That's not correct. Windows is a complicated operating system that makes considerable use of the hard disk for its own purposes. The hard disk...
I can tell from your post where you listed the output that whatever you *think* you did isn't what you actually did. Make sure A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT...
If you did that, you got it wrong. I said type del config.sys. It also sounds like you didn't replace AUTOEXEC.BAT on the floppy disk as I...
:D :D :D Hope you bought your wife a bit more than a bunch of flowers to make up, BillyBob. Edit: Thanks, Zander, that's what I wanted to...
Unfortunately computers are complicated machines - more complicated than anything else you own. If you don't understand something, feel free to...
There are a couple of things I'm not clear about. Firstly, if you used a boot floppy with no config.sys and just the one line in the...
Something is tinkering with the BIOS, and I would like to know what. XP is very complicated, so I think it wise to take it out of the loop and...
All you need to do is use Windows Notepad to create a file called AUTOEXEC.TXT with one line in it: pause Don't forget to press Return after...
Depends on the nature of the problem (if there is one). It could be something that happens rarely and for obscure reasons. Preventing XP from...
I don't know of anything that records CPU temperature, but that doesn't mean to say there isn't such software out there. I still think you have...
That would be my guess too, Zander, though if that's the case it makes you wonder why they didn't simply put up a message box warning the user and...
That's just plain wrong. The extended partition isn't assigned a drive letter - the logical drives within it are. Makes no sense to me....
I've had quick google and found this: http://www.allensmith.net/OS/XOSL/III.htm I think what you read refers to the number of primary...
Sorry - just my weird sense of humour. This varies from BIOS to BIOS, but usually, somewhere in the BIOS screen you can switch between two...
Thanks - I'll look into that when I can afford to risk it!
Glad to hear the problem was sorted. Christer, Zander Thanks for that. I think perhaps Christer took my question in the wrong way (my...
LOL - thanks Charles. I wouldn't expect FDISK to work via USB either, since FDISK doesn't need Windows, and without Windows there's no USB. I...
The desktop wasn't locked, so I locked it and unlocked it, with no joy. That was the sort of thing I thought it might be, so I had high hopes...
charlesvar Why does XP limit FAT32 to 32Gb? Is it just XP that has this limit? Surely the workaround isn't FDISK from the Win98 floppy disk?...
I also have large Maxtor USB disk drive, and I recently formatted it to FAT32 with no problems. Since I didn't get into seriously deep water as...
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