Welcome Ballchaser. The problem is that we don't know anything about your laptop. Please give proper specs and complete detail of the problem...
Probably hardware failure. Go for a new mouse, a driver update is not going to do anything.
That's why Win 10 is blessing in disguise. Since MS is releasing 2 new versions annually, Windows is getting re-installed twice every year without...
I have found that reinstalling the Windows is immensely satisfying in terms of speed. In fact I used to reinstall Windows annually till Win 10....
Don't clone the drive as it already has bad sectors. The files on these sectors would be corrupt on new installation. If you have image backup...
No. You can get any hdd either Seagate or WD or Toshiba from anywhere. It's up to you.
Yes. Your drive has bad sectors. Backup everything & get a new drive.
Running Autoruns by itself doesn't do anything. You have to search for program that's being run twice through different mechanisms. You normally...
Download & run Autoruns for Windows. This utility enables you to see what all programs auto startup & gives you the control to disable them. Go...
"Another instance is running". You are trying to run a program twice & hence you are getting this error. You will have to find the culprit.
Master/Slave is an obsolete concept. Now there is no master or slave. You are correct that only one drive needs to have an OS. All other...
Everything eventually breaks. It's just a matter of time.
If the OS is on a separate partition just delete the partition, recreate it according to your needs & format it. If there is no separate...
As per this Windows 7 Upgrade Paths upgrade to Win 7 is only supported for Vista SP1/SP2 & not for XP. Wonder how did you manage to upgrade ? Did...
It's always better to go in for external USB lan adapter so that you don't fiddle with the inside of the laptop. They are cheap & work well.
Before Malware, check the health of your hard disk. A falling hard disk can have high write time.
If you wipe the hard disk, everything goes including any recovery partitions. So you can't restore it to original settings. XP can't be upgraded...
There is indeed a Microsoft Removal Tool - it's called Linux. :D
Ha ha.
Yes. It's a big dated but should work.
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