Thanks Arie, I was waiting for others to come onboard in hopeful anticipation. I have since found a couple of sites that offer a trial run...
I have a Sony DDU161 DVD/CDROM with which I have had no problems until now...not that it is a problem but XP Media Player requests that I...
martinr121, Thanks very much for your compehensive outline of the problems you encountered with a similiar situation as mine. Quite frankly...
No hangups in Device Manager....it suggests it is working OK..but I know the opposite
Honest Pete, That was a boo-boo from an edit operation that misbehaved badly and I didn't even realise/know where the duplicate...
HD IDE Conroller Card. I am operating a dual boot on XP Home. I installed a third HD and backed up my main HD onto it...OK. I now have...
You said this computer...I take it you mean his. Sounds like a logical and dooable deed your friend is offering. in that you are fortunate....
ksteele, You are not at criscis point....it only seems that way. Unless you get VERY SPECIFIC guidance in relation to the Bios its best you...
There are numerous programs out there that can be of assistance. The one I use is RoboForm, which is FREE and can be found HERE As well as...
K9 has been a lifesaver to me. You can set it up to isolate spam to your deleted folder..or any other for that matter. Lets face it spam is...
Does this make sense. There is a reverse biasing diode that keeps the battery from trying to hold up the rest of the system when the power goes...
Thanks a million Pete..don't know how you do it. My 13yr grandson logged on to my postings of wont boot and thinks you are awesome. roy66
This topic is probably wearing a little thin by now but I reckon for the benefit of ALL... 'cause there's a lot of lookers out there..that if we...
Thanks Pete, With over 200 emails I thought that perhaps there was an easier way than one by one.
OE6 I would like to transfer the content of the deleted emails folder onto a floppy. Thankyou roy66
My latest discovery. It will power up without the CMOS battery. Insert the battery...won't power up. Remove the battery..power up. Insert...
TO ALL, This is what I have been able to establish without a doubt. The boot procedure is somehow linked to the flat circular 3volt battery....
BIOS BLOOPER This is where I’m at.... When I shutdown this PC the only way I can get it up again is to remove----wait----replace the...
It is 11:30pm Tuesday 19th and I am off to bed but before I go just let me fill you all in on the latest. I got into the BIOS setup and reset...
On first couple of boots it got to XP loading but no further. Now when booting it gets to Drive not ready Insert BOOT diskette in A: Press...
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