proceed. Boot up into Safe Mode will work but system will hang if trying to boot up normal at that line listed above. Any suggestions or answers as to why system will not boot to normal mode with the 4 gig of DDR3 mem installed. Take the two sticks out leaving 2 gig of exact same ram and system boots fine with out any problems. -- Frank Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330175
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    - formating hard drive i have a Sony vaio with Windows xp home. . . the hard drive is divided into two drives. . ."C" and "D", , , drive "C" having "windows", "program files", etc, etc. . drive "D" is where i keep personal records, etc. . .can i format drive "D" without comprimizing drive "C" ?? If so can i just do it by the drop down window when clicking on properties for the drive??? thanks for any info Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330157
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    - formating hard drive i have a Sony vaio with Windows xp home. . . the hard drive is divided into two drives. . ."C" and "D", , , drive "C" having "windows", "program files", etc, etc. . drive "D" is where i keep personal records, etc. . .can i format drive "D" without comprimizing drive "C" ?? If so can i just do it by the drop down window when clicking on properties for the drive??? thanks for any info Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330155
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    - speed and reliability of the CPU and the DATA cable Hi , Can you disconnect the 2nd data cable from the CD Rom and connect a 2nd HD to it? How is the speed and reliability of the CPU and the DATA cable affected by using one HD or using 2 HD's? How would you connect the average XP home PC to work with heavy duty Multi Media Video, etc. with 1 or more DATA cables and 1 or more HD's? Regards, Novice in New Orleans, Louisiana, Enjoy Your Gumbo XP Home ; Presario 2.6 ; 1GIG RAM Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330148
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    - Cards in AGP slot do not work I recently cleaned the dust out of my desktop machine and since then I have not been able to get my GForce 5200, or an older AGP card to work. At first I would get the boot screen before the monitor went black. Now I uninstalled the unidentified video device and I get nothing. I still get video from the VGA connection installed on the Motherboard (Intel D865GBF). I have let the wizard search for drivers but none are found. I have reinstalled the Nvida driver from a CD, but that does not help either. In device manager I also notice that there is no entry for display adapters. I have tried to follow the steps outlined in Article 200435, but there is no \Device\Video entry in HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\hardware\DeviceMap\Video ending in \Device0. Can anyone help me get my dual monitor display back up? I would be grateful for any attempts to help. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330146
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    - cannot install usb devices on msi k9n neo-f mainboard Hi, Thanks for reading. On my brothers computer we installed a new mainboard: msi k9n neo-f. Than we installed winxp SR2. Problem is that the usb mouse and usb webcam don't function. When we plug the mouse or camera in, the system recognizes that there is "new hardware", it starts installing, but fails with a general error containing code 28. Also, the mouselight is on during the boot process of the the computer, but goes out as soon as windows starts in the boot procedure. In hardware tab of device control, the usb ports are ok, but the mouse has a yellow exclamation point mentioning no driver installed. Any help is much appreciated Gerard Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330145
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    - USB mass storage device pains Help! My USB mass storage device is not being acknolwdged by the system (It wont even light up!), yet other USB devices (webcam, scanner etc) work just fine in the same USB ports. As far as i know USB mass storage devices shouldnt need a driver... I cant figure out whats going on! Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330141
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    - How do I network my Epson Laser, I am pulling hair out ?? My epson laser printer is connected to a spare port on my netgear router. The laser is there as the local ip address comes up when I checkout the router. I can ping that local ip address and its Ok. I can also go into the printers setup, and everything is OK. But when I try to 'add a printer' on my XP computer it just does not find it. Also I try to find local network printer in 'my network places' its not there. Any ideas please. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330130
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    - Windows XP driver for Sony USB webcam CMR-PC1 I am looking for Windows XP driver for Sony USB webcam CMR-PC1. Can someone advise me where I can locate it on the internet. Thanks, Scott Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330123
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    - Fresh install or ghost migration I currently have a 3 year old P4 running WinXP sp2 with all updates. I am building a new high end computer to replace this one and I wantto continue to run XP. I would like to know if it is better to do a fresh install of the OS and all apps (big pain), or it is just as good to ghost the drives using a program like Norton Ghost of Save & Restore? Why? Thanks, Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330097
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    - Login error device not functioning Recently, I am unable to log in using remote desktop. I have received the following problem on the same day each of the last three weeks. And it requires a reboot of the remote computer, and then it works fine. The problem is that someone isn't always available to restart. This is the error message: "Error connecting to existing session for {username} (Id 0) A device attached to the system is not functioning." I have a dell dimension 4300, running xp pro sp2. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330093
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    - FAT32 DVD-RAM cannot be written to This is for an XP Pro SP2 laptop with an optical drive supporting no-cartridge DVD-RAM discs, which we want to use for shared data backup. I used XP Disk Management to format a new 3x Panasonic DVD-RAM disc to FAT32, which is supposed to have native read/write support through Windows Explorer. But when I create new folders on the drive in Explorer, it lists the folders with shortcut icons and the Explorer contents pane gains a header: "Files waiting to be written to the CD." That seems wrong, but if I play along and click "Write these files to CD," I get an error message along the lines of "disc is full or is the wrong type of disc." Anyone know what's going on here? John Hupp PRP Company Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330087
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    - Stop error & USB I've been looking for an answer for awhile now & can't seem to find one. Almost daily I get a Stop: 0X000000D1 error with USBPORT.sys-Address F6E7A2B5. I'm pretty sure it's a driver error cause it starts with DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I've seen messages here about removing the USB drivers & re-booting Windows but I'm wondering if Windows will reload the drivers automatically. I don't have the disk for XP, or at least I can't find it. The ports on the side front of the box have now quit working, I get a message that the hardware attached has malfunctioned, but then it works fine in the port on the back. This all started after I installed the drivers for a Samsung mobile phone & yes I've uninstalled the drivers but it didn't help. I also tried a System Restore & that didn't help either. Thanks Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330084
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    - Drive Solutions - Hard Drives Drive Solutions carries the hard drive you need. If you are looking for a hard drive and demand service, knowledge, experience and secure online shopping, click here. http://www.health3.com.cn/health/Hard-Drive.htm Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330081
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    - Drive naming. I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I discovered that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came back to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location of stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I can't do it one by one. Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is none that have taken that letter? Thanks, Pierre Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330068
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    - XP Installation problems- please help! I have a laptop which was runnning Windows 2000 and I'm trying to install Windows XP on it. I did manage to get it on but I must have made some mistake somewhere as on startup it was giving me the option to boot into either XP or Windows 2000. Before explaining the current status I should just explain exactly what I'd like to acheive ideally. One hard drive (C) with the full amount of storage space (10GB) running Windows XP. That's it! Nothing more, nothing less. So I have tried to do a few things- deleting partition, re-installing XP and now I'm really confused! When I startup now, I get 3 choices from the boot screen: Windows XP Home Edition Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Setup If I select Windows XP Home Edition it says: Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. COuld not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documemntation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information. If I select Windows 2000 Professional it gets me into Windows 2000. If I go to Computer Management>Disk Management there it reads: C: 5GB FAT32 - Primary Partition Unallocated 4.36GB Right-clicking on either of these doesn't give me an option to either delete or format. If I try Windows XP Home Edition Setup it says: Welcome to Setup To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER Insert the CD labeled Windows XP Home Edition CD ROM I then put in the disk and press enter. I then get the following screen: The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer 9586MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MPR] C: Partition1 (VAIONOTE) [FAT32] 5122MB 979MB free Unpartioned space 4463MB If I press 'D' on C, it says: Setup is unable to perform the requested operation on the slected partition. This partition contains temporary Setup files that are required to complete the installation. 'D' doesn't work on the unpartitioned space. If try to set up on C, it says: The partition you have chosen is too full to contain Windows XP which requires a drive with at least 1033MB of free disk space. I also have the following options: To repair a Windows XP intallation using Recovery Console, press R To quite Setup without installing Windows XP press F3 So, what do I do????!!! Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330066
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    - dumb question about mouse I received a wireless mouse with a USB. I plugged it in and it worked a while, few months and then stopped. So I looked to see if it needed a battery. It didn't come with any instructions on changing a battery. I don't know if I need to do something with the mouse or the usb stick that goes in back of computer. I couldn't see anything that came apart. ???? Help please. I know this is a dumb question but I've never used this before. ITs a HP Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330053
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    - Found New hardware Wizard keep poping up Hello: The "Found New hardware Wizard" keeps popping up!!! It is looking for some "PCI Device" and can't never find it. Tried tips offered by [2. It does not find the drives] in an old message but no help. the problem is I don't know what it is looking for. Any help would be greatly appreciated Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330046
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    - Problem with PaperPort program Hello everybody, I have been using the Visioneer One Touch 8700 scaner with the PaperPort 7.02 Deluxe program for years. Up to now everything was OK. Suddenly in the Scan Info window located in the lower left hand corner of the One Touch Visioneer Scan Manager Pro I got a red box with X and according to the help it appears if the file size exceeds available hard disk space. But it is not true - the available space on all my partitions is surely enough. For example now it is showing: Image Size: 2,83 MByte, Free Space 0kByte. The image size changes depending on what I scan, the Free Space is equal to 0 all the time. At the moment I can scan anything using default parameters only. When I try to change the parameters I get the following information: ScanManager Problem An unknown error has occurred. The program has encountered an unknown error with the selected settings. Reset the selected parameters and try again. Scanning with default parametrs gives very low quality results. I unstalled the PaperPort program and install it from the beginning but it didn't help. Please tell me how to get rid of the problem. Regards JA Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330036
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    - Recovering Deleted Files Hello. I'm looking for a piece of software that would allow me to recover files that have been recently deleted from my hard drive in Windows XP. When I say deleted, I mean from the recycle bin as well. Kind Regards, Matthew Boulton Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330029
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    - ribbon cable problem? On an XP Pro machine I added a 250GB HD 18 months ago and used the new cable that came in the box. This was an additional drive (D:) in the machine and it booted off the C: drive. I have since removed the 250 GB to mount externally. I tried booting with the same C: drive and cable after removing all jumpers. The machine only beeps and won't boot up. Do I need to find an older cable to run with the older hard drive? Any suggestions are appreciated. Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330027
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    - Syskey on USB drive Hi, i have used Syskey on Floppy for years on customer Laptops. In january this year a customer wanted to use syskey (on XP) without a floppy. I have used USBDLM for mounting the USB devices to the drive letter A. USBDLM: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html I configured, that a usb-drive with a specific name should always be mounted to A, all others from G to J. So you can make a backup to another usb-stick, change the name to force the mount to A and use it in case of a broken or lost device. My concern is: if a usb-device is attached before a user is logged on to the machine and this specific device was not plugged in bevore on this machine, would it mount properly? This problem occured a few days ago: We used Pretec iDisk Diamond sticks. They are very small and handy. We also used the type with 128MB, mainly for preventing to use the device for other purposes as the logon process. Now we had following issues: The customer told me that he cannot log on to his laptop. The displayed message tells "syskey not found on drive A. Please insert disk" (Translation from german XP). I told him to use his backup-Stick (which was created on the same machine a few weeks ago) and he was able to logon. For investigation purposes i told him to plug in the "primary stick". When he plugged it windows reacted like it was a "new-and-never-bevore-plugged-in-device". Messages with installing drivers and "device can now be used" appeared. The next reboot, the "primary stick" worked again without problems...so far. Any ideas what happened here? Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330026
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    - CD-RW Not shown in My Computer After formatting a disc yesterday, the CD-RW drive disappeared from "My Computer". I looked in the System Hardware and it shows it is there and working properly. The drive seems to be working fine. I have been burning data files with Roxio to move to new computer. But I can't see the drive in my computer to drag and drop files to the drive. Any suggestions? Using XP home. Thanks in advance Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330024
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    - DVD drive doesn't recognize any media Hello all, My emachines pc has 2 cd/dvd drives. One is dvd player, the other is a cd-rw drive. Recently the dvd rom stopped recognizing any media placed in it. It will now read cd's or dvd's. I placed media in it, it lights up and spins for a second, then nothing. I check "my computer", double click the drive and it says there is nothing in the dvd drive. I tried d-loading drivers for the video, audio, hardware. Any suggestions? Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330022
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    - !@!Couple Fucking ON BED With Boyfriend Hiden!@! !@!Couple Fucking ON BED With Boyfriend Hiden!@! ********************************* http://myprofile9321.blogspot.com/ ******************************** Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330021
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    - High speed device to what USB port? "The hubs shown in bold type have free ports that can support the Hi-Speed USB device."Recommendation--Disconnect the Unknown Device from its current port and then connect it to one of the ports on a hub shown in bold type" - (Generic USB Icon) Intel (R) ----USB 2 Enhanced Host -24DD - USB Root Hub (8 ports)-----(In Bold type font) -Unused Port -Unused Port -Unused Port -Unused Port -Unused Port -Unused Port -Unused Port -Unused Port I have added a USB hub having 4 ports and the Quantum Chinese made is connected to the back of the box of the PC.It is to this hub that my external HD is connected to. It may be added here that even if I connect the HD direct to the port in the back still I get the same thing, but insted of 8 ports I see only 4 ports. Tried different port direct in the back but with the same message. I do not know where should I connect my external HD in the port that has the High speed connectivity? I need help to understand all this? Please guide. dkb Tag: USB write protected. Tag: 330018
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Hi all,Testing time for all ...am having USB which is write protected ..can't
format the same...is there any option to make USB writable ...

Kindly suggests...

Regards,

Re: USB write protected. by Paul

Paul
Wed Apr 09 22:17:50 PDT 2008

Amar wrote:
> Hi all,Testing time for all ...am having USB which is write protected ..can't
> format the same...is there any option to make USB writable ...
>
> Kindly suggests...
>
> Regards,

See "USB drive appears to be write protected" -

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

HTH,
Paul

Re: USB write protected. by mrcrowder

mrcrowder
Tue May 06 22:59:07 PDT 2008

I'm having the same trouble. I followed the link but unfortunately, I'm
not quite confident yet in my ability to edit my registry, alas there's
no "switch" on my flash drive, and I bought it new less than 12 weeks
ago so I can't imagine that it's worn out already. Any other hints,
suggestions, etc.? I would really hate to think I plunked down $25 for
less 3% usage on a 2GB flash drive. :(

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Re: USB write protected. by Paul

Paul
Tue May 06 23:58:46 PDT 2008

mrcrowder wrote:
> I'm having the same trouble. I followed the link but unfortunately, I'm
> not quite confident yet in my ability to edit my registry, alas there's
> no "switch" on my flash drive, and I bought it new less than 12 weeks
> ago so I can't imagine that it's worn out already. Any other hints,
> suggestions, etc.? I would really hate to think I plunked down $25 for
> less 3% usage on a 2GB flash drive. :(
>
>

Uwe's page is telling you to *look* at the registry. If
there is no "WriteProtect" entry in the specified key, then you
know there is no reason to look further in that direction.
Many times I will look at the registry, without changing
anything. You don't need any skills to do that.

Depending on who makes your drive, their software can also
be used to set the write protect flag.

http://www.imation.com/support/products/flash_devices.html#02

Paul