If by protected mode you mean safe mode and that doesn't boot you may not have much choice but to do a repair install. However, I strongly...
Snap, I've never heard of Pizza or Concrete but Concrete seemed the safer bet.
A valid course of action if you're penny pinching, but personally I prefer the KISS method and try to avoid unnecessary middle men. Since IMHO...
If however you mean the Icons on the task bar... Right click on an empty area, ensure Lock the taskbar is not selected and choose Properties. If...
It's more the case (and particulary how it gets power) rather than the HD inside. Anyway we'll leave it at fried hardware unless someone else has...
FWIW and this is only a guess HD's need a lot of power and the best external ones have their own power supply, others would draw current from two...
I'd think hardware failure myself, windows can't determine if devices are actually working as expected, only that they appear to be. Since 3 OS's...
As Steve said, no need to change anything (your server settings for plus net are fine), but your account name of pop3.blueyonder.co.uk is a little...
Snowdrop, if you are with Virgin Media (previously as Arie said blueyonder) and use them for your email accounts I'd suggest you reread Arie's...
Good shout, if USB works with the Live Boot consider a system restore to a time prior to the problem.
Any chance she damaged the USB infrastructure when she connected the drive... Does device manager show any problems?
+1 Try safe mode and report back your findings. HD does sound suspect but it could be malware or simply an overloaded system.
That would depend on your current setup... Please enter your System Details. It helps us in answering your questions! You mention a D: drive,...
No problem, to be honest I don't think there'll be a size limitation but we do need to know the type of drive required and even if there is space...
Perhaps all the better, can the person working on it give you some advice, or even install the drive for you? Even answering the following...
Rhonda please follow the instructions in the link provided in post #3
Rhonda there's two popular types of HD's available right now, first we need to determine which you need. Also older systems may have BIOS...
Erm, what was the question again? Probably best to wait a few month and buy a MB/CPU package. FWIW switch to a 64 bit OS, modern games aren't...
Again, I will step back. Your answer is here in this thread. If you can't find it then run a disk diagnostic (seriously I think PICNIC is the...
OK, I've had enough. Pete's advice has been sound and even if you were infected or had a failing hard drive the previous instructions should have...
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