Recent content by squirrellym

I was having problems with the repair install, so i reformatted and am reinstalling right now. There was enough functionality in explorer.exe for me to back up most of my files, and so they are on a removeable HDD.. i wiped off the CD, and that was the problem i was having when i tried the...

In the Repair Console with my XP disk, I have tried chksdsk /f and chkdsk/r..... it said everything was fine. the executables are still in C:/WINDOWS/system32, they just dont appear to run, even after starting the process manually. Oh, wait, read that wrong. I will go check that out right now...

Hello all, I am currently having an issue where when I boot up my computer, I have to manually start explorer.exe straight from the login screen. explorer.exe doesn't start on its own. One solution i read to this problem is to make sure the registry setting in...

hmmm.. i backed up using Ubuntu, reformatted, and reinstalled. All is well... except for not befing able to find the right drivers for my wireless card.

Hello all, circumstances have changed, so i decided to ask this on this forum instead.... Thats me. I finally managed to reset the password for Windows using Knoppix and mad regedit skills. (not really all that mad, its a simple things to do). Unfortunately, the recovery console off the CD...

tried it all.... came to the conclusion that the mobo is dysfunctional. gonna RMA it.

Hello, I am helping a friend set up his new computer. Brand new parts, right out of the box, all set up, and power on! No, it lasts for about 2 to 5 seconds, before the computer powers off again, and then powers back on after 1 second of power off. We have swapped out PSU's with ones that work...

I recently finished building my own computer, and was basking in it's glory until... I realized that the Internet connection is really temperamental. My laptop always used to stay connected to the wireless network at my house, and strongly, too, but now, sometimes I'm on, sometimes the network...

I Don't know how long the Coolmax will last you, a $20 dollar PSU sounds too good to be true..... and make sure that the RAM you buy is the right kind for your computer!

I agree with the above, If you build a new PC, you will get many more years of usage out of it as opposed to upgrading. But with your current configuration, you could upgrade and maybe get a couple of more years out of that. Go for a EVGA 7600GT for your graphics card, If you have PCI-E support...

IDE has MAster SLave settings, SATA does not, unless you want a RAID. If you only want to use one or two hard drives, and have your computer recognize them as one or two hard drives, then no RAID drivers are needed and the SATA is plug and play for you! I just built a computer, and have a SATA...

I have a problem that doesnt seem to be anywhere on the internet.... Just finished building my own PC, got XP OEM today, and when i put the disc in, the CD checks my hardware config, and then opens a blue screen with a gray bar at the bottom, and text that says "Windows Setup" the gray bar asks...

I am trying to use Diskpart (in XP) to create a partition of an existing HDD i have (Disk 0 in Diskpart). When I use "List Disk" in Diskpart, it says i have Disk 0, with 37gb, but 0gb free space.... Windows Explorer (via My Computer) tells me that I have 21 gigs free space..... how do i free...

Is it Possible to dual boot XP and Vista just using the upgrade disk, or do I need to have full versions of both? I just finished building a computer and was wondering this because I intend to game, and apparently, Vista is kinda bad at that. I want to dual boot the OS's, but I want to be cost...

YAY! I'm a daddy! Of a new computer... that is. I recently got the final parts in the mail from newegg, and my first custom build is great so far. Still need a monitor and Vista or XP, but still, 'tis great. I booted up it in BIOS today and sighed a sigh of relief that everything worked. I was...