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First. I live in Spain and have an XP installation in English thus help is NOT easy.
I purchased a new computer in December FOLLOWING local advice. I had been having significant instability with Windows -the local engineer TRANSFERRED -after a scan showing a VIRUS -all my data and software to an external HDD. I then purchased a new computer SOLELY because my old one was out of date in some ways.
I successfully installed a new Windows from a newly purchased XP [SP3} CD.
I now have a fully operational computer -faster-stable and satisfactory -BUT BUT BUT-I have alarge external HDD containing an 'old' Windows plus IE8 etc etc.together with my personal data .
I would like-if possible- to keep everything on the External HDD EXCEPT the old Windows.
Is this possible ? How can I DELETE ONLY Windows [which has an old -no longer available key]Quote

I would like-if possible- to keep everything on the External HDD EXCEPT the old Windows.

I am using Window XP (Starter Pack 2). Recently, I cannot boot my laptop and it always displays "ERROR loading system"Has anything on the computer been changed recently......software/hardware?

After turning on the computer, how soon/at what point, do you get the error?




Power on the computer and tap F8 immediately until you get to the Advanced Boot Options menu (if it will let you)... Highlight Safe Mode and press enter... Does it boot up?You said this just started recently - what is different since the last time the system started normally (NEW hw, SW, error, virus, etc)?QUOTE from: kcchua on January 15, 2010, 01:48:01 AM

I am using Window XP (Starter Pack 2). Recently, I cannot boot my laptop and it always displays "Error loading system"

The DESCRIPTION for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 7.

Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft.VC80.MFC. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.
PX SP3 amd athlon soyo dragon mb system crashes and reboots with these errors mostly when I play rome total warWhat are we talking about here?Probably "curious George" digging through event viewer??I just happen to recognize the system since I also have a Soyo Dragon motherboard with an Athlon XP CPU. OBVIOUSLY a typo with the Windows XP SP3.

So I presume what has been TYPED is a copy of an on-screen error message.

My mom has an affinity to spawn ridiculous problems with computers, and now I have one to share with you, that I really would appreciate a solution to.

Inspiron-1520, can't remember cd drive and stuff but the thing is the cd drive comes up as gone, i've tried to replace it and it won't work, I've tried replacing the actual drive and that won't work, i've tried to use an external usb drive and that won't work although the usb devices work fine, and i've even tried mountind cd images with DT and Virtual clone drive

when i try to mount the images with dt i cannot assign a drive letter, and it won't appear in my pc

when i try to mount the images in virtual clone drive i can't even succesfully create a virtual drive, they won't show up in my computer

this is getting ridiculous, please help Welcome to CH.
Did you read over the topic that says read this first?

Reading your post over twice it is rather hard to understand what the exact problem is. For one, it is not clear if you're talking about a laptop or desktop computer.
From what you describe it would seem that the cable to the drives has come loose and you did not reset it properly.
Please provide more information and help US to understand if you're talking about one problem or two problems. Are you talking about something that happened all at once? Or are you talking about events that occurred over a period of time and now you want to put everything into one topic?
it is a laptop

the drive is connected

it all occurred at once, it's just that after no fix could be found I tried to loop around the problem with external/virtual drives with no results.

No one seems to know what the problem is If you have a home network and another computer, you can GET files off the other computer with file sharing. This is the easy workaround.

But that will not work for many games that require a physical CD-ROM.

Your motherboard may have had some damage.

But first, you need to get into the BIOS and see if the settings are correct. It is possible that the CMOS GOT messed up. There is a place where you turn off the CD-ROM drive, Check that out.

For some reason I think that I have already checked the bios out, but I can always check again.

And your file sharing solution won't work, because like I said, it seems that the computer COMPLETELY refuses to read cd images, even the files.

I believe that last time I checked the BIOS, cd-rom either wasn't even there, or was lookin fine, I can't remember, but I will get back to you on this asap.Quote from: hack17up on January 30, 2010, 11:47:20 PM

I believe that last time I checked the BIOS, cd-rom either wasn't even there, or was lookin fine, I can't remember, but I will get back to you on this asap.

Most laptop optical drives have a small release button on the side that physically ejects the drive from the machine...
Press this and remove the drive and re-seat it.
Do this with the power off and the battery removed.

from a dos prompt and where do I get that file? My HP pavillion laptop crashed during a "restore to factory condition" attempt and now windows xp home edition won't load. Of course, I didn't burn the recovery disks when I got the computer, so I tried (my own repairs)another xp home cd that I had, but when I try to either repair or install, it says that there is no hard drive. I used a compaq recovery cd to get to the dos prompt and dos said that there is a hard drive and it is also there in setup. Anyway, just turning on the laptop, I can go to setup or I get the mssg. that "windows32/ hal.dll" (something like that) file is missing or corrupt and it needs to be reinstalled. Where do I get that file and how do you install it when windows can't load. Is there any way I can get to the d:recovery drive and restore from there?
You probably need the sata driver for the hdVery early on in the Repair and/or install process of XP at the bottom of the blue screen will be a massage stating "press F6 to install ADDITIONAL drivers"...
At this point hit F6...then insert your HP Driver CD and hit ENTER...it will locate the SATA drivers and re-install them and continue...
At some point it will ask you to put the XP CD back in.

PS if the other CD is a MS XP CD stick with that one...some OEM CD's i.e. HP Compaq will NOT do a proper Repair Install...I can't get to the repair because it goes directly to telling me that there is no hard drive.You need to change the bios so the cd drive is at the top of the boot order, then reboot to the cd.Not making sense...you stated the dos mode says it's recognised.
Follow This Guide suggest reading thru it and printing out a reference copy before proceeding...

Since you used both an HP and Compaq CD you may be past the point of no return.okay, I already changes the boot order and that's when I end up with the hard drive being gone and it won't continue. If I don't use the cd, I can access SET up and can see the hard drive. Then I get the missing file mssg. I got to the dos prompt using the compaq recovery cd, where I can also see the c:windows drive and the d:recovery partition. After looking at the suggested article, I think maybe getting back to the orininal os isn't an option, so my question now is if I can get the dos prompt again, can I just format the hard drive and install a new xp os? I'm not looking to recover any old files, I just want my computer to work again.
Thank you.Your making this more complicated than it is...
Boot to the XP CD...remove the existing partition and follow the PROMPTS to re-install XP...I can't boot to the xp disk. I get to the install or repair screen and either choice takes me to the screen that says that it doesn't DETECT the hard disk and to make sure it's plugged in, etc. Other than that, booting from the hard drive takes me to the missing or corrupt file screen. I tried the boot logging thing, but it doesn't even appear to load so much as a couple of files (if that) and I'm stuck on the missing file (please replace) screen. I have usually been able to fix my computers sooner or later, but I just can't figure out what to do with this. Thanks for your help.

Does ANYONE know how to USE the ubuntu cd. I inserted it and set my BIOS to BOOT from cd. The ubuntu screen cam on but after a few seconds the screen frooze.Double/triple post. Continue here please.

I have Windows XP SP2.
Is it possible to create a file with a limited size.
I also want that the file is automatically cleaned after 24hour.
I would like to do that with build in windows options.(Without any other program that I need to install.)
Is this possible?

Thanks in advance

Jonas
(I've moved the topic to DOS. Tomorrow(2-5-'07) I 'll remove THISONE)It LOOKS like its really impossible.
Should I remove the topic?Why not just have a batch file copy a file of the size of your choosing and delete it after x many seconds?

What you hope to achieve is BEYOND my imagination, though.. YES but a batch file need to run whole the time and you ll notice that.
then my batch file would be:(I would have to save it into Programs/startup)

@echo off
cls
:Begin
If exist E:/printer/temp
del /s /q E:/printer/temp
MD E:/printer/temp
WAIT -t 3600
GOTO Begin

Is this a good batch file? (accept that I don't know how you can set a delay time.)
I just learned how to create a batch file sow my apologies if its very bad.

I want to use E:/printer/temp as a temporary file were we can paste documents that we have to print on the main COMPUTER.
The printer sharing doesn't work but file sharing does.

Sow that's my explanation for my request.Ehm, I don't think I should be helping you as I can see where this is going. I don't understand what do you mean white: Quote

where this is going.

I installed some program onto my computer, shouldn't matter what one.
But this program took over all my control + 'key' shortcut commands.
For example, I can not press control+t anymore to open a new tab in IE.
I tried to unistall the program to SEE if settings WOULD go back to normal, but no luck.

Anyone know how I can set this back to normal?

Thanks!You installed a program and now ctrl+ functions do not work in any other program? I can't see why any legitimate program would have a REASON for doing that so it must have installed some kind of virus on your SYSTEM.Try running an Anti-Virus program, and see what happens. Also, try to delete everything associated with the file (it may have left files behind).

BTW, what program was this?Quote from: Seppuku on May 01, 2007, 02:29:04 AM

I installed some program onto my computer, shouldn't matter what one.

on my laptop after about 2 hours running if i try to shut it down from the start menu it crashes
if i shut it down from ctrl alt del it shuts down fine anyone else have this prolbem

its not a big deal i just use the ctrl alt del but some times i forgit and it crashes when did this start? what OS do you have?? have you made any changes? hardware softwarei have win xp sp2 it has done this for a while i just reformatted and it still does it i RECENTLY added 1gb ram
but it crashed like that before the ram upgrade its like the icon window of the shutdown ,restart , standbuy window crashes i usualy dont even get to that windowTemperature? See signature. is your case free of dust ecspecially your fans?No case...it's a laptop.then clean the BACK of the laptop outBut i don't have a laptop...Quote from: patio on April 30, 2007, 06:09:15 PM

But i don't have a laptop...

Okay heres my long and complicated problem. Thanks for even reading this

Okay my old PC is pretty old, Ive had it since I was like 13, im 19 now, poor thing is probably ready for the grave, but I want to see if I can save it one more time. And Im not great with computers, i just know a LITTLE bit here and there, but i catch on fast, most of the time.Now I cant remeber what excatly i did to it cause I GOT mad and shoved it in my closet 6 mtnhs and just now decide to see if I can do anything to it. Um I also cant find my windows 98 cd, but i can borrow one from friend, but i have no boot floppy disk for windows 98 anymore and my friend refuses to make me one, she swears it wont work on mine( anything has to work better than nodda). Now it wasnt working all that well before I tried to fix it, but it was working, working without any sound and barely any color, Im guessing the sound card is dead ect, but it served its purpose, it had msn.

Now I had got tired of it being slow, and had too much junk on it so I wiped it completely clean,reformated it and all, then reinstalled windows 98, it was working okay. Then I got this silly and oh so stupid idea to install windows 2000 on it, borrowed the cd from my neighbour and installed it. BAD, bad idea. First it wouldnt even turn on, then it wouldnt go any further then the windows 2000 screen, where it loads. So without knowing how I tried to install windows98 back in. I just messed it up more. Now all it does it turn on and you can press DEL to go to a few settings, but after that it just says over and over again no matter what you press " Invalid system disk, replace the disk, and then press any key" I put my burned windows 2000 copy in and it says the same. And you cant get the DOS commands to work, you cant even type anything at all.

Is it beyond hope? Should I just drop it off at the shop and have them try to fix it? Or just use it for pieces? Thanks to anyone who offers any help, its greatly apperciated. Boot DISKS can be downloaded for free at www.bootdisk.com

We don't help with "borrowed" software on this forum, so you might want to try google for specific information. Well at least I know where to get the boot disks now, thank you very much I'm not sure why Windows 2000 didn't work, but my guess is that you didn't install it properly. And chances are high that your system was only designed for Windows 98SE and below so reinstall that.

As for your soundcard/videocard being 'dead'; No. You need to obtain drivers from the manufacturers webpage before they'll work.

An unwanted ATTACHMENT is GENERATED to my emails automatically as soon as I click the SEND button. Even when I send an email to myself! It just started some time ago. What do I do wrong? How can I eliminate it?

I am using MS XP home, SP2, 1.7GHz CPU, 256 Mb Ram,Outlook Express. Avast virus protection and SPY Sweeper.
The computer has no virus or spam - I've checked for them.
Appreciate any help!!!
TomWhat is the attachment?what are the protections on this machine??

you are most likely infected with a worm or something the spreads itself THREW email

but IM not sure

When I click on Control Panel, I get an error message that says "Microsoft has experienced a problem and must shut down". Or, I get into Control Panel and click on a title, and I get this message. ;)This happens quite frequently and I have no idea where to start to try to run down the problem. Any ideas? Thank you. I am running WINDOWS XP (home) with IE 7.0Need...more...info...gasp

Operating system / antivirus & antispyware protection / service packs installed / when did it start happening / did it ever work right / installed any new software?

Alan <>< Scan for Viruses, Spyware and trojan horses.

Use FIREFOX, not IE.. I have Avast, Spydoctor, AdAware ???and Registry Mechanic. Nothing new installed that I can REMEMBER. Not sure when it started happening...has been an annoyance I have ignored while doing other things. YES, it did work fine when FIRST installed. OS is Windows XP Home with currently updated. I have scanned the computer completely. I am just stumped as to what else to do to look for problem...... Install AVG Free and scan in safe mode.

Is there a WAY to get Media Player to show COMPILATION albums as just one album when I browse albums. At the moment I get a seperate icon from each artist on the album.

Regards
MikeWhat version of WMP are you using?I'm using version 11

over my old one. Now when I start up it gives me two choices of Windows XP. How do I get it to start automatically?Reformat & Reinstall. put your xp cd in and remove the old one you didnt reformat the drive you just put a new COPY on empty space on your harddriveQuote from: Raptor on May 01, 2007, 08:56:41 AM

Reformat & Reinstall.

falco long time no see

put your xp cd in and remove the old one ...

Why does everybody always wants to reinstall?
Just run msconfig in the run, select BOOT.INI tab and remove the old command line.

Read the question again.

He's installed now XP over old one, but the entry of the old one remains and it will be removed by doing ''msconfig in the run, select BOOT.INI tab and remove the old command line.''

Quote from: unlovedwarrior on May 01, 2007, 08:57:31 AM

put your xp cd in and remove the old one ...

Exactly how does that work? Will he see a option on some screen to "Remove the old installation of Win XP" or what?

Please help. My compaq computer (XP Home) will not fully boot up. When I turn it on, it will get to the Windows XP start up page, but before going any further the computer restarts. If left alone, this cycle will repeat over and over.

I have not had any success starting in safe mode.

Two recent changes to the computer - Installing McAfee Internet Security Suite, a number of updates downloaded (finally got highspeed internet at home.)Did the problem begin before or after you install McAfee & the updates / backed up all your stuff / got a shiny windows CD / tried Last Known Good Configuration?

Alan <>< Well, McAfee is likely your problem. I hav seen lot of computers having problems after installing McAfee. It should renamed to McAfraid, be very very afraid...
And good luck UNINSTALLING it completely, do a google on "how to uninstall McAfee first."

Also what other things did you installed?


B.After installing McAffee. After updates. Stuff not backed up (yes I'm an idiot). No shiny new cd. Tried last known good configuragion. Didn't work.I am not SURE what updates were installed.

Is there a way to uninstall McAfee if I can't even get the thing fully started?If, at this point you can't even get into SM or LKGC, is to run a restore from the second partition.

"DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER".
This process may or may not wipe the drive clean of EVERYTHING. If you can't afford to lose your stuff you may have to take the computer to a friend (you have friends, right ) pull the drive & hook it up to their system to pull you data off, then reinstall the OS from the other partition.

If no friends (bummer ) then take it to a shop.

Alan <>< Thank you for your time.

Very helpful

Hmmm, hate to say this, but it doesn't sound like there's much hope besides a full re-installation. Before you do that though, do what Alan said, get the data off.

Just for future reference, be CAREFUL with what you download and install, I would urge you to stay away from any McAfee and Norton antivirus products. Also stay away form some RANDOM so called antivirus program show up on you web page, they are untrustworthy, some of them MIGHT even be a virus itself!

I highly recommand AVG, it's free, not subscription require, frequent update... what more can you ask for? Use adaware and spybot to clean up your comp once or twice a week. (Both are free as well). Regclean is another nice piece freeware, use it to clean up the registry once so often. But use Regclean with CARE!, read the instructions first, because it not used properly, it will make some of your programs unusable.

Hope this help.

B.

I'm GUESSING you're using a COPIED Windows XP CD? Quote from: Raptor on May 02, 2007, 06:08:35 AM

I'm guessing you're using a copied Windows XP CD?

I don't know why but for some reason when I try to reinstall windows by setting the cd drive as the 1st boot instead of floppy, where it gets to the point where it SAYS windows install will start after RESTART. But when it restarts nothing happens no install no nothing... I've gotten to the point where I have tried like 20 times and more, but still same results. HELP!Try cleaning the CD with a soft lint-free cloth...

This is a genuine XP CD correct ? ?

What were the troubles that led you to a re-install anyway ? ?My guess is something is messed up with your boot order. If its able to read the CD to get through the initial stages of setup but then when it restarts its unable to find the Disc with all the information on it, its not looking in the right place.

How many drives do you have in your computer and which one are you installing XP on? Its possible your computer is looking towards the wrong drive in your boot order.Have you tried your BIOS default settings?If it is getting all the way to the restart phase of the installation there is nothing wrong with the boot order.hmm so wat should i try doing now? Aren't you pressing ''any key'' every time is says ''Press any key to boot from CD'' ?
If you do, then don't. It is needed only once. hmm I dont know it!! after it says windows will install after reboot it never happens! It just reboots the computer and no install. If I got to the menu and do it again the same thing will happen!Quote from: Steven5210 on May 01, 2007, 02:40:35 PM

hmm I dont know it!! after it says windows will install after reboot it never happens! It just reboots the computer and no install. If I got to the menu and do it again the same thing will happen!

I have a compaq computer that came with windows xp home edition so it did not come with a disk.The problem is i just INSTALLED windows xp media edition. But now all my programs in the (START) menu are gone?All my picture,music,videos. and software like limewire are gone. And now the computer is telling me i have low disk space i have a local hard disk dirve that's 188gigs and a secondary hard dirve with 12gigs.i must of installed it on the secondary hard drive.Is there a way i can keep the windows xp media edition and get everything back. If not how can i remove the windows xp media edition and go back to the window home edition. thanks if anybody can help!!
You installed Media Edition over Home......you installed another OS over another OS......
Unless you backed everything up, I think you've lost everything. I'm not 100% sure so wait for someone else to reply If you installed the other OS on a separate partition, its possible your other installation was not effected.

When you popped in the disc, did you tell it you were upgrading your old version of windows or installing a fresh copy?

One way to tell if you have 2 Operating Systems going on is Right click on "My Computer", go to the "Advanced" Tab, then near the bottom click on "Settings" for the section "Startup and Recovery".

Once in there, up at the top there should be a little drop down window that has your "Default Operating System" listed. Click on it and see if it shows more than one Operating System. If it only shows one, then your prob screwed when it comes to your old programs. If it shows your old installation, you should be able to set it as the default and then get back into it.ok i did everything you said CARBON and what i come to realizeis that i installed the windows media edition on my(H:)dirve FAT32 with a total of 6.50GB and 12.0KB of free space i can get into the (C:)drive NTFS how can i like when i boot my computer it load the (C:) drive and not the (H:)diveopps i ment to say i did everything rainman2974 saidQuote from: junenex on MAY 01, 2007, 07:25:40 AM

opps i ment to say i did everything rainman2974 said

Just upgraded from 98...all's working fine, EXCEPT...need to import and/or retrieve files/settings, ETC. Instructions say open Recycle bin to re-instate deleted files, etc. However, only thing in it shows "System folder". Need old FAVORITES list from Mozilla & Yahoo and old e-mails from Outlook Express & other "stuff".

Find all listed when search computer, but unable to open them. what extention are they??

also try to reimport them back into the right programsThanks for quick response...however...computer 101 DUMMY here...
re your "what extention are they??"
Don't know what that means

re your "also try to reimport them back into the right programs"
Don't know how to do that!!
ok extentions are like .doc or .jpeg

import like to internet explorer 7 click the star with the green plus and go to import and exportO.K. --- How do I get to THIS??
import like to internet explorer 7 click the star with the green plus and go to import and exportwhich browre do you have?....101 you know what here again...by "browser", do you mean Yahoo!(search engine?) or ISP--which is Verizon DSL??...to import/export, what do I click on when have Internet Explorer up??...need 1,2,3 STEPS here, sorry!!srry BROWSERS are like internet explorer firefox etc which are programs

yahoo google are search engines which you go to a website to use themO.K. --have Internet Explorer 7....but now gotta get to work...will ck more on this problem later--thanks!ok If you didn't save your favorites to another drive before installing XP they are probably gone...

Registering System.EnterpriseServices.dll
Ex: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.050727\regSvcs.exe"\bootsrapi

Framework installs stop on that and I can leave it on all night and NOTHING. So I'm wondering what would I do to fix this? I'm guessing it's something simple. But a PUSH in the right direction would be great.uninstall it reinstall it

oh are you free from infection??YEAH. Hmmm hmmmm???
not SURE about the infection part?? or the uninstall part or both??

what anti-virus do you have and what anti-spyware programs do you have??Quote from: SadlyStupid on May 02, 2007, 08:11:54 PM

Yeah. Hmmm

A friend of mine has an older HP computer that has been having issues with frequent restarting. It is a Pavilion a220n model and its original specs are relatively unchanged EXCEPT for a RAM upgrade I gave it. This is apparently a problem thats been happening for a while, everything I have attempted to do up until now has had no effect on the computer restarting randomly.

When I got my hands on the computer, it had not had much in the way of maintenance for the life of the computer, 3+ years. Needless to say, the XP installation needed some TLC, it was very slow and bogged down with programs upon programs, and it only had 2 256 RAM sticks so that wasn't the best either. I reformatted the computer with XP Corporate SP2, and threw in a compatible 512 RAM stick to give it 768, (minus the 64 the shared on board video card takes up).

I was hoping it was just a software issue and that would solve the problem but that did not, it continued the random restarting. Looking into it more, I thought it could be a RAM issue, so I downloaded a utility to check the RAM and it found no issues. I even tried swapping out the 256 RAM sticks, thinking maybe one of them was bad, did not help.

Next thing I noticed was the computer ran really quiet, so I downloaded a Fan and Temp managing program and for whatever reason the default speeds on the fans are only at 44% capacity. I showed her how to crank these up to max when she starts up the computer, thinking the issue could be an overheating thing. This has apparently not had any effect either.

Up until this point, I've not actually had the computer at my place, only tried to FIX it at hers. I'm hoping soon she'll let me have it for a few days so i can take a look at the windows dump log files and see if there is any incite there. I think I've ruled out a software issue, seeing as how I've done a total reformat of the harddrive and reinstallation of Windows, so I'm left with some kind of hardware issue.

Can anyone think of something else I can look into when I get my hands on the computer again?I managed to get a hold of the computer, and this is the last entry put into the event viewer before a crash. Not sure if its very useful at all, but here it is:

Windows saved user KRISTY\hp registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.Found this also in the Event viewer in the system section, seemingly right around the time it crashed.

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x1000000a (0x00000004, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804e6617). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini042907-01.dmp.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.If you start taking the time to go through XP "dump logs" I think you've got enough time to reformat & reinstall which will definitely solve the problem if it's software related. Sounds like her User Profile has been corrupted. Delete it and re-create it and see if this helps...Reformatting again certainly is an option but it didn't seem to effect it much the last time I did it so I'm not sure if it will help again.

I'll try the user profile route next time.

Would a faulty power supply cause random restarts? I could try swapping that out but its kinda a pain in the *censored* to get to her powersupply in her case.oh yes plz make sure your psu is not bad and that is has enough power to run verythingThinking it might be a power supply issue, I disconnected anything that wasn't needed, so I took out an old modem she wasn't using and disconnected the floppy drive. The only things running off the board is 1 harddrive, 2 optical DRIVES and the 2 fans.

I told her to monitor it for a few days and try to note what time it was when it crashes so i can check the log files. She's tempted to just buy a new computer which would obviously slove her issue but it isn't necessary. Quote from: rainman2974 on April 30, 2007, 11:34:43 PM

Thinking it might be a power supply issue, I disconnected anything that wasn't needed, so I took out an old modem she wasn't using and disconnected the floppy drive. The only things running off the board is 1 harddrive, 2 optical drives and the 2 fans.

I told her to monitor it for a few days and try to note what time it was when it crashes so i can check the log files. She's tempted to just buy a new computer which would obviously slove her issue but it isn't necessary.

sometimes, Cmos battery is the problem maker.
Get a new one and try it.

But windows 2000 doesn't work that well on my laptop being on mmx technology,

I do have the drivers....i have the sony application recovery cd...but not sure if it has that xircom driver i need....

Anyone out there willing to help me through a vlookup problem?maybe this should go into the SOFTWARE section where there are more excel questions..

i understand you are new. its no BIG deal maybe spend some time EXPLORING the FORUM to see where certain questions go.A referral: http://www.excelforum.com/. And, if you want, go ahead and give us the DETAILS here. I'd be willing to take a look at it.

thanks for the reply....I have found the driver and the ethernet card works and i can getr on line with my cable line....but now i have another problem...my internet explorer is having errors on almost every page and says it's perfoming an illegal action and it closes..what is the cause of this....is just this just an outdated and doesn't work anymore...i tried to go to the microsoft internet explorer website to download updates....but my IE has problems with scripts and syntax errors and the page rarely is able to load at all...or if it does load it barely loads, leaving out many words and images...is there a way of solving this problem other than using windows 2000....should i just toss this notebook to the graveyard?....it is from 1998...The reason i ask if there is another way than using windows is cause than when i do format the notebook with 2000 it runs kinda slow cause it's an old notebook.. please reply...thanks

I have a sony vaio 200mhz MMX Technology, 2.0 GB HD, 128 MB ram...You need to install and download Internet Explorer 6(Click)or you'll get scripting errors because IE is and has always been an unstable browser.

You're GOING to have to download it on another PC and move it to your PC by means other than your web browser.

Do it only to get the few remaining Windows 98 updates and then switch to Firefox. laptophelp, you said "the notebook with 2000 it runs kinda slow". So, you've recently reinstalled Win 98SE? Is that correct?

After a fresh installation of Win 98SE, you really should not be having such problems. Did you get online with that computer without firewall protection after your last install of Win 98SE? Doing so can lead to problems quickly, by picking up malware off the Internet.

I suggest you format and install Win 98SE again. Then, install a firewall BEFORE going online. Can you download a firewall program with another computer and burn it to a CD? I'll suggest Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.Quote

After a fresh installation of Win 98SE, you really should not be having such problems. Did you get online with that computer without firewall protection after your last install of Win 98SE? Doing so can lead to problems quickly, by picking up malware off the Internet.

Hi I have a laptop ,that I need to do a clean install. I cant use the xp cd it doesnt boot up . so has any one used the ultimate boot cd , if so how do I do it ? it was working well running xp , then I MESSED it up trying to install linux on it , after hours of FRUSTRATION I have come to the conclusion that a clean install has to be the only way
I can boot USING the ubcd , so I need instructions on how to format it from there ?You need to set the first boot device as CD-ROM player in the BIOS. Even my laptop from 1997 can boot from the CD, so yours can as well.

Howdy,

My computer has been running slow alot LATELY, and most of the time the processor sound is on. I went to the Windows Task Manager, and FOUND that the System IDLE Process is taking up most of my CPU Space, I see from other posts and articles that say it is normal, but doesn't System Idle Process running at high levels make my processor have a shorter life/ or could overheat? Is there a way to unistall the System Idle Process or disable it?Also, I have Windows XP Home, 2.7 Ghz Celeron Processor with 128MB DDR PC2700 Ram.Quote from: TexanJLN on May 04, 2007, 10:45:31 AM

... doesn't System Idle Process running at high levels make my processor have a shorter life/ or could overheat? Is there a way to unistall the System Idle Process or disable it?

I replaced my mobo. BIOS setup went ok. RUNNING WinXP Pro. It starts to load, get a flash of a BSOD, then the system restarts before I get a chance to read one word on the BSOD. Can't address the bsod if I can even read it.

So, how do I stop the computer from restarting, so that I can read the error message?

Sorry, unsure if this is a windows issue or a hardware issue.....

Thanks in advance.....Reinstall Windows. Can't work with different Mobo's. Repair Install of XP

I suggest printing this out; reading it TWICE before proceeding and if you do everything correctly your data will be intact.

After this you will need to install all your MBoard drivers and drivers for any add-on cards and devices you have.

Once finished with that you will need to go online with the Mothership and DLoad and install SP2 and any critical updates since then.

Then run all your malware scans, defrag and disk cleanup and you should be good to go...

Sounds like ALOT but this beats re-installing every thing and STARTING from scratch.

p.s. You might also have to re-register XP with the Mothership since more than one major component has changed in your system so have your info ready.

Isn't Windows Fun ? ? ?

Without going into my sorry tale of woe at length, suffice it to say that I now find I am using a non-genuine windows package and non-genuine office package.

Have tried, unsuccessfully, to get anywhere with Microsoft so after reading various articles, etc., thought I would buy a genuine copy of Windows XP Home Basic. I am currently using WP Professional. I don't think I have to buy an office package as I understand there are 'FREE' versions of office software available.

Could a 'complete novice' install this?

I did visit a local PC shop (not the one who sold me the 'duff' copy) who asked why was I bothering? He could, for a price, get rid of the WGA messages, disable my automatic updates, get me back to Windows Media 10, etc. etc.

Any helpful advice would be appreciated.Yes, you can do it !!!!

I (had purchased) a FULL Version of windows ME in like 2001..... paid like 200.00 at best buy I think.

using the "OLD" full version, I was able to only purchase the "upgrade" windows xp disk (thus saving like 150+ bucks)

you insert the upgrade version , then the puter will ask you to install the older full version "to read some kind of files" off the disk....

then you can go back and it will fully install xp for you from the upgrade disk.
just f.y..i it WORKED for me.........

do you have an older wndws 98 full disk anywhere etc.....
Quote from: mm2011 on May 04, 2007, 09:25:24 AM

I did visit a local pc shop (not the one who sold me the 'duff' copy) who asked why was I bothering? He could, for a price, get rid of the WGA messages, disable my automatic updates, get me back to Windows Media 10, etc. etc.

Quote from: mm2011 on May 04, 2007, 09:25:24 AM

I did visit a local pc shop (not the one who sold me the 'duff' copy) who asked why was I bothering? He could, for a price, get rid of the WGA messages, disable my automatic updates, get me back to Windows Media 10, etc. etc.

It's too bad for you we don't condone this sort of thing here because we could easily do this for free. Heh.

I've never installed Home over Professional, but you shouldn't be able to do it without too many problems coming up.

I (had purchased) a FULL Version of windows ME in like 2001..... paid like 200.00 at best buy I think.

using the "old" full version, I was able to only purchase the "upgrade" windows xp disk (thus saving like 150+ bucks)

you insert the upgrade version , then the puter will ask you to install the older full version "to read some kind of files" off the disk....

then you can go back and it will fully install xp for you from the upgrade disk.
just f.y..i it worked for me.........

do you have an older wndws 98 full disk anywhere etc.....

when i turn pc on it goes to DOS screen and says:drive c has no label volume serial number 1d36-11eb. I dont know how to remedy this. Any help is greatly appreciated.more info like operating system? protections when it started doing this what changes u made before this started HAPPENING software hardware etc and can you go into safe mode??

rapidly tap f8 before windows loads

try going into normal mode that way too

unlovedwarriorIt sounds like it is booting into DOS. Is this a computer you have just received or have you had it for a while?


Try from safe mode then enter normal mode Quote from: 3deizzie on May 03, 2007, 09:49:29 PM

when i turn pc on it goes to DOS screen and says:drive c has no label volume serial number 1d36-11eb. I dont know how to remedy this. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Safe mode runs only the minimum requiremwnts for Windows to boot to so the scans are not only more thourough but might actually be a tad bit QUICKER...

Hijack This however needs to be RUN in full mode. This is the only exception.Quote from: Strat Cat on May 03, 2007, 02:21:20 PM

I tried the Total Install, but not sure if that did anything.

But the idea to just do a simple windows search and try to find and delete the program was the ticket. Found it it a few places but I THINK deleting a file from an installer folder was the one that finally worked.

Thanks to all that responded, your help was greatly appreciated.

SC

I am using XP SP2 OS, when i am shouting up that system automatically restarting the system.
I trying to Reinstall XP OS that time that is fully formating and when ask the Agreement and partition after that CONTINUOUSLY automatically Restarting i con not get installation Windows.
I Tried to changed the SMPS also, with new SMPS also same problem.
I Tried to change the HDD, that HDD i changed to another system there that is taking OS (fully formating and installing also)
then i that same Bootable HDD reinstall in same system that OS is not booting i mean same problem restarting..


so please tell me any solution what can i do for i work in that system?1. Windows XP SP2 should be built on the hardware (target system) it is to run on. Attempts to MOVE the hard disk drive to another system to boot are generally not successful.

2. Has the Windows XP SP2 installation CD ever been successfully used on this computer? Is it a legitimate Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Retail CD? OEM CD? Something ELSE?

3. Tap F8 key about once per second or faster as you power up the system. Windows Advanced Options Menu should display.
o Select "Disable automatic restart on system failure" to force display of Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Record and "post" the exact contents of the BSOD. Internet searches on exact text and numbers from this message may identify the problem/solution.
o Can you boot to Safe Mode?

4. What is "SMPS"?Switching-Mode Power Supply Design =SMPS

ACCORDING to Wipedia: SMPS can be classified into four types according to the input and output waveforms, as follows.

AC in, DC out: rectifier, off-line converter input stage.
DC in, DC out: voltage converter, or current converter, or DC to DC converter
AC in, AC out: frequency changer, cycloconverter
DC in, AC out: inverter

First, I GOT NTLDR is missing. I can solve it this problem FOLLOWING the instruction in this SITE. But I got ANOTHER problem: reinstall c:\windows\system32\hal.dll . What will I do?Check: HTTP://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330184

There are many definitions to keyboard lags so I will specify and be more specific.
When I am playing ANY game on my computer, or things that run the CPU at 100% anything (including the mouse) has a delayed reaction, then once it does press the button it seems to HOLD it in for a period of time, such as 4 – 5 seconds.

Let me tell you, I have done everything I can. I am running out of ideas. The last thing I can think of is going on every single computer help forum I know and posting this question.
I DID have ATI TRAY Tools, A program that is an alternative to ATI’s Catalyst Control Center. I do have both of them running. I also recently (due to reading some threads) uninstalled ATI Tray Tools. Problem still persists. I have reinstalled my Keyboard drivers, mouse drivers, video drivers, and reset ATI Catalyst to factoring settings, I’ve turned off the AGP speed (just to see what would happen) and it still persists.
Now you probably are saying “AGP? How old is this computer?” The specifications of this computer are listed below:

System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 3

Computer:
Intel®
Pentium® 4 CPU 2.66GHz
2.66 GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM

Video Specs:
ATI Radeon 9600
AGP 8X
256 MB
DDR
Core Clock: 324 MHz

Keyboard:
Microsoft Natural® MultiMedia Keyboard 1.0A

Mouse:
Logitech UltraX Optical USB Mouse

I can’t give you the exact specs of the motherboard but it is an IBM Think Centre. The BIOS was updated like only 6 - 7 Months ago (Basically when I first installed the system), and the last update was in like 2005 – 2006. Anyway, I am pulling hairs out on this and I really need any SUGGESTION you can throw at me and I will do it. The computer was doing fine for months. And it just started going downhill…

So to sum it up: keyboard and mouse randomly freeze in any game that uses the CPU up to 100%. I need any help I can get.

Thank you.

PS. I have attached the Hijack this log to the post. If you need it.

[recovering space - attachment deleted by admin]"Fix" this one:
- O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [LogiSPSetupNeedReboot] rundll32.exe
Other, then that the log is clean.Well, I did a system restore to the time before I upgraded to SP3...

The lag does not appear to happen anymore.

That sucks seeing as an update can cause lag I'm not sure what else I can't update on this computer.

Probablly going to leave it un upgraded for awhile and just see what happens.



I will post again if the problem hasn't gone away.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Good luck Ok well... The lag seemed to sort of go away for awhile, but I had recently done ALOT of uninstalling of programs and so they kind of reappeared, but not everything is there. I cannot unstall them again. and they cannot be fully run without causing errors. So I restored to the last day there was a restore... everything seemed to be fine.. but the lag of course came back so, I thought if worse comes to worse I'll just re-install everything on the older (10 days old) restore, and unstall them again.

However now the lag is back on the older restore... so short from completely starting over on the computer (formatting) is there anything I can do?

Hmm... Actually I'll try doing a upgrade or repair from the disc.. I will prolly have to install all the updates again but oh well...

I will post back.mmmmmmmmmm i have mouse that did this lag thing you speak of but all the time.....
i switched computers and the mouse worked fine.

now being 4 months later that computer died hardcore

my motherboard is fried and capacitors blown and bulging

it's isn't the same exact scenario but kinda alike. could try other parts like maybe ram or other components. possibly hardware failure.

could just be lag if your PC is running at 100%. but you do have a fairly good system.

run some virus scans not likely the problem but NEVER hurts to Scan your computer.1.00 GB of RAM Most all I read states that a lot of games need 2 GB Ram to run correctly. You might try disabling a lot of running processes that you don't need for games and see if that helps.Have you tried another keyboard ? ?

I have a Dell Dimension Desktop. I received a new DISK from Dell because the old one was scratched. (My old cd had service pack 1a on it; the new one has service pack 2.) After booting from cd, when I go to DELETE the partition that the old copy of XP is on, it tells me it won't delete it because setup files are needed on it. So then, I go ahead & install it on that partition. The new Xp installation still has the old stuff all on it. (My SON has already tried this several times, so I think it has 4 installations of xp on it.) It has an 80 gb hard drive, but after the install, it has only 20 available. How do I get these old xp installations off, & do a clean install? Maybe it's because of the difference in the 2 cds, but I have never had this trouble before! It also has an 8gb partition that it won't let me delete because it is Dell's. Do you think this is a recovery partition?get on another computer and download some software. burn that software to a disk and boot from that CD and re-partion that hard drive without USING dells stupid disk. that software MIGHT be hard to find but you can do it. once that drive is completely blank install a totally new system with the disk dell gave you.

Hi I am trying to help my GIRLFRIEND fix her computer, her son inadvertently got a virus on it. He plays WOW ( World of Warcraft ) and was watching a video somewhere and he got the Winifixer virus on it. and I think he click on some things that said too remove click here and it just snowballed down from there. So when she called me it was just saying entering sleep MODE right away each time she booted it up and nothing else would happen would not bring up anything or make any noises or beeps and couldn't press F8 for safe mode just a blank screen. So she brought over here I took off the cover and sprayed it with air and restarted. It came up to the windows screen initially but stupid me shut it down because I didn't have time to dig into it just then. So when I went to start it again all I get is the fan revving and a blank screen. I look online for help and replaced the battery and the PSU but still the same just the fan revves. I grateful for any assistance that you can provide... If its toast what is the best way to transfer the data from the hard DRIVE to a new computer? I would think the hard drive data would be salvageable??...she has a lot pictures.



Compaq Presario SR1610NX Desktop PC

Link to computer specs...http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00472088&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=1127350Do you have Windows XP CD, or Recovery CD?Hi Broni Thanks for the reply .. She does not have one but I have one that came with my computer its an XP but different brand (Great Quality is the brand name just a cheapo from Fry's Electronics ) there's 3 disc's marked CD 1 CD 2 CD 3 all say Product recovery Microsoft XP Service PACK 2That won't work. Recovery CDs work only on a computer CDs came with.We'll thats too bad looking through her paperwork it looks like they didn't provide them as it says recovery disks that you create from files stored on your computer so that sucks she didn't know better you would think that they would provide them.. So any other suggestions ... If she bought a new computer can they copy the data files / pictures from this hard drive somehow ?She should call HP/Compaq, and they should send her Recovery CDs for free. She can lie a little, and say, that computer self-creating program didn't work. It HAPPENED to me, and I got free CDs from them.Ok I'll have her do that . Thank you very much for your help !! So the recovery discs will not erase the data files or her pictures..In the meantime you could set the jumper on that drive to slave and hook it up in a working machine and copy/burn the data you don't want to lose...As patio said, because recovery CDs will get rid of everything.Ok Thanks

Depends on your browser.

For INTERNET Explorer:
Right click the link and click "Save target as..." and save it somewhere you can find it.

For Firefox:
Right click the link and click "Save link as..." and save it somewhere you can find it.

Once you have done that, open it.Hi, pro Pat, I did it once by save as, and open, but did not work, then I tried link and still did not work, I now have both versions in my doc, any ideas? Hi all, I have tried everything you all advised but still no luck!Just keeps SAYING cannot find? I even downloaded to the registry as you said broni, restarted and still no good, it looks like I am GOING to have to live without help and support, but PISSED off that its beaten me!!!unless theres another IDEA brewing from one of you?

I have an Onboard Sound with Realteck how do I get it to place a icon in the Systen try?

It was there but now it's not What would the name be in my msconfig startup listRe-install the Realtek Sound drivers...Quote from: patio on May 16, 2008, 02:12:51 PM

Re-install the Realtek Sound drivers...

Good job CDO ...

I am running XP (professional, I believe) on a Dell computer that up to this point has had zero problems.

Now, when I right-click on a file (seems to only happen with files) and go to choose rename or delete or properties or something, my pointer sticks on Send To and won't budge.

If I wait it out, things will unfreeze after about 90 seconds and if I Ctrl-Alt-Del and try to end, that will work after about 30 seconds or so.

In the past few days I have reinstalled Windows twice (MAYBE a bad move, I don't know), went back to a restore point and installed and uninstalled (to varying ends), the following:

Ad-Aware
Spybot
AVG
Avast
Several fonts

Any idea what the problem is and why it sticks on the Send To option? I hope I gave enough information, but if I didn't please let me know. Thank you in advance for your help.How large is the fonts folder ? ?I only have the basic fonts in my font folder, but I have other fonts in another folder...probably about 100 or so (I USED to have over 5,000 and everything worked fine so it's not that). The right-click thing HAPPENS with ANY file that has a send-to option...that's where it gets stuck.The problem is with a device at one of the locations in the send to folder. This usually happens with some slow response device such as a floppy drive, but almost never for 90 seconds. It sounds to me like one of your devices is malfunctioning. Let me explain.

When you open the "Send To" on the right click menu for a file, it contains a list of locations (commonly things like Desktop, C: drive, Shared Documents, Floppy Drive, etc). This list can contain various locations depending on your configuration. As part of the display operation for the menu, windows attempts to obtain an icon for the device. The devices icon is determined by what media currently resides in the device (IE a cd may have it's own icon, as SOMETIMES may a floppy disk). When windows queries the status of the device, it is responding slowly, inapropriately, or not at all, causing windows to stop working while it waits for a response from the device.

What are the storage devices attached to your system? This includes USB storage locations and CD drives, as well as devices that you may have to access over the NETWORK.

Did Windows find your card after restart?
What do you mean by "my agp is disabled"?
when i go into my DX DIAG my AGP Texture Acceleration , directdraw acceleration and direct 3D Acceleration. it doesnt give me the options to enable them. Did Windows find your card after restart?
It's a very simple question, but I see no answer...
If so, you need to download, and install fresh VIDEO DRIVER.i installed new drivers and everything, but it didn't fix the PROBLEM. i have another problem now. My agp setting for my video card is disabled now because i reinstalled everything. I download the new drivers from ati and that dint do anything. i downloaded directx and that didn't do anything. so if some1 can tell me how i can download all the files in order to enable my agp i would really appreciate it. i am just going give up on my screen problem .Did you UNINSTALL current driver, first?ya i uninstalled all my drivers for my video card. i did everything. I think, your video card is busted.

In Dec 06 I purchased a FUJITSU Siemens laptop running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed. The deal came with a free 90 day trial version of MICROSOFT Office 2003 already installed.
I've not used application much and don't want to pay for full version (yes, I'm cheap!). When I go into Add/Remove programs and try and remove I get the following message:
"This PATCH could not be opened. Verify that the patch PACKAGE exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package."
I've not had any problems removing other unwanted programs and would prefer not to have the THING taking up space on the hard drive. Is there anything that can be done - or does it not matter?Quote from: rightcharlie on May 17, 2008, 08:41:58 AM

When I go into Add/Remove programs and try and remove I get the following message:
"This patch could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package."

Quote from: Dias de verano on May 17, 2008, 01:35:07 AM

Quote from: Denzle on May 16, 2008, 10:15:40 PM

its a Toshiba if that HELPS...OOOO is that what make means who made it??

I THINK we're DEALING with a genius here

I think we're dealing with a genius here

I have a CELL phone that USES a small memory card. It came with an adapter to fit inside the size of one for a digital camera. I want to put music on the card then put it back into my phone. Is there a cord I can use? I tried putting the card into my digital camera and dragging music files over to the camera but that didn't WORK. Any suggestions?You need to get the right cord for your phone, a USB cord, and also the right software from your phone's manufacturer's website.
Quote from: slafa23 on May 15, 2008, 05:19:33 PM

I have a cell phone that uses a small memory card. It came with an adapter to fit inside the size of one for a digital camera.

I have a Dell latitude d820 laptop with a Hitachi Travelstar 100GB SATA HD (MODEL: HTS721010G9SA00).
Windows XP Professional OEM SP2.

Before you shoot me, I've read the FAQ, and searched the forum, and i've not found the solution to my problem, so please read the whole thing before jumping to conclusions. I've also done alot of googling and calling of the Microsoft helplines and i've yeilded nothing.

Recently I dropped the laptop from about 4.5 feet while it was on, and it bluescreened. I didn't get the error code but i'm sure it had something to do with my hard drive coming out. But that isn't the problem. After that incident, i popped the hard drive back in, it booted fine, operated without incident, went into standby and hibernate modes and CAME back up fine. Three days later, the last time i shut it down, I had a file open in Notepad which was unsaved, and when i went to shut down my computer, the shut down stopped to wait for Notepad to respond to the kill message while Notepad asked me if I wanted to save whatever document I was working on. I selected 'Yes' and almost simultaneously windows decided to kill Notepad. Right before the computer finished shutting down I got an error message saying something about an application failing to initialize, though I couldn't read it because windows killed it nearly immediately as it came up.

Windows hasn't booted since. The next time i tried to boot the computer, instead of getting the windows logo, i got alot of black and white TEXT telling me that windows failed to load properly last time i started it, Which was odd, since it hadn't done anything of the sort. I selected 'Start Windows Normally' and got
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
0x000000ED (0x86EA6900, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000),
after watching my Windows logo and loading bar for 10 seconds.

Repeating the process for Last Known Good Settings (Your Last Known Settings That Worked) and each of the three Safe Mode flavors yeilded the same error message, with the only variance being the last four characters of the 0x86EAXXXX.

Using the CD provided by Dell with the Operating System on it (WinXP Pro OEM) i've started the Recovery Console quite a few times. Executed Fixboot, Fixmbr, Chkdisk (/p /r and sans parms) in the various ORDERS perscribed by the help articles i'd found and yeilded no solution.

Fixmbr executes in 0 seconds and says success, but does nothing as far as i can see, when I attempt to load windows via any of the options i'm presented with at start up, it goes to the windows loading logo screen, waits around 10 seconds, and then bluescreens with the above error.

Fixboot always claims that my file system is corrupt and writes a default NTFS boot sector to my hard drive, again with the loading and the 10 seconds of logo and the bluescreen.

Chkdsk without parameters says "the volume appears to be in good condition and so was not checked", with /p it says "Chkdsk is doing additional checking or recovery..." three times in rapid succession, climbs at a lugubrious pace towards 4%, rockets off to 22%, climbs rather slowly again to 25% and then promptly informs me that "the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable errors". With /r Chkdsk repeats the process but finds unrecoverable errors at 50% instead. This of course, does not change the symptoms of my bootup bluescreen process.

I tried to examine my disk to see if i could recover my files by using a dir command at C: and retreived an "error during enumeration of directory structure". Undaunted, i attempted to cd into "Windows" which I know exists, and retreived "path or filename is invalid".

Needless to say, there are un-backed-up files on my hard drive which are of incredible importance to me, or I would've formatted it already.By the looks of things, you have done something seriously bad to your Hard Disk. I dont like your chances of retrieving any files from it.... I also think your hard drive is a goner.

You can try to remove the hard drive and connect it to another machine as a slave drive to see if you can get at your files. Also you can try to run repairs from a good system onto the slave drive. I think it may run them a little better that way and actually do something.
The laptop may have suffered other damage from the shock and the drive may not be as bad as it sounds...
2.5" to IDE converter:



10 Bucks at any Computer Store.
This will LET you hook up that drive to any desktop machine and retrieve your Data.
Be prepared well in advance...you may only get one shot at it. Because of this possibility i suggest COPYING disk to disk instead of attempting to burn it as the transfer speeds will be much greater.

It can always be burned later
Make sure the drive/partition you intend to copy to is about 1.5 to 2 times the total size of the laptop drive just in case...

Good Luck and we'll cross our collective fingers for you.The drive certainly isn't a goner, this is evident from the fact that the bootloader bootstraps correctly, all of the .sys files load up without a problem, and I see the windows logo along with the loading bar, and the images are not perturbed in any way. It looks like a completely normal boot process. This almost certainly couldn't be the case, and it almost certainly wouldn't give me the /exact/ same error codes every time if the hardware were malfunctioning, would it?Quote from: patio on May 16, 2008, 09:04:53 AM

The laptop may have suffered other damage from the shock and the drive may not be as bad as it sounds...
2.5" to IDE converter:



10 Bucks at any Computer Store.
This will let you hook up that drive to any desktop machine and retrieve your Data.
Be prepared well in advance...you may only get one shot at it. Because of this possibility i suggest copying disk to disk instead of attempting to burn it as the transfer speeds will be much greater.

It can always be burned later
Make sure the drive/partition you intend to copy to is about 1.5 to 2 times the total size of the laptop drive just in case...

Good Luck and we'll cross our collective fingers for you.

I use MSN as my email provider but I want to check my email via my cell phone. I am asked what my incoming mail SERVER is and I cant FIND the INFORMATION I need. Can anyone HELP?? pop3.email.msn.comCurious....My friend just asked me that question...You know the answer, now And I will take the credit

I will give all the credit to you. You wanna be ABDUCTED by aliens?

Hey everyone,
I had such good luck on here and I was telling a friend of mine and he wanted me to post a question for him. He has windows VISTA and browsing with explorer 7. He says he knows about hitting f11 to maximize the window but he wanted to KNOW how he could just have it maximize on its own without having to hit f11.
Also he said when he opens regular windows like control PANEL, they open small also.
Thanks for all your help..Maximize program's window, using "Maximize" button in upper right corner.
Hold CTRL key, and close window.
Next time, it should start maximized.
...but, sometimes Windows won't listen.
In this CASE, get: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25158-order,0-page,1-c,desktop/description.htmlThanks Broni,
I knew you would come through for me... You're welcome
Which solution did you use, if we may know?Well, we tried closing the windows after maximizing them and holding control and you was right...windows didnt listen, so we downloaded the program and it is working perfectly!
I thank you and my friend thanks you!Cool
I'm using the program, too.I also need help. My mom plays this game called pogo and she cant make the window bigger. she has vista. i can do this on my computer with XP any suggestions?Garrett
You need to start your own topic.no i dont ??oh yes you do...if you want help that is.Spoken like a TRUE master.

*Hint Garret - game settings*

On windows XP if a person only has one "USER account" and can't 'log off" to ANOTHER, that MAKES that user account also the administrator account. Is that correct?Quote

On windows XP if a person only has one "user account" and can't 'log off" to another,

hey ... can anyone help a dumb blonde?.. btw thats a joke ..
my boyfriend and i both have ibm netvistas.. recently i started having a problem with mine .... the bedreaded ..... xp wont load and monitor goes into sleep mode......
i would unplug it from the wall for a few then it would maybe work.... the other day i had it so i did a system restore .. BACK a couple months .. now it seems to be ok ... and then it happened...... yesterday my boyfriends pc ..... was on all day it was hot as *censored* in the house ... i touched the mouse and the pc was on but it froze up immediately.... so we rebooted it then it came on and would freeze at the desktop... and the monitor kept blinking to black screen.. so we rebooted it i went into safe mode .. did a system restore ....... and didnt change anything actually well made it worse cause now we just have a blue screen .... LOL... so i told Him its burning up unplug it ... now it wont come back we get NO SIGNAL ....and when i boot it up only the top light comes on and the bottom light ... does something for like one sec then no activity..... i dont know where to begin .. any ideas and please dont beat me up im trying my best to figure out what the problem is and where to startwas it my name the reason no one responded i thought for sure someone would have a CLUE for what i should do ... i cant believe there was not EVEN one RESPONSE!A couple of things that I could suggest. Can you OPEN the case to see if it's dirty. If it is, use compressed air to clean it. Ensure everything is connected and all cards are properly set in their slots. Do you get a beep when it starts? Can you determine if anything is happening such as fans running, HDD spinning? Was there anything done to the computer before this happened? Any new programs dl'd and installed or anything removed?Also...
- desktop, or laptop?
- will it boot OK to Safe Mode?
- did you check computer temperatures?

Ever since my power went out when i try to start my computer i get the message, windows can not start because your hal.dl file is either missing or CORRUPT. i tried to go into the recovery console but it never asks me what installation i have or my admin. PASSWORD. when i type in bootcfg\list or bootcfg\rebuild it just says ACCESS denied. i am running the windows xp home edition UPGRADE. i had windows ME before that. when i put in the home edition cd it says cannot read the cd or the cd is not a valid windows cd. i bought it at best buy brand new. do i have to load the windows ME one first if i want to do a repair or reinstall and then the xp home edition upgrade? nothing seems to be working. any help will be greatly appreciated. THANKS in advance. Try here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm