Hardware - December 2006

In a moment of "brilliance" I emptied the Recycle Bin that had a file that I needed. It's a very important data base that I need to restore somehow. Is there a way I can do it or have it done? Thanks in advance.

2006-12-31 00:03:33 · 4 answers · asked by Awesome Bill 7 in Other - Hardware

When I turn my computer on, it will all work OK for ..Ohhh...anywhere from 2 seconds to 20 minutes, and then my screen will go funky....ie: thin vertical lines in whatever colour happens to show up. Originally thought a virus, but Norton says no to that. Took the drive to a tech., he ran it all day, scanned it a couple times, says it must be the monitor, 'cause the drive seems OK. When I hooked it all back up, it worked just fine all day. I then wanted to load a new game, and as soon as I put the disc in and the drive starts to work, it does the same thing. However, I tried it a few times, and finally it started to load, but after finishing with disc 1, it did the same thing. Now it will work for mail, searches etc. but every time I try to load my game, it goes bad on me. Any thoughts from those of you in the know?

2006-12-30 23:45:16 · 2 answers · asked by LUCIFER 5 in Monitors

2006-12-30 23:20:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i have checked in control panel etc it just says there is no sound device on this pc , however it was working 2 days ago. i`ve also tried system restore but still nothing

2006-12-30 23:10:29 · 6 answers · asked by chrisatyork 2 in Desktops

2006-12-30 23:08:30 · 1 answers · asked by eagle 1 in Printers

is a dell inspiron 7500 and i have no idea how to put it back. i still have all the pieces. and it seems it should be able to go back but it just keeps coming off. anyone know a quick fix? =]

i can take a picture of it if it would help. but all the answers i have seen just say click it back. but that doesny do anything...

2006-12-30 22:58:24 · 6 answers · asked by morganmaddness 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-30 22:39:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

2006-12-30 22:29:46 · 8 answers · asked by herbisunderstanding 1 in Desktops

I just got the printer for Xmas, and to my suprise there was no cable to connect to my PC! Can anyone also let me know how much they cost, and where is a good place to buy them.

Many thanks

2006-12-30 22:19:40 · 7 answers · asked by raffertylafferty 1 in Printers

I have to click in order to make the mouse move. Then I can move it for exactly 7 seconds and then I can't move it again. I have a very important computer asignment to be done in like 15 minutes. I have already used 10 minutes of the time given. So I am really[multiply by 1000] desperate. Any sugestions?

2006-12-30 21:50:30 · 19 answers · asked by Gita 3 in Other - Hardware

How do you know in general? Also my desktop that I bought came with a NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE. Is that better than this other i have ? check the link
http://tech.yahoo.com/ps/visiontek-xtasy-9200-se/1993554910

2006-12-30 21:29:43 · 4 answers · asked by NONAME 1 in Desktops

can i get a jack that plugs into my earphone jack so that 2 people could both use headphones at the same time?

2006-12-30 21:21:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-12-30 21:16:55 · 4 answers · asked by claudettegranier 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

if you do system recovery again and again will it have any affect on my computer hardware? or will anything happen?

2006-12-30 21:12:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-12-30 20:44:51 · 10 answers · asked by dubextra 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

how do i get behind the pass word so i can wipe it

2006-12-30 20:16:13 · 3 answers · asked by scatbat a 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I had a 512MB mp4 player(pen drive). it's size being lost some where during it's formating process and its capacity(space) being lowered to 108 MB. Can

anyone help me to retrive my lost space in my pendrive? is there any software to analyse the boot records & repair the pendrive's bad sectors?

2006-12-30 20:05:32 · 2 answers · asked by Rex 1 in Other - Hardware

This is for a Mac book pro and I plan to use mostly Final Cut for editing. I know the 7200 would be faster than the 5400 but I don't know how much faster. I would be sacrificing storage space for speed and I'm trying to figure out if that is worth it. On one hand- If I ran out of storage space it would be okay with me if I needed an external drive to store the video files on- On the other hand- If I got an external drive would it just depend on the speed of the external drive and not the internal drive anyway? the 160 gig 5400 is 90 dollars more but I'm not worried about price- Just performance. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

2006-12-30 19:46:51 · 6 answers · asked by Doug 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a compaq presario 5000 series... will any RAM fit into my computer? I want to upgrade... I can make space by taking one RAM out and putting the higher one I plan to buy in...

2006-12-30 19:09:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

What is the difference between Mac Book and Mac Book Pro? They come with similar software yet thousands of dollars in price difference!

2006-12-30 18:34:19 · 6 answers · asked by jc_law84 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i mean like do i need

WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION WITH SP2

OR

WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION UPGRAD

2006-12-30 18:27:16 · 8 answers · asked by Davran 1 in Add-ons

I got a brand new Asus laptop with Windows XP in it. When I turned it on for the first time it asked me to reboot it. I put in the CD that came with it and it started (I thought) rebooting, but then it wrote that it couldn't go on with the preinstalation and I should do something else first. I can't remember what. I think it said I had to download the primary OS first, but I might be writing nonsense now. Anyway, I clicked ok and tried another CD that came with the computer, but it wouldn't do anything. Since then when I turn the laptop on there's only a blinking sign and it would not do absolutely anything. It wouldn't start even the CD that it did a little bit at the beggining. Can anyone help me? Thank you!

2006-12-30 18:22:47 · 4 answers · asked by Jelica 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

if so, how?

2006-12-30 18:16:38 · 4 answers · asked by theQUESTIONER 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-30 18:04:21 · 13 answers · asked by Park j - park7en님 [로그아웃] 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I cant access MSCONFIG and WINDOWS TASK MANAGER...I cant open my programs as well...Can anobody help me please...

2006-12-30 17:56:26 · 7 answers · asked by p_thurr22 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Just got a used computer, and when I checked the disk usage there was only 2% left. Computer works quite slowly, and I would like to make it faster.

2006-12-30 17:48:24 · 8 answers · asked by vaughgeran 1 in Desktops

I had the ability to play it before my hardrive crashed and it had to be replaced... so I never had to pay for it. How do I get a DVD Decoder and is it free?

2006-12-30 17:46:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-12-30 17:37:20 · 5 answers · asked by Rose M 1 in Desktops

2006-12-30 17:32:30 · 2 answers · asked by dgoodnight3001 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-30 17:19:56 · 3 answers · asked by Frank T 2 in Add-ons