Also......many earlier Compaq machines kept the bios setup program on the hard drive. You’ll need to check by the model of your Compaq. If you...
You don’t need to convert anything. Win98 will read the files off the CD just fine. You should be able to get XP running better if you disable...
Win2000 up to service pack 2 has a limitation where it cannot use more than 137 gigs of hard drive....
It's not normal. Do you have the music in folders? Is there a lot of disk activity during this 5 seconds? It this every time you open the drive,...
Only thoughts are that perhaps the space is just not being reallocated properly. Does a reboot cure it? Or you have Norton Utilities and are...
The chipset drivers are absolutely essential as they control virtually everything. However, WinXP comes with many generic drivers and will install...
Is this line in the original post saying that he did manage to boot into XP?
You are assuming this is a software problem. My first instinct with these type of lockups would be a hardware issue. First move should be to...
You safest route is as Steve says, but it’s not true that XP wants or needs to be the first OS on a system.
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If XP was running ok before the bios update then it’s more likely your problems are to do with that bios update, rather than a motherboard fault....
Have you gone through the bios settings to see if anything is set wrong? The upgrade will have reset the bios to the defaults, which may not be...
The things you used to do with fdisk you can now do with the XP CD during the install. Just follow the on screen prompts to delete your current...
When you clone XP to another partition or hard drive and then edit the boot.ini file on the new clone so that it reflects the new partition...
In MP Classic click, View>Options>Formats and check all the media file types you want MPC to handle. Or just click All & Apply.
Check DMA is enabled for both disks. Device Manager>IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers>Primary IDE Channel - then right click and Properties> Advanced...
I’ve never used server products but I’ve tried imaging, backup and partitioning software from most manufactures. By far the best performing, with...
Sorry, my fault, I never image a used OS so never thought to mention that the image should be of a fresh install with all your programs and...
First thing I’d do is run chkdsk /r from the Recovery Console. This does a bad sector test and repair, then I’d try chkdsk /f again from the...
Your money would be better spent on imaging software. When Windows gets bloated or buggy just restore a good image and you know you are back to a...
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