Katy, these Linux cd's are freely downable but you may not need to download these. Just goto your local book store and browse about in computer...
You would not be hearing much sound difference due to sound card until you are an audiophile and have extremely good hearing. :) Speakers make...
katy, you can boot the computer but cannot access any data on it (that's what you are able to do right now). Linux is the only sure shot way I...
Your laptop seems to have a admininstrator password. You would need it to access the computer. If everything fails at least you can get a backup...
Seems that the shredder was taking all the power away from computer - that's why you were getting low voltage reading. Lesson learnt - hard way.
XP on dual Xeon ? :confused:
Windows is strange - but this is the limit.
what was the error message?
Well said.
Seagate CD ? Are you using Seagate CD to install your drive ? If yes, just take a backup and install Win XP again AFTER removing any 3rd party...
Seems to be some kind of problem with disk. Try runing chkdsk /f on the hard disk.
All these may or may not work. I have been seeing this type of problem for last so many years and have yet to find out any permanent solution for...
rebecca, did you by any chance open up the computer to install something? If not, then this is seems a warranty issue and should be treated as such.
Run chkdsk before defragmenting.
Just googled it & found this http://forum.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=45315. See if it is what you...
rebecca, I have taken liberty to download the said link and post the info here. It was s-l-o-w to say the least but at least I got to the page...
Check if the cable connection are secure - both on the motherboard and harddisk / cdrom.
Check your events log. There may be something in there.
There seems to be some problem with your media/cd drive. try installing from some other media/cd drive.
Try changing the PCI slot.
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