You can go My Computer, right-click on the drive -> Properties -> Tools tab and run Error Checking on the drive. It may be due to the antivirus...
I might see if I could find out what the flashing/pulsing light meant. If you received a disk/CD with the drive it may have a manual for the drive...
I have a PCI TV card, so I can only extrapolate to a USB stick. Me, I would uninstall everything, check for driver updates and then do the...
If you get Home Basic, don't expect any frills. Basic is just that...basic. When using Basic, me, I don't really want any frills or expect it. It...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, First, if you have turned off User Account Control, try turning it back on and running the uninstall again. Find the...
Glad it worked.:) Thanks for letting us know. Matt
You've removed the comment Ann, but I thought it was a good one. The link talks about another file scanning program running at the same....
It could need to have the system "reset ". On a desktop machine you can "clear the CMOS ", laptops are different though and I have spent a few...
Hi Pete, Only a maybe, but I might expect it is a strong possibility. The reason I suspect...because the drive was "set up" on a Win XP system....
I will get off my soapbox for a minute (maybe less :)). I started wondering about changing the program's "priority ". I read about doing it in...
I am shaking my head. mickzer's link seems to (fairly :D) accurate What is the solution? Turn off one of Windows functions. Huh?:eek: They can't...
I'll put in a comment, I hope it is taken in the correct "spirit ". This was your first post and I haven't been a moderator very long, I suppose...
If the external drive is formatted in the NTFS format, I expect that is the reason. FAT32 is the formatting recommended for USB (and Firewire?)...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, Does the screen stay black from when you first push the power button or does it go black after you see the Vista...
Ta Pete :) Matt
Glad to see it wasn't anything serious :) Thanks for letting us know. Matt
I was reading what was in the new Service Pack, but I don't remember if it was Vista SP1 or Win XP SP3, that the method of reporting RAM was...
You have reformatted, but you should also delete the partition(s) on the HDD. I expect there has been different versions of Windows on the machine...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, Try resetting by changing the screensaver to None, restart, set it your normal s/s, restart again. It may depend on...
You should take it back to original (factory) specifications, so remove any hardware you may have added. Even disconnect any printers, etc. Go...
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