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I own 2 Emachines PCs. I bought another used Emachines system for my son. When it arrived, it worked fine, but the OS was all in French. I tried changing the language settings, but that did absolutely nothing. So, I decided to TRY using my recovery disk that I use for my other 2 systems. I do a full system recovery, but it's STILL in French. So, I figure I'll put the HD in my own PC, and reformat it. All goes according to plan, the drive formats normally, and then I put it back in the other system, and try to restore again. It seemed to WORK fine, and was actually IN ENGLISH!!, YET after the recovery finished, and the system rebooted, it won't start up. It tells me that the file SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\NTFS.SYS is missing. I put the drive back in my other PC, and had a look in the drive, and sure enough, that file is missing.

What would me next move be? I'm completely lost. If the restore CD isn't putting that file on the disk, why not?

Here's the details of the PC
Pentium 4
2 gig
512 meg RAM
160 gig HD
Windows XP


eMachines change MBoards and important components as quickly as i change socks...It's possible the restore CD you used is for completely different components...
Did either machine come with a Driver CD ? ?
If so have you attempted re-installing the drivers ? ?I guess I didn't mention this, but even when put in my own PC as the master, it still won't work.

I'm wondering if it may have something to do with the partition system. The HD is supposed to have a section for restore that is FAT32, and the main storage area is supposed to be NTFS. This drive now only has the NTFS section. XP after installed cannot simply be switched from one machine to another...
It will not boot properly ...if at all.
This is by design.
Collect all your CD's for both machines and post back with some more details...Quote from: patio on January 22, 2009, 08:09:44 PM

XP after installed cannot simply be switched from one machine to another...
It will not boot properly ...if at all.
This is by design.
Collect all your CD's for both machines and post back with some more details...

The display on my laptop suddenly shrank to about 2/3 NORMAL (full screen) size while ADDRESSING a yahoo email. I have Windows XP and have NEVER seen this happen before. Can anyone tell me what caused it and what can I do to get the display back to full screen size??Quote

while addressing a yahoo email

I have a pop-up called, "SPYWARE Guard 2008". From what I've seen in other places on this site, it's not HELPING, like it says. I've tried to download antivirus software, but it blocks any website that has virus protection, and it also blocks search engines. I have no Idea what to do, can somebody please help me? Travel to the Virus and Spyware section and FOLLOW the instructions at the TOP of the page.

All of a sudden when I try to download a pic, all I get is the small box in the upper left corner (with the circle, square, triangle). What did I mess up? How can I rectify it?
Thanx.Depends where you download it from. Does this happen EVERYWHERE, or just on that specific site?
What Browser?
Thanks, Carbon... I never paid attention to where they COME from but I'll start watching. I'm USING both IE and Firefox and also don't know if they come from a specific browser or not Will start PAYING attention! Thanx, again.Somtimes it can also happen if you have addons on your browser
I'll look at that, too... Thanx. I know I have add-ons! thats what this forum is about. Help and ideas you MAY not have tried

CoD5 beta was from File shack... and i use the power iso.. but the only thing it does is keeps opening up folders until i get to a bootex folder.. what do i do with that?Okay SINCE i could never figure out how to run this program i ignored it since you guys didnt get BACK on my PROBLEM with opening it.. but i bought the game and it has WORKED fine until about 10 mins ago i closed the game and the bllue scren came up also, my comp is freezing sometimes randomly when im using a bunch of bandwitdh on the internet im using a wireless adapter, cant these be related because when this blue screen came up what my buddy was sayin in Ventrillo ( a program used for communication purposes) was frozen... jus tlike all the other times... except now it was with the blue screen.. my comp seems to freeze when vent is running.. And as far as the memtest 86, i extract the FILES open it with poweriso and all i get is this img file and some boot.cat and memtest.img.... help??

when i try formatting my acer aspire 4310 its suddenly apper like this

"setup did not find any hard disk driver installed on your computer

make sure any hard disk drivers are powered on and connected to your computer , and that any disk-related
hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacture-supplied DIAGNOSIS on setup program

setup cannot continue. to quit setup press f3"

what the problem??? help me....

info:my hard disk are properly connected and still can access to WINDOWS and i using windows xp pro SP2 OEM(download from thepiratebay.org) to format....help pls
No need for THIS
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download from thepiratebay.org

No need for THIS
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download from thepiratebay.org

We can't help you here.

You need to get legit Windows CD, and we'll go from there.

Hello. I want to reformat my PC because I am giving it to my mother plus it is getting old (maybe 5yrs) and running slow. I set BIOS to boot from disk first but as soon as I see something that says something like "windows setup" I get this MESSAGE...."file\i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. error code is 1024". I have also recently not been able to pull up a DOS prompt from run, cmd.
"C:WINDOWS\system32\command.com
C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS_DOS & Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application"


I run CA Internet security suite (cablevision) but as I was typing this I got a popup saying that like 54 threats were removed & 157,839 attempts to connect to my COMPUTER were blocked. I have a wired NETWORK setup in my home including 2 PCs & an Xbox.

Any ideas what is going on here?

Are you talking about two computers, or one?1 PCAnd is this an XP CD or a sharpie version ? ?Original XP disk that came with the PC.You should be able to simply boot to the XP CD and start the installation...there is a selection to remove and re-create a new partition...this will erase all data on the drive.As soon as the disk begins to boot I get that error message. I can't get anywhere (where set to boot from cd-rom 1st) before I get that message.Have you tried cleaning the CD?
Do you have another bootable disk you can try, just to rule out the drive as the culprit?Well I only have 1 cd-rom drive but I have tried 2 different XP disks with the same results.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318729 points to INCORRECT BIOS settings, or bad RAM.

Here's the deal:
My mom gave me her old computer when it was about 2 years old. it was working fine EXCEPT that sometime the screen wouldn't come on when you started up the computer. the lights and fan would start running and then the fan would turn off and the computer screen would stay black. well usually you could just wait a few minutes and it would start on it's own, now it won't turn on at all! the start light around the start button will come on and then fan will start like normal but before the screen will come on the fan will turn off and the screen will stay completely black but the start light will still be on. i have left it on for an entire day and still nothing. i really can't wipe the whole computer out because i have important information on it. i desperately need help. I am not good with fixing things and need to get my computer running before finals. i can get additional info if needed.

any help would be amazing. Thanks.
I am wedded to the idea that your power supply is on the bonkers . There
seems to be insufficient power to the motherboard hence not enough to
drive the display card. The lack of proper voltages result in the CPU resetting
itself to off- mode hence stopping the fan and power supply.

Much about the PC is diagnosis - sometimes right sometimes wrong - and
swapping hardware that you know is good. Just borrow a good power supply
and see what happens.

While you're at it , take a peek at the capacitors on the motherboard...see if all
the tops are FLAT...bulges will spell a headache !Thanx. but how do i "borrow a good power supply? have you tried turning the monitor on?Is this a laptop?
Can you give us some more info about the computer? Like the brand and model.sorry about that. yes it is a laptop. it is a Toshiba Satellite M35x-S329.

Thanks.Does anyone know anything?? I'm just another reader but I've been WRESTLING with laptop issues for years. There are a few things you might check to shed some light on your dilemma, or at least eliminate some possibilities and give the experts some more information...

1. When you switch the laptop ON, does the CHARGE indicator come on? Does the CHARGE indicator extinguish when you remove the power cord?

2. Does the screen ever "glow" at the BORDERS, as if a black sheet is covering up the desktop and light is slipping through on the sides?

3. Does the keyboard have a FUNCTION KEY, such as one labled with "fn" near the lower left-hand corner near the "ctrl" key? (I'm guessing at the location.)

4. Are the F-keys (f3, f4, f5, etc) labled with extra functions?

5. Is the battery in place? If so, is the battery a Lithium-Ion or a Ni-Cad type?

6. When you switch the laptop ON, can you hear the CD-ROM drive "cycle"? Is there a CD in that drive?

One of the tricks my laptop's "support" group told me to do to RESET the thing... was to switch OFF and remove power, remove the battery, hold the power button on for 10 seconds, then reconnect everything and power-ON again. Don't know if that applies to the Toshiba or not but it's worth a try.

Thanx.
Ill give it a try.

I am running OE 6 under Windows media center 2005 (XP). Links in all emails have started lcoking up OE forcing a reboot. How can this be corrected? TIA for any assistance.Get rid of the dbx files, Close windows not needed, buy more ram, increase the free space on the HD., empty all temp files, scan for a virus, run MALWAREBYTES, Clean your register, Get all the XP updates.

To compact and back up e-mail folders
1.Select an e-mail folder.
2.On the File menu, point to Folder, and then CLICK Compact.
3.To back up the folder, find the folder file, and then copy it to a backup folder, floppy disk, or network drive. Outlook EXPRESS e-mail folders have a .dbx extension (for example, "SENT Items.dbx").
Notes
•Some message files might be too large to back up onto a floppy disk.
•If you are using a program other than Outlook Express to send e-mail messages to newsgroups, check your e-mail program's documentation for information about compacting and deleting e-mail folders.

After you back up the dbx file, delete the dbx files from the HD.
Quote from: billrich on December 27, 2008, 07:00:26 PM

Get rid of the dbx files,

I'm getting 'banner' WARNING that I may have a counterfeit XP and I can't get rid of the banner on the bottom of my desk top. Any Ideas?

I had the purchased copy, but the last Tech apparently did,t use it to reinstall windows XP.

Some how the 'Updates" got run and after that the banner CAME up.
Reinstall Windows with your, LEGIT copy.First I would have to WIPE h.d.
Yes. It's EITHER A, or B. You can't have both.

I have downloaded a video and its an AVI file, but when I try to play it with Windows Media Player I only get the SOUND, there is no video.

Can anyone sugest a way to sort this?

Thank youDownload K-Lite codecs and install them
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htmQuote from: JJ 3000 on January 21, 2009, 10:18:38 AM

Download K-Lite codecs and install them
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

Hello, i am rickey and am having a problem when i start INT. A little box COMES up in the middle of the screen saying: RD Platinum v5.0 Runtime error `76`: Path not Found? My comp seems alittle slower and was making a DONK SOUND when i pushed a key?The donking stoped? I hope this is enough info. for someone alittle more " knowing " bout these thing to be able to tell me whats going on here. Thank you for your time.What is INT?It is a program you have probably installed before, Called "REGISTRY Defender".
I am sure you have found your answer by now. THOUGH might not hurt posting it for those who are still SEEKING the snawer to this question.

http://www.google.com/search?q=RD+Platinum+Angle+Interactive&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7RNWN_enCA297Boy this sure spun out of control rapidly...

My HUSBAND had some people working on his computer through MSN/sympatico (or whatever) from their site, not his. Now his PASSWORD won't WORK and he can't GET in to Windows XP. He is able to get the DOS prompt, but nothing works from there. Is there someplace he can phone? Or is there a solution you can tell me about and I can relay it to him?Welcome to the CH forums.

Please see this article..

Good LUCK

I opened an email today that I thought was from a buyer for something I had on CL but to my mistake. I think it was a virus that will not let me open my cpu and only open the sys 32 file/folder. Because before that I was in the C drive folder and now only sys 32. Any HELP would be greatly appreciated. Say again?I click on my cpu icon to open my folders, the drives will come up and I click on c drive and the only folder it will let me open is system 32 well it actually opens it auto. I can right click on c drive and hit open and it works fine but kinda annoying. same for my EXTRA HARD drive when I click on that it says "windows cannot find ""r" make sure you typed it correctly and try again. But i can right click and open it manually?? thksQuote

I click on my cpu icon to open my folders

Hi Sir ,
I have a very serious problem
i have formatted my PC into fat32 system into XP Pro Sp2
so my C: Drive is Fat32 .......
But My "D:" Drive is " ntfs " based partition
my all songs contains D: Drive
so now I can't playing any of my songs
please help me........................

my email is :


Email removed to PREVENT SPAM. Often, email "harvesters" index sites that have forums for email addresses, and then they start spamming that found email account. To prevent this, we remove email addresses and ask that users do not post their email addresses.
- JESSE ZylstraThe NTFS has more security than FAT32.
What is the error message you see?thanks for reply me
i have try to play mpeg files on wmp
but when try it wmp can't play it
display a messege which contains " close and web help "
i have try to play with powerdvd 8 but it says
a messege " error code 80040265 "
I have try to convert it but says no decoder
but i installed k lite mega codec packege
i can upload a file if u want
please help me ////////Quote

error code 80040265

You should have told us at that start that you were downloading from http://www.rapidshare.com
This site is not something that I would use or endorse. You need to read the contract you heave with them to see if you are in compliance with their rules. It is a "subscription service" that requires you to pay a small monthly fee.
Don't expect anyone here help you "crack" their service.

I'm almost tempted to simply say something rude here, but I won't.

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I'm almost tempted to simply say something rude here, but I won't.

BC, go ahead and say what you think.
If I am wrong, it is I, not you that is being rude.

Wowsers......no it didn't come up. Thank you Raptor. Should I still keep my other post in Spyware?Like I said, those guys just love reading logs. I wouldn't cheat 'm out of it if I were you. Especially not around Christmas!

There might be some more spyware on your computer, best to have it LOOKED at now that you've gone through the PROCES of posting the log anyway. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you!!!!You too. SEE you around! No one has ANSWERED my other post. EVERYONE is probably busy with the holidays but it looks like it got lost in the shuffle.Be patient...it's worth the wait to get a clean bill of health...Patience is a virtue!

Hey

So as i was reinstalling windows today i was trying to find a way to make it easier and make a custom XP Install disc.

I've found nLite and that's PRETTY good, but i wanted to take it a STEP further. On my current XP disc that's a copy from a friend (and the only one i've EVER used) it automatically installs programs like trillian, nero, O & O degfrag, firefox, ect. if i want it to. This is probably standard right? I don't actually KNOW.
Either way, I was wondering if there was any way to add other programs of my own choice to this so that i could have it automatically install iTunes or Ad-aware or whatever!

Does anyone know how to do this, or if it's actually possible? Perhaps there's even another method to do this that i'm just not thinking about?

Thanks in advanceoh joy, another nlite customized install. AFAIK you will need to fiddle with nlite.inf.I know your idea is possible. before i had an installer of that kind.
I just don't know how they made it You can use Nlite to add programs, check on their SITE and forums.
You'll need a genuine XP disk though to use it.

When I TURN the computer on it has a black screen that says "We apologize for the inconvenience but windows did not START automatically...." etc. I have seen this screen before, like if you don't SHUT it down properly (which i didn't). So then it goes to start windows normally and the XP graphic shows up, then it goes to a blue screen with:

STOP: c0000218 {Registry FILE Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete
Contact your system ADMINISTRATOR or technical support group for further assistance.

And then it just sits there with that screen! This is very bad! Help!can you get into safe mode?No. I have tried to open in every mode it lets me... all end up in the same spot.Do you have your windows CD?yestry this
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Okay, so I tried to LOG onto my computer using the welcome screen and everything appears normal, except that it logs me off right away. My background sometimes appears for a second and then it kicks me back to the log on screen. After this was happening, after I got into the regedit.exe registry, I accidentally changed the userinit registry from C:\windows\system\32... blah blah blah to X:\... Basically I just changed the C to a X because I was reading someone's answer to this problem and that's what they said to do. Now I can't even log on in safe mode or anything! I can't log onto my computer in any way. I read something about using a different computer to connect to the same network. All I know is that the computer this is happening on is a laptop, but at my house we have wireless internet, so I don't know if we're on the same network or not. I don't really want to have a redo everything on my computer because there's some stuff I need on there. I"m almost positive I don't have a recovery CD or anything, and if I do, I probably won't be able to find it. Does anyone know what to do without having to re-install windows? Until then, I'll search the internet for answers. What I do know is that A) The registry didn't get deleted, I just stupidly changed the thing. B) I can't use my laptop in any way and need HELP! Registry Repair in XP

You are going to have to track down an XP CD to facilitate these repairs. The version and Service Packs have to match what you have installed...i.e. XP PRO=XP Pro
XP Pro with SP2=XP Pro with SP2.

Needless to say without having a CD and no BACKUPS in place the Registry is the last place you should have been mucking around in...What kind of XP CD do I need to get? A system recovery CD or what? Is there a way by using a CD to get it back to normal without having to re-install XP so I don't lose my data? If not, I'll just do what I have to do. Thanks for any help. Quote

You are going to have to track down an XP CD to facilitate these repairs. The version and Service Packs have to match what you have installed...i.e. XP Pro=XP Pro
XP Pro with SP2=XP Pro with SP2.

I have a Dell Dimension 3100, Windows XP. I recently had "blue screen" problems which required me to perform a clean install on my PC. I have reinstalled most of the stuff that was on there but when I come to re-install my MODEM i get the message "NO ETHERNET PORT DETECTED" when obviously there is one there as it worked OK brfore the Clean Install.

I do get another message from my install disk saying......go to control panel....network connections....you will see a list of connections....right click....click enable.

But I just get a blank list, nothing to click enable on. I have scoured the Dell support site without success. Any help MUCH appreciated.Look in device manager [right-click My Computer / Manage / DM. Is your ethernet port detected there?

Alan <>< QUOTE from: ale52 on December 28, 2008, 08:00:40 AM

Look in device manager [right-click My Computer / Manage / DM. Is your ethernet port detected there?

Alan <><

OS: XPhome

I use a simple xcopy batch file to do backup. As part of that batch file, I also force a DELETE of "recent", "cookies", and within local settings: "history", "temporary internet files".

The LAST one is not working correctly. The syntax is proper (including using the " " around the long path). The issue seems to be with some (heck, a TON) of hidden folders and files. While the visible files are perhaps 20-30, with an aggregate memory size of around 20-30k, a check of "properties" reveals 1100 files and 24 folders with an aggregate memory usage of 25mb. Of course, my folder settings allow viewing of both hidden/read-only and system files, but these don't seem to exist anywhere.

I have not (yet) set flags on xcopy to delete subfolders on "temporary internet files" as I am not sure what is hiding down there and don't wish to risk rendering the OS inoperable by forcing a deletion of critical files. Actually, I'm not EVEN sure setting the /S flag on xcopy would change the lack of results, but not up to trying it yet. btw, the RESULT is that the batch file actually "skips" the instruction, not even returning an error message. Weird, huh? I MOVED the instruction line up and down in the queue and the result is the same: the batch file treats it as if it doesn't exist. I tried copying a line which does execute properly and then simply changing the final folder name. No change. I am taking XP at its word regarding the path and the folder name of "documents and settings\gerry\local settings\Temporary Internet Files"

Any ideas as to what is really lurking deep inside that seemingly innocuous folder?

thanks,

Gerry

I am having a problem with my computer that maybe you could help me fix. I have looked thru your web forum but did not see any thing like my problem It started 3 years ago and Dell fixed it after being on the phone with them for several hours. It came back almost a year to date. I SENT them an E mail with the job number and the next day the problem was gone. Well 10 months latter it is back. Dell will not re fix the problem because it is out of warranty. Here is my problem. When you first start the computer you get a green screen that is always Blue then when it goes to the Blue screen there is a big ball like a sun swirling around in the upper left corner that is not their when the system is operating properly. After all the start up things happen the screen is grainy and gritty and fuzzy and things are like all moving like a swarm of Bees in the back ground. If you open any thing with a picture it is worse and has a moving green moss on every thing. Here is what I have done to solve this problem thus far.
My ant virus soft wear is in good current standings(PC Cillen veson 14) and have run a current update. I have run the current Dell windows update as well. Originally they hade me swap out the monitor and I had the same thing on another monitor so I think that is not the problem. I have played with the color and the resolution is set at 1280x1024 and changing it had no effect on it. So my untrained thinking is a driver is resetting it self or some thing. The computer works in every way as it always did and is not running slow or any thing.
Do you think you could walk me thru this repair? I am not that much of a teck person but maybe be able to work thru this with your help.
E mail me your number and I can call you when it is convenient to you.

Respectfully,

John Deere 36Welcome to the CH forums.

So far all I've gotten out of your post is that you are running Win XP on a Dell with PcCillin as your antivirus and seem to be having video PROBLEMS.

Is this a desktop/laptop/notebook, what's your hardware configuration, what's your pc model? Please read this from our esteemed leader.

Sorry about that .
It Is a desk top Dimension E310,1GBDDR2 SDRAM @533MHZ,with integrated intel media accelerator 900.
80GB Sata 11 Hard drive (7200RPM )
Microsoft windows XP home edition, service pack.
windows media player 10
Dell media experience 3.1 Basic
Backup media for XP home Dimension.
Intell Pro 100m integrated PCI NIC Card
56K PCI data fax modem.
This information was taken from my build sheet. I have no idea what any of it realy means and their is other info their if you need it although it is mostly mouse and programs stuff.

Thanks for any help you can provide.
John Deere 36Try going into Device Manager ( right-click My Computer / choose Manage / Device Manager / display adapters &AMP; monitors / delete them both and reboot. Windoze will see them and reinstall their drivers.

Alan <&GT;< Ale52 Thanks for the try but it did not do any thing for my problem. After SHUT down I turned off all power via the plug strip and waited a good minute before re-powering up.

John Deere 36

Im trying to reload WinXP from scratch. What happens is that after the initial files ar ecopied, and I press F8 to agree to the EULA, I choose install Windows . The next screen where it says install on current partition, delete partiton... says in the box underneath "There is no disk in the drive". I know there is a Hard disk in the computer. And then it hangs or gives me an error saying there was an illegal operation.

I have the boot sequence to boot from the disk drive.

whats going wrong
You need to give a little bit more information. Is this a desktop?
Did it have XP on whne you got it?
Or did you do it and you forgot how?
You say 'reload' and the can mean something other that 'install',
so we need to know what you mean.

What kind of XP CD do you have?
If it is not a legal CD, we can not help you here.

The message about no disk drive means that either the drive is not setup in the BIOS or the drive does not conform to a known type XP can recognize. XP does not recognize SATA drives UNLESS a driver was loaded from the floppy during the initial load of drivers. You see a message that says press f6 and if you miss, you have to start over.Its a desktop. When I* bought it, it had XP preinstalled. But over time I think I got some viruses. Now Im seeing a lot of pop ups and stuff and some of my programs cause the computer to crash. You know all that fun stuff. So I want to just re-install XP from scratch.

I tried to do the system restore and EVEN do the dell restore from the other partition but this causes the computer to hang and freeze each time.
Anyway I bought a copy of XP, and put it in the CD drive, changed the BIOS to boot from the disk, and it seems to be OKAY until I get to the screen I mentioned above. THATS when its says there is no disk in the drive and the only option I can choose is D to delete the partition, which causes a crash again.

Funny thing is when I let it boot itself with the existing XP that is alreadyh on there, it boots up to the desktop properly. Its just that it starts giving popups soon after and then crashes if I run programs

What me do

Your machine was loaded with XP at the factory. If your XP was still in good condition it would be posible to make an install CD from the original system. But is may be too late for that now. The XP you bought may not have all the drivers needed to install to the hard drive.
I have a used computer like that and I have to figure out a way to re-install windows XP from the disk provided by the manufacture. In some cases you have to have two disks, one with XP and the other has the ADDITIONAL drivers needed to install XP. This is a big annoyance for sure. The manufacture of your desktop should have information specific your model. And in some cases even the serial number. They change specs on a system and not change the model number. It can drive you crazy.
What make and model is it? Does it have a service ID on it? That is needed to see if the machine requires special chip drivers for the motherboard. Sometimes XP can not install without having all the drivers right from the start of the instantiation. This is a known issue, but not very common. The box I am using at this moment has a standard Windows 2000 install that later I was able to update with the right drivers. But no way can I install XP on it!
Hard to believe, but true! When the setup is starting you press F6 and indicate where the right drivers are.

Hi Everyone,

When I am using the computer for a long period time, the IE toolbar icons change around. I have it set up for 2 rows of icons but then it will change to 4. I do have the option to Lock Toolbars CHECKED. ALSO-after this happens, if I go to open one of my OE emails, it says- not enough memory to open this- and I have to reboot.

I also went into the C drive properties-Total Size 74.4 GB Free Space 63.8 GB-does this seem right?

Any help would be so much appreciated!

XP SP2 Home
IE6
Why havent you upgraded to Internet Explorer 7? IE6 is a security risk that can talk if a hacker wanted it to.
(Yes, using my scary "convert now!" words!)

Be sure to disable any toolbars you dont use. Check the toolbar menu for toolbars that are listed that you do not actually see running in IE, these can often be adware which can cause your toolbars to jump around at times....


Also, do you happen to change your monitor resolution, or use two monitors at once? This can also affect the layout. I think it's about that time for IE7!! I still do not have Sp2 either. With this problem I am having-do you think it's a GOOD idea to install either-until this is fixed? I will get RID of some of my toolbars, as well. I have not changed any resolutions.

Thanks much for your help!I would recommend installing IE7, and SP2 at the very least.
(Service Pack 3 is out, however, if you have an HP or Compaq computer, I would not recommend installing it...)

If you have a dial up internet connection, either of these updates will be pretty much impossible.

We can GIVE you links so you can download the programs at, say, a public library or a friends house that has high speed internet.
I have cable internet. Thank you!

How do you get Windows 2000 to boot from the second drive?
I though I read here that it can not be DONE. Here is a picture.

What is wrong with this picture?What does your boot.ini FILE show as the default windows system?

OK. Here is a new picture. I have goone back and forth USING the BIOS, but not changing the BOOT.INI file. Look at this new image.


As yuu cam see. when I run CMD it brings up the E: drive! And the disk manager shows E: as the system on drive 1 and not drive 0 here.
Well, anyway it works. I am going to pull the drive out and go back to one drive. Fun, but it is so confusing!Quote

And the disk manager shows E: as the system on drive 1 and not drive 0 here.

After defragmenting my 3 drives (c:, D:, and E:),
C and D drives defragmented perfectly, but E drive
showed after completion of the defragmentation:-

"Defragmentation COMPLETE. Some files of this drive
could not be defragmented. View report for more details".

The report for E: drive is below:-

Volume (E:)
Volume SIZE = 9.02 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 7.58 GB
Free space = 1.44 GB
Percent free space = 15 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 11 %
File fragmentation = 23 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 277
Average file size = 30 MB
Total fragmented files = 20
Total excess fragments = 2,105
Average fragments per file = 8.59

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 0 bytes
Total fragments = 0

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 18
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 432 KB
MFT record count = 356
Percent MFT in use = 82 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
4 51 MB \...........................mpg
65 52 MB \............................mpg
20 52 MB \..............................mpg
44 60 MB \.............................mpg
17 62 MB \.............................mpg
43 62 MB \.............................mpg
137 80 MB \............................mpg
1,298 81 MB \............................mpg
77 82 MB \............................mpg
211 84 MB \.............................mpg
97 90 MB \............................mpg
5 97 MB \.............................mpg
77 150 MB \.............................mpg
10 173 MB \.............................zip




WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW??? I have Win XP.


Files that are opened by programs can not always be fragmented, since, well, heres a metaphor:

When your reading a book, and someone keeps moving the book to the other side of the table, what happens?
You have to get up, and move to the other side of the table.
If your a program that is reading it, your not going to let go of that book until you are DONE.

Does that make sense?
If you really want to defragment more, TRY one of the following:
Restart in Safemode, then defragment (I recommend this)
Close as many programs as possible (though, some just cant be closed)
Ignore it, really, its not the biggest deal on earth, you got the program and system files defragmented, thats the really important stuff.

Thanks for your reply.

Well I have tried this in safe mode, but it is showing the same message there also.

Should i not worry about this (since it is showing total MFT fragements
as 2)?

Mass fragmentation causes system performance decrease.
Just a few files not fragmented will not cause a problem. I Would not worry about it.
I do find it odd that .mpg files are not being defragmented...

Do you have Antivirus installed? You might just run a scan, just to be sure.

can someone please help me, i just tried to watch a film i got for Christmas on my computer and the sounds not working properly. I'm getting the background music and sounds but not the dialogue and I'm unsure how to fix it. I tried another DVD so i know it's not just a broken disk. It wont play at all through windows media player so i clicked the web help button and it told me to download a mpeg 2 decoder but i don't think it's fixed the problem as it still wont work in windows media player and I'm having to run it through a completely different media player that's on my computer. Can anyone please help me?DLoad and try VLC Player (FREE )...THANK you for the advice, i tried VLC player just now and the same thing is happening. is there anything else i could try?Is it store bought DVD?yes i got it for christmas so i dont know which shop they're from but they are aren't copys or dvds someone else has made. i've never had this problem before its only recently and the only change to my computer was reinstalling windows a few months ago and i've not tried a dvd since so could it be something that needs reinstalling? i dont know MUCH about computers and its all i can think of but i'd have thought it would have INSTALLED itself through updates or something?If VLC Player doesn't want to play it, I suspect bad DVD.
The only way to find out is to try it on another computer.i only have access to this computer for now but i'll try that when i can. my only CONCERN with that is dvds i've had for a while and used to work on my computer aren't anymore so i didn't think it's the new dvd thats broken.Ive tried the disk on another computer and on a DVD player and it worked fine on both of them. does anyone know how to fix it?Sounds like you need a new player...
Dual-layer DVD players start at about 40 bucks shipped from newegg if you are in the States...oike dokie, i'm in england so it's probably going to be more but never mind. is there anything in particular i should look out for when buying a new one or anything i should take note to match up to my computer or are they pretty universal, my computers a dell?Quote from: rachael on December 28, 2008, 01:03:15 PM

my computers a dell?

it's quite old but i have an owners manual for it and it says dell dimension 8400 series then at the bottom it says model DHM. i've got two dvd drives in it will they both need replacing?

Hi guys, I've just joined while searching the net for some help and found this forum.

I followed a Windows Update prompt over xmas to update my XP OS machine. A day or two LATER all my harddrives except C are now showing as empty...!!!

I'm not sure if it was service pack 3 that was downloaded by that particular update but I found it was at some stage in the recent past. I websearched and learned SP3 caused a lot of people problems so unistalled it. But still no joy.

The system will not recognise any files that I know are on any of my floppy DISKS, or USB sticks. My D & E drives are all shown - but all read as "not formatted" & 100% unused, even though a day ago they contained all my documents. Even my CDrom drive shows but won't read any disk.

Has anyone else had a similar problem...? Can anyone help with this... I would be very very grateful if you can...

Ps:I had all my documents stored on the D & E drives as a measure to SAVE them from the occasional Windows C drive crash.... it worked until today...

Pps: I checked my system history and the only point of interest I can see is that around the date I did the windows "security update" it shows that for drives D & E the "property free space", "property filesystem", and "property SIZE" were all changed to value " "... which I guess means to zero. Looking back through the history file this has never occured before. My guess is that this is some clue to what has happened...

I have both a C drive and a D drive. Use windows xp. anti virus thing is AVG and SPYBOT uh I dunno how much ram and stuff.

The d drive had pretty much all of my stuff on it, including everything on my desk top (quite alot of things I'd collected over six years)

So this morning I booted up my laptop which took almost half an HOUR to go from login to my desktop when it usally takes less than thirty seconds.

Everything save 'my computer' and the trash bin was gone and anything else that was on my d drive.

When I try and access the d drive it asks me to 'format' it but later on warns me doing so will delete anything on the drive so I haven't tried that (also have no what formatting means when it comes to harddrives)

besides being insanly SLOW nothing else seems to be nothing else wrong with it. Anti virus programs didn't pick up anything and it's never done this before.

Can anyone help me? I'd really apprciate it.

Ta, Cass.Sounds like the drive is GOING bad. Best to pull both drives out and hook them up to another computer to save any DATA...if it's not too late already

Alan <><

Working in Quicken, I (apparently)hit an extra key and now all my entries are right aligned. I have searched Quicken help, and windows quick keys. Can't find out how to undo the right alignment. WOULD SURE appreciate some help. Thanks.Quicken, and EXCEL are two different applications.Quote from: Broni on December 27, 2008, 01:46:11 PM

Quicken, and Excel are two different applications.

ok i have an old computer that is a windows 98 i dont KNOW its win 98 se but all i know its windows 98 i dont know what ram, hard drive space ect.

ok heres the problem

when i start it up after it gets PASS the meory slave and noscernl check it gets an error in the dos boot sector that says "insert system disk" and i cant reinstall system because my mother is being a jerk and not letting me restart the system witch could take all of here picturs off

i neet to know how to get pass this boot error to get into the computer so i can make it into my "crash dummy computer"You have another computer?
Slave the drive in the other computer and save the pictures.

Will it boot a CD?
Boot a Live Linux, like Ubuntu.
Put in a USB flash thing.
Copy the pictures to USB flash.

Once Mom has her pictures you are cool.
So why didn't you put her pictures on a DVD and make into
an album she can play on the TV?
You WEE going to do that - Right? icant acsess windows

and we have a FREND(well used to be frend) that stole our disk

and i wont be ABLE to confugre dos to do all of that unless someone guided me
oh i forgot to include that when we press enter the _ goes down and it trys to read the floppy disket

we have a boot floppy disketIt looks like hard drive is dying.
If your mom really cares about her pictures, you better remove that drive, and slave it to backup data. Tomorrow, it may be too late.Slave Drive Tutorial...ill get on or my dad will

I have XP PRO on one of the 2 HD's on my machine.

Can I, and how do I install the same o/s on the other drive?
It seems sensible to me to have the same o/s on the other drive just in case the main drive fails. Or is my logic flawed?

Reggie D.Visit your hard drive manufacturer's website and download free software that can be used to clone one hard drive to another. It's the software they make to HELP buyers of new hard drives copy an old drive to a new one. Thank you.

i don't want to copy 1 drive to another but have a new installation of XP on the second drive.

Can this be done easily?

ReggiedQuote from: reggied on December 28, 2008, 10:27:38 AM

It seems sensible to me to have the same o/s on the other drive just in case the main drive fails.

No PROBLEM

Laptop computer show a file missing or DAMAGED error when booting up. System32/CONFIG/system file.
I have a disc from the Tech GUY for Windows XP, but it will not autorun, so I moved to dos and went to the "D" drive and find several files in the directory. But my knowledge of dos from 15 years ago is doing me no good.

Can I run the CD to fix the "config" file? What kind of disk is it?I got it to work. THANKS What happened? Excellent !

My computer has started acting sluggish of late, WELL it has been going on as Ive started loading more programs into memory. So Im sure it has to do with the amount of RAM, I only have 128MB, and I want to increase it to LIKE say 512MB or even to 1GB. How would I go about doing that?

Also I want to increase my HD capacity. Right now I have 20GB, and Im thinking of either getting a bigger HD (320GB) and putting it in, or getting an external HD (500GB). What are the PROS and cons of having an internal HD vs an external HD
Go to www.crucial.com, enter your computer brand, and model, and it'll TELL you what RAM you need.
With 20GB HD, I'd replace it with bigger (internal) drive. You don't have much room to play with 20GB.yes i am going to replace it with a bigger drive. As to getting the drive or knowing what to get, its a no brainer. Theres only one kind of internal drive. But, short of being able to see the manual for my computer, which I dont have anyway, how do I find out what kind of RAM my computer uses, cause I know there are different types of RAM modules.

So what me do?
Quote

Go to www.crucial.com, enter your computer brand, and model, and it'll tell you what RAM you need.

Hi!

When I want to start up my windows XP,It boots up but when it GOES to windows I see only DARK on monitor!

When I want to go in bios and choose CD-rom In order to boot ,It waits only 2 seconds on bios set up and then go boot windows!!

When I press F8 it does not wait to choose a MENU and boot up!

What happend ?What can I do?You should be tapping, not pressing F8 KEY.

I can't figure out what is wrong with this LAPTOP. It is windows xp premium. Whenever I try to connect to the internet, it says 'internet explorer can't display the webpage'. it shows there are wireless connections and even sometimes connects to them but will still not BRING up webpages. i used another laptop in the same room, and it works fine. it connects to the wireless connections, no problems. so it really seems to be something with the laptop itself. i did the diagnose connection problems, which didn't help. i also went to the microsoft site, and tried their suggestions on how to FIX it, which didn't help either. I don't know what else to do and no one seems to know what the PROBLEM is. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd really appreciate them.Go Start>Run ("Start search" in Vista).
Type in:
cmd
Click OK (hit Enter in Vista).

At Command Prompt, type in:
ping www.google.com > ping.txt
Hit Enter.

In Window Explorer navigate to:
C:\Documents and Settings\your_name (C:\Users\your_name in Vista)
Double click on ping.txt to open it in Notepad.
Copy all text, and post it in your next reply.

I got up the other morning to find, after an autoupdate the error message ntoskrnl.exe missing. please reinstall, so I just grabbed the reinstall disk and figured if I run the repair program, it would find the execute file, install it, and I'd be back in business. "Course since this is a COMPUTER and we all know how finicky they can be it was not as easy as that. I grabbed a reinallation disk for a desktop and my issue is with a laptop. So, after about 45 minutes, Windows started up but I cannot access any of my files, internet will not work, printer not working. OH, I can see the files, EXCEPT for the icon that represents unknown files over internet related desktop items, everything is there but nothing opens. I am figuring some drivers are now missing. I do not have the correct reinstall disk but one of my co-workers is SENDING the drivers and utilities disk that came with her computer which is the same model as mine. What little I can do on the computer, like OPEN the start menu, is super slow!

Some tech info:

Windows XP Professional
Dell Latitude D630 laptop

Any suggestions?

CarlWelcome to the CH forums.

See CH000646 here..

Good luck

Peculiar case: using Open Office and a.o. Rapidshare Manager i needed to install MENTIONED software. I STARTED with version 2.0 plus SP's and every time a new one popped up I "refreshed" the OFFICIAL WAY, now I have v.3.5. and SP1, but......looking at my C:\ I seem to still have all SP editions up to 3.5 but are unable to delete them(except of course the one for 3.5) in the regular way(warning from system that I cant delete because of participation of the Framework in other applications, which is ok for 3.5 but the lower versions?).....why and how to remove them or just let them be?

Have a AMD 64 3200+ 2.01Ghz (Asus), 3Gb RAM (acc to DEVICE manager and machine properties although Dr Hardware states only 2048...), XP +SP3, IE70, AVG, Sygate, Spybot etc etc Unlike the Service Packs the .Net frameworks are not cumulative...
For example you may have an app that uses .Net 2.0 but never uses .Net 3.5.....get it thanks for the quick reply

Hi,

I have to problems the maybe be related (I do not know if it is.) So I put it in one POST. Please feel free to reply to one or the other if not both.

Thank you in advance.

PROBLEM 1
aawservice.exe has unfortunately experienced an unhandled exception and was forced to close.
Please submit this error and we will endeavor to.....(I am tiping this by hand the rest is known. )

This comes up every time I start the computer now. I tried looking up what the aawservice.exe does but found nothing. As for changes I made before this happened I could not tell you. I do not turn my computer off often so I am just now see this problem.

The rest of info is: (I was able to copy and past this.)
An unhandled exception occured at 0x7C812A5B in aawservice.exe

Exception Code : 0xe06d7363
Client version : 0.726
Attached Debugger : 0

(This is A LOT of info about the computer its self that fallows after this. If you like me to post it please tell me how to hide/spoiler it.)



PROBLEM 2

This may not or may be related to problem 1.

I have had an error coming on my computer for a long time now. A box would come up saying

SunXiGo.scr - Application Error (this is the title of box/window)

The instruction at "0x6932c1e1" referenced memory at "0x0000006c". The memory could not be "read".

Click on ok to terminate the program.

[ok]

I can not say the Application is the same nor can I say the at .... and memory at ... is the same. I do not know while typing this it just accord I should have noted that form the post ones but this problem kinda stooped a long time a go.

I did check the memory and it seems good. (I did this back when I got this kind of messages a lot.) Welcome to the CH forums.

Problem 1. aawservice.exe is an executable for the Adaware malware removal tool. Either remove Adaware from your pc or try this which is extracted from one of the sites found by GOOGLE here..

QUOTE

1. Open the Services Management Console (Click Start, Run, type in "services.msc" without the quotes, click OK).

2. Find "Ad-Aware 2007 Service" on the list and double-click it.

3. For the Startup Type, choose "Manual". Click OK and close the Services window.

The program aawservices.exe will no longer start at Windows startup, but will auto-load as needed whenever you run Ad-Aware 2007.
It will remain running after you close Ad-Aware 2007, but you can SAFELY kill it from the Windows Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Processes tab)

this problem kinda stooped a long time a go.

Problem 1. aawservice.exe is an executable for the Adaware malware removal tool. Either remove Adaware from your pc or try this which is extracted from one of the sites found by Google here..

Quote

1. Open the Services Management Console (Click Start, Run, type in "services.msc" without the quotes, click OK).

2. Find "Ad-Aware 2007 Service" on the list and double-click it.

3. For the Startup Type, choose "Manual". Click OK and close the Services window.

The program aawservices.exe will no longer start at Windows startup, but will auto-load as needed whenever you run Ad-Aware 2007.
It will remain running after you close Ad-Aware 2007, but you can safely kill it from the Windows Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Processes tab)

If the problem no longer exists don't try to fix it until it arises again.

Having problems DOWNLOADING stuff.
When I click to download something,like say a Java update, I get this:

C:\docume~1\"name"\locals~1\temp\"bunch of #'s and letters" . exe could not be saved because source FILE could not be read

This is on a laptop,XP w/sp2, wireles CONNECTION,connectivity is FINE,can surf the web fine. Just downloading seems to be giving me FITS with this non-coded error on either IE or FF


Any help is appreciatedWhat security program(s) do you use?
Did you try downloading in Safe Mode with Networking?

I have trouble with my Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, running Windows XP.

I have run diagnostics and ended up with Error code 0F00:0228.

Dell techical have said they can resolve but they want to return to factory settings and I lose my data. But there is some data I could really do with keeping.

Dell suggest TAKING to my local 'technician' (data recovery company?).

Or does anyone have a way I could do this?ONE solution is to grab one of these for about 8 Bucks...2.5" laptop to IDE connector:



This will allow you to remove the laptop DRIVE and hook it up as a slave in any Desktop system to retrieve your data...Many thanks - I will buy one.

(8 bucks, that must be around £100 at todays rate of exchange! )True...
I use Petro dollars myself.

I am having the same issue! I just purchased fix it software from Spotmau and it does not seem to work! This is soooo frustrating-yes, I have the same Dell Inspiron 6000 and xp--not sure what to do next !!?? I have bought this http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130517

I have removed the HARD drive from the laptop but it does not fit onto this adapter - or am I doing something wrong?

Have I bought the wrong product? Or do I have to remove the casing around the hard drive?

OK - I have sussed it!

I had to take off the converting plastic thingy from the hard drive to reveal a set of 'pins'.

And it works!!!!!

I can read the hard drive from another PC!

I can highly recommend the Plexus usb to ide 'thing'.

OK. This is the story: I will tell it as I did it (as best as I can remember as it is a couple of days already)and you pick out where I went wrong.
I got a "Compaq" PC which I am working with right now 320Mhz Pentium 2 Windows XP with working "Compaq?" CDROM player. This machine is not in the equation and still functions on the net so I can communicate this story.

I picked up from a friend - an "Azura" PC Data Server 1.2Ghz Pentium 2 Windows XP with a working "Creative" CDROM player and it all worked.

I also picked up from my brother - a "Dell" PC 550Mhz Pentium 3 Windows 98se with a working Benq CD burner/player and everything worked.

It was suggested:
that I swap out the "Benq" with the "Creative" then I would have a burner on a faster computer. The "Azura"

Sounded simple enough.
I unscrewed and did the physical part of it, carefully pulling the ribbon out of the CDROM and the other cables and reconnecting the other CDROM in the same way.

That is as far as I took it. I then powered on the "Azura pc" and surfed the net - not testing the CDROM out.

"I will when I need it now and worry about it later"(I thought).

I found the pc acting a little slower while surfing(but did not attribute it to the CDROM) I just thought that maybe I got some spyware . >> I run antivirus 24/7 so I knew it was not a virus<<.
So, I downloaded "SuperAntiSpyware", installed it and let it run. It found nothing except 3 tracking cookies from sites I trusted so I left them alone. Speed did not improve.
I am thinking maybe the "pc brains" are scrambled with the CD swap and needs a reset.
So I "switched off or powered down" the PC for a couple of hours completely.
When I powered up later, I get the first DOS screen(when it starts up, and it stays there). Will not go farther.
>>>> Be aware that while I am doing the physical swap, I pull the power out of the wall. I do not know how long CMOS batteries last but these PC's are years old (so the batteries may very well be dead). <<<<
Sidenote >>>I know I have a 486 with a dead Cmos battery and ran the computer (powering it on and off each night for years - (with Win98 staying intact) after the battery died with no problems)<<< but I never swapped out hardware either.

Printed on the "Azura" DOS screen:-
==============================================================================
Main Processor : AMD Athlon Processor Base Memory Size : 640KB
_______________________________________ ______________________________________
Math Processor : built-In Ext. Memory Size : 511MB
Floppy Drive A : 1.44MB 3 1/2" Serial Port(s) : 3F8,2F8
Floppy Drive B : None Parallel Port(s) : 378
Display type : VGA/EGA Processor Clock : 1050MHz
AMIBIOS Date : 04/29/2002 Power Management : Enabled
External Cache : 384KB,Enabled SDR at DIMM(s) : 0 1
DDR at DIMM(s) :
_______________________________________ _______________________________________ __
Hard Disk(s) Cyl Head Sector Size LBA 32Bit Block P10 ATA
Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode
Primary Master : 39838 16 63 20560MB LBA On 16Sec 4 100
Secondary Master: CDROM 4 N/A
================================================================================
PCI Devices:
Onboard Multimedia Device, IRQ11 Onboard IDE, IRQ14, 15
Onboard USB Controller, IRQ12 Onboard USB Controller, IRQ11
Onboard Ethernet, IRQ11 Slot 3 USB Controller, IRQ11
Slot 3 USB Controller, IRQ11 AGP VGA, IRQ5
================================================================================
Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0..OK

And the cursor is flashing fairly quick on the bottom waiting.
~~~~~~

Hmmm. Okay. So I, first pulled the power plug out of the wall l then took out the BENQ burner and put back the CREATIVE CDROM as it was before hoping that things will right themselves when I turned on the power again. Was careful about unplugging and plugging it in carefully and the static thing.

No change. The cd light goes on but does not spin the disk.

that is where I am. What do I do next and how do I do it?
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
What I have at my disposal is a win98se legitamite CD, a WinXp cd, a Nero cd(which is for the Benq CDROM) and a 3 1/2" systems disk for Win98

Also a pc on the net with a 3 1/2" floppy and CD reader.
None of the computers are connected together and they all have flash drives(I don't know if they work at this moment - as the computers may be blind to them too)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
I realize I am going to lose stuff...but I have most of it backed up on a removeable Flash drive so if we got to start again, I can do that.

Just how to do it. So that the CDRom drive is seen.


I have done the setup and changed the "first read" drive to read from the CDdrive first and it does for a moment searching for boot drive and then it switches to the "C drive" and "Searching for boot record IDE-0...OK

If you are going to talk "jumpers" to me - let me know what that is -what it looks like and how high it is jumping.
I just hooked everything back the way it was - the nuts and bolts of it.Listing 3 machines and 2 burners kind of muddles the thought process here...
Lets start with the ONE machine: the Azura.
How is the optical drive hooked up ? ?
Is it on the same ribbon cable as the hard drive or a seperate one? ?
If seperate it should be hooked to the end connector of the ribbon cable and the jumper on the rear of the drive next to the ribbon connector should be set as master.

MBoard===============================Slave========Master.

If after doing this and re-booting a few times produces no jpy-joy disconnect the burner and re-boot a few times to see if the slow response is still occuring...if so post back with more details.
Meantime also check how much free space you have on that hard drive and when you last ran diskclean; defrag and your protection scans...

BTW...these are drive jumpers although they are not all the same the drive itself will have small hard to read diagrams on the top or rear...

I put back the original CDROM unit(Creative 36X MX which is not a buRner. I was hoping the pc would see its old unit and work. It does not do these things? I will leave the old unit in if it is going to be a hassle.
But, how do I get it to see the CD drive?I asked a few questions so you don't get to ask any new ones until you answer mine...As I stated in the beginning, everything is back to their original PC's. The BuRner is not in this unit. It is the original CDRom reader as before.
To answer your questions and "thanks for the pics"- they help

For the optical drive: if you mean CDRom...the 40pin ribbon is single strip with no extra connectors and goes directly to a mobo connector
Hard drive is connected to the first connection of a 3 connection ribbion(the other end hangs free and the other end goes into a seperate connector beside the CDRom one on the Mobo.
The jumper is on master.

Going by memory, I believe the hard drive capacity was at the 4 oclock position- I do not keep pictures or music files or videos, my registry is clean, no spyware, it has been defragged, basically there is nothing major on it as temporary files are cleaned out weekly & most stuff is kept on removeable flash drive. Win XP does not need drivers for optical drives,,however i see you listed one machine as Win98.
For that machine you will have to track down drivers for the CDROM from the manufacturer.There's also the possibility that one or more of the drives has simply gone South...
Brand new dual-layer burners are less than 40 bucks shipped however plain old CD players will be even less.
To eliminate confusion i would CONCENTRATE on getting one drive at a time running rather than swapping them all around.Fine. Just "say" you don't know squat and I will move to somebody else. The chances of 3 drives going south at the same time is ...- I stand a better chance at winning the lottery. And I am taking drives that worked in other machines (so they are still "warm" from being used.
Stop being a saleman. Oh, yeah...and your car.....buy another. They are cheap at $30,000
signed Joe Mechanic. "D.A.OK. You win...
I don't know squat.

How about a game of Chess ? ?Well, in this case - thanks for the pictures but that is as far as it goes. The original CD unit is back in and it is not seen.
You have not explained why that is or where I could go to find out why that is. It is not broken, nor are the connectors as I have numerous ribbons that I can swap with.
And everything is the way it was ( and yet something is different)

I am guessing this is a programming thing (as I was careful with all the connecting wires and stuff related....so, it is giving me a headache. Can't play yet.So...
Did you check your jumper settings?Quote from: JJ 3000 on January 21, 2009, 08:16:57 PM

So...
Did you check your jumper settings?

For the optical drive: if you mean CDRom...the 40pin ribbon is single strip with no extra connectors and goes directly to a mobo connector

Hard drive is connected to the first connection of a 3 connection ribbion(the other end hangs free and the other end goes into a seperate connector beside the CDRom one on the Mobo.
The jumper is on master.

Going by memory, I believe the hard drive capacity was at the 4 oclock position- I do not keep pictures or music files or videos, my registry is clean, no spyware, it has been defragged, basically there is nothing major on it as temporary files are cleaned out weekly & most stuff is kept on removeable flash drive.

Fine. Just "say" you don't know squat and I will move to somebody else.

"Azura" PC Data Server 1.2Ghz Pentium 2

Printed on the "Azura" DOS screen:-
==============================================================================
Main Processor : AMD Athlon Processor Base Memory Size : 640KB

I stand by my rudeness. If I take them out of machines that they were working in 5 minutes ago and now they don't work ?? tells me you are full of horse apples.
Maybe they have brainwashed you into buying new(that is what keeps the economy going) but I know better.
You sound like "front-line" material.

Maybe they have brainwashed you into buying new(that is what keeps the economy going) but I know better.

Win XP Home/Pro.

Using TSKILL.exe for XP Home or TASKKILL.exe for Pro how can I kill an application which does not appear in the Processes list of TASK manager?

e.g. It's quite easy to kill Notepad as it appears in both the APPLICATIONS and Processes list but some other programs only show in the Applications list in Task Manager.

ThanksHow do you want to stop something what is not running?Sorry Broni - ANOTHER blonde day. The application is named "Project 1" but the process is named "ipcountrylookup" and I tried to kill the application name.

Oops & thanks.Still unclear.
What is "Project 1" program?
Does "Project 1" run process called "ipcountrylookup"?
Is process "ipcountrylookup" visible in Task Manager?
What exactly are you trying to do? Uninstall unwanted application?Quote

Does "Project 1" run process called "ipcountrylookup"?

Is process "ipcountrylookup" visible in Task Manager?

What exactly are you trying to do?

Uninstall unwanted application?

project 1 is a generic application name used by visual basic. Chances are the author didn't change the project name. However, the process name may be entirely different.

have you tried right-clicking the Project1 application in Task manager and selecting "go to process"?

Greetings:

Any help would be most appreciated and most welcome. Machine I'm having a problem with:

Sony Viao
p3 866
Nvidia 128 MB graphics card (Ti4400)
Sound blaster Z gaming sound card
512 mb ram

yes, it's a very old machine which I gave to my young daughter for school and internet.

Ok, I installed a new IDE 320 GB hard drive. I booted from my windows xp disk and it seems to have formatted the disk without incident. After the format was complete and some files were installed the system tried to restart to complete the install. The screen read:

No Emulation
a disk error has occured
press ctrl-alt- delete to reboot.

This is the only hard drive I'm using and I've placed the jumper in a few different spots as recommended from the trouble shooting portion of the manual.

Thank you so much for any help offered.Welcome to the CH forums.

I haven't come across a definite answer but I suspect that a 320Gb hard drive is not supported. Would need to know the model number\mobo ID to dig further.

Thank you.

I can find three stickers on the mother board. They read:

00E0 18C 569 6B

1761375xx 0020443*

MS 1091440-M6PF20-B06-02975

The Hard drive being detected by the BIOS is:

WDC WD3200AAJB-00WGA0

The drive I removed was a Maxtor 40 GB ATA/66 drive and the excact modle of my computer is a Sony Vaio PCV-RX270DS.

Oh, I read somewhere where it was asked what what type of XP disk am I trying to install from. The disk has those colorful holograms on it if this is important.

Really, thanks so much for your time.

SteveThanks for the info. The USER and tech specs manuals I found for that model only give the hard drive size as 40Gb and don't state the maximum supported. Could you PARTITION/format the drive to give just one active partition of 40GB then reinstall the OS on that partition? No guarantees it will work and seems a waste of a decent sized hdd but it may allow a workaround.

Another option is, of course, to get out there and try to source an old hard drive 40Gb or less.

Nothing I tried worked so reinstalled my old 40GB drive and reformatted and did a clean install of windows. Everything went as smooth as can be. You're right, I guess this new drive is not compatible. I'll have to try and locate a 40GB drive to use as a second drive. What a waste of money and time that was.

Live and learn. I didn't think the actual size of a drive made a difference as long as the connection's were compatible.

Thank you,

SteveYou probably just need to set the drive up right in the BIOS. Did you do this first?
have you attempted to use the "cylinder reduction jumper" as stated in the manual? Unfortunately this will only allow you to use less then 40GB of SPACE, which kind of defeats the purpose.

Also- for some reason with my old computer; I found that the secondary IDE channel properly detected and could use a 160GB drive right off the bat, while using that same drive on the primary channel froze the computer at the detection stage.Dias:

Yes and thank you. I made sure the drive was selected and detected in the BIOS before anything.

BC:

I thought of that as well. I tried using the spare power plug and the secondary cable but had the same results. I know it sounds like I was ready to pull my hair out of my head, but I actually find this to be very relaxing and interesting.


And have to say; what a fantastic site. I've already spent hours reading different threads and learning as much as possible.If you can settle down to read this site you might want to give the workarounds a go. Suggest lotsa java on hand

I had to reinstall windows xp. now i cannot SEE a LOT of the files i had on my pc.?
I did not format the drive. when i LOOK at my c drive, i can see there is 90gb of stuff on the drive. how can i see it/ access it?

when i reinstalled it, windows did make me choose a new user name. not SURE if that is an issue?


also, my desktop is totally blank and that is where a lot of files were.
It sounds LIKE you reinstalled XP on top of itself.

Your old files under C:\Documents and Settings are under a different user name.

Check C:\Documents and Settings\whatever your old user name is\My Documents (or Favorites or Desktop)How to Take Ownership of Files

I've tried all I can think of but I'm still getting boned.

Lately my computer has been randomly freezing up. I'm not talking about "oh *censored* my comp is FROZE for like 2 minutes, this is such an inconvenience," i mean completely frozen. For the most part it starts when im in Firefox, first firefox will STOP responding, so then i'll try to bring up my task manager, that wont even come up, then i'll try and just such down my comp from the task bar...then my task bar freezes. I tried just letting my computer run...left it frozen for almost a day hoping it would unfreeze, of course it didnt. I thought maybe it was just a problem with firefox so i deleted that and went back to internet explorer :*( but then it still kept happening so i switched back to firefox

so when this all started happening i ran all my virus/malware/adware detectors (Avira-Free, Malwarebytes, and Spyware Doctor) but they all came up with nothing.

Windows is all up-to-date.
Ran fix problems thing and error check from my Windows recovery CD. Still no solution.

I feel like reformatting could be my answer but im having to wait to do that for a while because i need to save up some extra cash so i can get some files onto an external hard drive.

If anyone can offer up any advice it would be most appreciated. thanks.How much free space on the HD?

How much free RAM most of the time?

Does your CPU run at 100% most of the time? Use the Task Manager to find the CPU hog.

Remove old programs, and old files from the HD.

Shut all windows not needed. Each window might be a run away program.

Don't let so many programs start when you boot. Find out which ones need not start at boot time.

Sometimes a slow computer is caused by a slow site. As a test Try another site.

Use Tabs and not a separate window for each site open.

Might be hardware from over heating. Do you smell electrical components cooking?

Buy more RAM and a larger HD.

Take the Space Heater away from the Computer. Allow more space and Air around the computer.

Good LuckIts a pretty new computer.

208 GB free.

42% physical memory

it LOOKS like it runs at about 70% on avg...spikes to 100% whenever i mess around with a open window or anything.

Only about 3 programs run when start up..there my antivirus stuff

Ive got 2 GB of RAM on here already.

NEVER gets too hot and has plenty of room.


**side question:
Norton Protection Center came preinstalled when i bought this Comp. but i never got around to purchasing the full version...instead i bought spyware doctor and have malwarebytes and Avira-free version on here. my question is would it be alright to get rid of norton...i know its got a built in firewall so i didnt know if it would be bad to remove it.That machine and you will both be happier without Norton...
Visit their site for the removal tool.If you have Avira installed, you MUST uninstall Norton: http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

it is a laptop about FIVE years old. it has win XP on it. Problem is the none of the shutdown otions work. When I do start-&GT;turn off computer, none of the options

start->standby , start->turn off or start->restart

work. The computer just seems to ignore any of those clicks. The box just goes away and the computer stays on. Why is this not working and how do i FIX it? For how long have you been having this problem?
Any RECENT hardware/software changes?I have a downloaded version of AVG, but other than that no ther changes. I have office on my laptop, but this problem of the shutdown not working did not appear then. It appeared quite a while afterward. Ive had this problem for 6 MONTHS now, and I have no idea why its happening.

I have no peripherals attached to my laptop either
When did you install AVG? Recently, or 6 months ago?

I have many things that try to update and each time I get a message saying to check my internet connection.

I also had a related problem with FRONTPAGE. I was unable to update my blog page until I went into safe mode, sent it and then we back to regular mode. This did not help my upgrades, however.

I was having a problem with MagicJack and the process to fix that required that I shut off my virus PROTECTION. However, shut off was denied, so I deleted Avast. Once I did that I was able to publish my page in regular mode. Once. I discovered the Bit Defender 10 FREE VERSION and download that. Now my page won't publish, and nothing is able to upgrade Bit Defender has no ignore option.

UPDATE:

I deleted all other spywear and virus CHECKERS and now Bit defender is updating and I believe FrontPage will publish.