Hi sohamboy and welcome, Right click on your CD-RW drive (burner) and select "properties. " Click on the "Recording" tab and tag the box...
Disconnect the removable drive if it is indeed a removable drive and reboot for effect. If it isn't a drive but instead an unused port, open Disk...
Are there other HD's installed? What device is now assigned the C: label?
Was this a repair install (made over the top of the existing)? Was the previous OS drive dubbed H: also? To what device is the C: presently assigned?
Since the MS method will only offer certain items, you can use another method to place things on the Start Menu. It's as simple as Drag & Drop....
I suggest that you forget about using the Recovery Console since you have already performed a "Parallel Install" of XP to a different folder...
KK, you have implied that multiple drives are involved so if they are on the same IDE channel have you tried testing them individually? One drive...
Indeed Dave, I never took it to heart and I knew you were poking in jest. Furthermore, I would never disparage the work that you do. My...
Dave, let's just say I think a lot of it is Quixotic in nature and there seems to be better ways to protect my system. :D I'm too old to waste...
I image my system drive incrementally (takes 4 minutes) daily and keep System Restore disabled. Back when I did use it, I kept it set just...
I will add that running an error check on a drive and asking it to automatically "Fix" any errors it finds has an element of risk and I recommend...
SP3 would be an encouragement for me to get my system up to date. I quit fooling with the updates over 1½ years ago and haven't missed the...
Craig, He doesn't have an Internet connection available to the equipment. Do you know of any USB dongle that would do that?
D Spider, You are getting the different terminology in the reports that you are comparing because you are actually running two different disk...
Windows Closer I haven't tested it so if you do, post back your experience please.
This might be a good time to see if KazaaBeGone is of any value. It's a free download from that site (scroll down to find it). I've used it...
Go down to Radio Shack and get a new battery and the problem will probably go away for 5 years or so. ;) Under normal circumstances the cmos...
OK, that's something to start with. I'll guess that the BIOS is hanging due to a hardware problem. Do as the screen suggests and press the...
Overclocker, con is a reserved term used long ago by DOS to invoke the Console. If you want to know more about this: Knock yourself out. :)...
oj0sverdes, Your problem is not likely a bad motherboard but that is one possibility among many others. To start sorting through them,...
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