When the drive letters are unavailable do you see them assigned in Device Manager - Disk drives?
When you turn off the drive do you first remove it through the Safely Remove Hardware icon? Powering down is the same as unplugging the drive...
If you make 2 partitions and install 98/Me on one and XP on the other the 98/Me partition (FAT32) will only see the XP partition if that is also...
Welcome to WindowsBBS :) Please note ..... On my reading you have a problem with ...... Probably caused by : atikmdag.sys which is the...
You're welcome :) Please mark this thread as 'Resolved', see .....
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See ..... Install Windows 98 after Windows XP Installing Win9x when Windows XP is already installed Version 0.151
Welcome to WindowsBBS :) AFAIK Windows 7 Starter Edition is only available preloaded on a netbook - it is not available retail. I have no...
Ron - patience is one attribute that I don't lack :) With my landscape photographer's hat on I have been known to wait up to 4 days for a shot and...
No sales pitch - just a satisfied user :) Nothing :D - I retired in 1999 when the company for which I had worked for ~35 years as a metallurgical...
You cannot backup Windows by straightforward copying because many files are in use and thus cannot be copied. A disk image is just that - a mirror...
I use Acronis to image my OS drive on a weekly, incremental basis to another internal drive which is backed up weekly on a schedule to an external...
That's good news :) You will need to reinstall your programs into the new installation - when a program is installed it not only places files in a...
Welcome to WindowsBBS :) Dialup or Broadband? What is your download speed and what speed does your ISP provide?
Answers to the other quetions please, they are all relevant ....
Welcome to WindowsBBS :) Would you please post some further details .... Desktop or Laptop? Description of how the computer got wet -...
missa85 With respect to your posted computer experience as 'beginner' I seriously suggest that you take the computer to a repair shop for...
I don't fully understand some aspects of your post ..... The desktop icon should open IE8 directly - pinning it to the Taskbar is a matter of...
Which version of Office? meaning 2 installation CD's and 4 optical drives? You receive the "Error 2355. Setup cannot access a file cabinet"...
Has it beeped on boot in the past? I suggest you replace the CMOS battery as a first step, but your problems may be deeper than that.
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