Hello: so I don't have to mess with MBR or 1st sector HD, is there a way to make an xp boot floppy allowing me to choose between 2 XPpros on...
Thanks for replies, Mr. Jones & Mr. or Ms. Moore: 1) I dismissed viral attack, but I'd been having 2nd thoughts anyway. I'll have him do that...
Hi, my son's relatively new (May 04) Sony Vaio laptop model k15, has suddenly developed problems. History: -It's got XP home on it. -last week...
new drive, no ntldr- dual boot question Hello: On the topic above, it's been solved in part. There is a working XP install on the 1st partition...
followup: New drive, no ntldr Hi, thanks for all the replies. This is what has worked, and then the description of the current prob. -called...
Hi, using Surferdude's instructions, I've gotten part-way there. NTLDR loads from the floppy & boot.ini is apparently read, because I see XP...
And does boot.ini get accessed before NTLDR?
Thank you for your prompt reply, BillyBob. Did you copy the HD ( WHOLE ) or just copiy the FILES on the HD. It reads to me like you just...
Hi, on installing a new 200G maxtor internal ATA, all files from the older, working HD were copied, incl. wXPpro SP2. On the older HD, C: was a...
Hi, this is an XP pro question. I fielded a tech question this a.m. Person on phone had a laptop. 2 grey areas right off the bat: I presumed...
How might I find the "my recent documents" folder? I use the classic mode for XP, and the "my recent documents" appears in a "save as" window,...
Hello: a friend has a w98se IBM thinkpad 600. She's taking it for first time on a trip. It will only be in another state, and she has a common...
Hi, on new drive, w98se has the MBR I guess, tho it's a dual boot with XP pro my preferred boot. I tried FDisk to have the XP pro active. That...
Hi, did I not look far enough in the posted questions? XP machine. Want to move just the Mozilla profiles to a new drive from the old drive,...
Hi, I've read the threads in this xp forum, which came up when I searched on "mbr ". I didn't see an answer relating to my question, so here...
"V. 1.5" ... yes, when you open firebird the about box (& download) say 0.7. But I looked in the version listed in the properties & it sez 1.5.
First, thank you for all the replies! I'm a bit overwhelmed at what I thought would be of little interest, being probably a "duh!" sort of...
Can someone point me to a command line tutorial for XP? Like, I can't even get to a subdirectory like I could in dos by typing "cd \my_doc~1" ....
We checked all the modem settings and were ok, no auto disconnect enabled. Sonic.net is the ISP mentionned in my note. They are not going to...
Hi, a friend 60 mi. away (can't haul PC here) recently has his dialup connection suddenly stop working- the connection is completed, then quickly...
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