Next step. QuickStart, If Paul's suggestion doesn't solve the problem, do WindowsKey+e to open explorer and see if cd shows there. If it...
Sumary? artful, No to the first, yes and no to the second, as the previous posts try to indicate. You can do pretty much as you please, and...
Practice and explanation? Stitch, Format a floppy in any computer - without the OS - and leave it in the drive and restart the computer. You...
Simple. QuickStart, Use windows key like shift and do: windows+e
What's your experience? rehi, We're going to have to advise you how to troubleshoot hardware, and that requires taking your machine apart and...
Work computer? What OS? Stitch, My previous reply referred to your computer with 98 on it. Your last post indicated you're talking about a...
Interrupt 19 Glockerdude, Interrupts are a mechanism programs use to communicate with the BIOS (basic i/o system) to access hardware. After...
It's ok, but you're on your own. Glockerdude, The Award BIOS flash utility makes provision for saving the old bios to reinstall if the new...
Hi stitch, The hdd won't boot, right? If the floppy is a startup disk I suggest you run, at the a:> prompt: fdisk /mbr note the space after...
Rehi cmagee, Against the odds! Before you throw your disks, an idea: I once had a problem I thought was a bad hdd and just for heck put...
Sounds like your splash screen is damaged. Wonder if sfc would replace it? Worth a try?
Not convinced. cmagee, I can't help still feeling you have a trojan of some sort, because the problem involves several connected computers in...
stitch, If you're using ZA Pro you've probably seen the "more info ", or such, button on the request for access window. Clicking that allows...
Breakout, I looked your up mobo and it's one of the best. I would check the BIOS setup program for voltage adjustments and make sure these are...
Ok? Does ok mean that you formatted them now, or were they already formatted? Unless you recently subjected them to format and checked the...
BAM I recently discarded a writer with the same problem. It trashed a couple of new cd-r's before I figured it out.
remake partition, and should install ok silverwork, If you have saved all important files, boot from startup floppy and do fdisk, delete...
stitch Those may, but not necessarily, indicate that your computer is infected, so be sure to keep antivirus updated and NEVER allow any you...
It's possible to be wrong to be right! Paul, My main and most rewarding job working with my fellow seniors is keeping our senior machines up...
sleep mode: nargh This page has many related articles showing causes of not entering sleep mode. Do a search on the page (ctrl-f) for sleep.
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