Recent content by Frost17

Hello, I apologize I'm a newb when it comes to networking. Did a bit of searching but can't seem to find anything on what I'm looking to do. Currently have a wireless router and a roommate. We have a home network set up-- and there is a Homegroup that he set up with his username and...

Yea, basically the plan is I want one playlist to play before midnight, and then it to automatically cut off at 11:59 - then at 12, a different play list plays. Suggestions?

Hey guys, I've been out of the computer scene for many many years. But I figured what I am trying to do is very simple and some of the folk on this forum might be able to help out. Basically all I want is at 11:59 on New Years the music to automatically stop playing and then at 12:00 for the...

Hello, I have an old laptop hdd I want to get some information off of. Have it connected to an external enclosure, it is identified and recognized in windows, shows up in disk management, however when I try to initlalize it, it says the device is not ready. I am using Windows 7. Thoughts?

Hi Guys, I recently installed Windows 7 ultimate on two different machines. One is a desktop with a Belkin Wireless N Adapter, F5D8001 v1000, with a Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Edition The other is a Sony VGN FJ170B (older laptop from 2005 or so). The Laptop previously had a bootleg version of...

SO I actually have a copy of Windows 7 which I was told should take care of the driver issue. No changes to BIOS were made, but now I am getting a message at setup saying it needs a CD/DVD device driver. This computer is an hp mini with no cd rom drive. The windows 7 is being installed from...

Sorry I've been MIA - just getting back to this... I went into the BIOS settings and did not see any settings regarding IDE/Normal/Legacy. THe only option I have regarding this is SATA Native (option to enable or disable). Will this do the trick?

Hey guys, I have an HP Mini that hard drive crashed. I bought a new HDD and installed it. From Bios it detects it and everything seems fine. When I go to install XP it does all the preliminary install and then when it says To Install New Copy of Windows Press Enter... i hit enter and then it...

It's an IBM Travelstar MODEL: IC25N030ATCS04-0 It's from an older laptop I bought in 2005. So swapping electrical boards is a better idea than actually getting to the data platters then correct? I'll search for an identical one but in case I can't find one - any other methods? I did...

Hello all, I have a Hard Drive that is no longer powering up. Not sure what happened but I have tried connecting it to various power sources and I don't get anything. Is there anyway to recover the data here myself without paying a date recovery expert a ton of money? I'm a fairly competent...

Eh, what can I say, I built the computer over a year ago and have pretty much been using it just for internet and such. I'll take a look when I get home but I don't believe I cheaped out on the power supply. I actually want to venture to say it is a Cooler Master. I don't think I have an...

Hello All, I built my computer last year. Don't remember the exact specs but something to the effect of: ASUS MOBO Athlon X2 Processor 4 GB RAM 500 GB HDD 500 Watt Power Supply ATI Graphics Card with Heat Pipe Technology Enclosed in a case that is well ventilated with 6 Case Fans I...

I posted this in the network section however there is only 1 person viewing it right now... sorry for double posting but I need an answer quick and was hoping someone could help me... Hard for me to explain this one because I was helping my girlfriend troubleshoot over the phone. She was...

Hi Guys, Hard for me to explain this one because I was helping my girlfriend troubleshoot over the phone. She was having issues with her linksys wrt54g2 router so she hit the reset button. She has verizon DSL. Now the internet won't work. She called verizon and the rep couldn't get it...

thanks for the info - i didn't try it with mini xp but actually did the same thing with linux but the drive actually doesn't recognize at all - when powered up the drive is working any other suggestions?