Yo Rockster thanks for the kind words! and for pointing out something I was overlooking... indeed the whole caboodle must have been...
Hi again Jean... I've put some notes and a better picture here ...to try to enthuse you to have a go! Best Wishes, Hugh
Hi all I've lost the ability to open wav files directly from links on web pages I get the download dialogue box but "open from location" is...
Hi again Rockster: you got one thing wrong - it was St Catherine's not MIT; as for the rest... :cool: there's a hidden clue here I think -...
Hi last ditch suggestion: there's an alternate way to jumper Western Digital HDDs which have 10 pin jumper blocks - gets round HDD/BIOS...
had a look at the numbers on the chips but they are Compaq reference numbers a few also had manufacturers logos (Texas and NEC) and numbers,...
Mike I'll be going back home later today & will open the box and get the numbers off the chips I tried trawling the Compaq site and a few other...
Steve try opening Task Scheduler and have a look at what's listed icon in system tray or if it's not there...
OK I capitulate! thanks for the link... Best Wishes, Hugh
Hi Mike the controllers look like they are generic: for both I see "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller" using driver files ESDI_506.pdr...
...have now got screenshot from friend's (more normal) PC; confirms the DMA checkbox on "settings" tab of Hard Disk properties just ain't there...
Hi Mike thanks for replying, superquick too! - hope you got some quality kip. I've had a look as you suggest - but can find no mention of...
BurrWalnut's advice is very good while you are stuck with the old defrag, the following may help, particularly if Scandisk keeps having to...
Hi good people Win98 notSE, only32MB, 30GB & 40GB HDD, 100MHz P1 noMMX my older 30GB HDD started making noises and, worrying it would fail,...
Hi merlin and all re: #1: REGEDIT & REGEDIT4: sorry I didn't put the question very well. Yup, I know that regedit.exe is the program, and the...
Hi good people three quick queries about the registry first, REGEDIT vs. REGEDIT4 - what's the difference, please? second, the use of...
Hi Vicki, do you have a Windows startup disk (floppy)? it would give you a quick and totally independent route to Scandisk. Boot from the...
Hi all merlin, there is much truth in what you say, particularly as were I to get a new sound card, I could be reasonably sure that I get the...
Hi all I've done a good bit of rootling - some answers - unfortunately not the ones I wanted to discover, in many ways: merlin: my...
Hi merlin I run \WINDOWS\SNDVOL32.EXE to produce a window with the title "Volume Control ". to get to the "Spatial" option I hit the...
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