Laptops & Notebooks - December 2006

Can I simply switch hard drives in a laptop - assuming they are the same type, etc? I have a damaged laptop that I am selling but want to keep my hard drive and buy another (same) model. If I put my hard drive in my replacement laptop should everything work, assuming the rest of the replacement laptop is OK?

2006-12-28 03:46:47 · 4 answers · asked by Abdul M 1

One day my laptop just quit working. The splash screen would come up only to go to a black screen with a flashing white dot in the corner. No keyboard commands would work besides the one to get into the Bios. My mother managed to wipe everything off of the hard drive, so she could start fresh and run the back-up disk that the computer made when I first got it. Upon running the disk an error came up stating there was a corrupt "boot.ini" file. Can I fix this or should I simply throw the blasted piece of technology into the wall and be done with it? More importantly... what does the file do and what could have caused it to be corrupt?

2006-12-28 03:39:23 · 4 answers · asked by coy_coquette 2

I saw that Sony has Mylo a handheld device to surf wireless on internet and check email also make phone calls I think. I was thinking of something similar but a bigger screen. Anybody seen or used a Sony Mylo? What did you think?

2006-12-28 03:38:38 · 4 answers · asked by prissygirl56 2

I've bought a brand new Dell Latitude C400 Ultraportable laptop, everything is fine except that the battery duration is too short (just 1.5 hour). Can I bought a longer duration battery for this laptop? Or do I have to use only this short duration type of battery of Dell Manufacture?

Thanks Everyone

2006-12-28 03:31:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-28 03:11:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

the power cord has the large block which converts the regular AC 110V to 19V DC but just before the DC jack at the end of the PA is a round, molded plastic ...Thing. does it house a fuse? is it just for holding when disconnecting from the laptop?

2006-12-28 02:42:25 · 9 answers · asked by callasabra 1

2006-12-28 02:29:49 · 5 answers · asked by srolanh_tae_oun1 1

I'm thinking of getting a MacBookPro and I'm scared that i wont be able to do all the things I can do on my current Toshiba laptop. Has anyone converted and noticed a difference? Ever since I got my iPod I've become such an Apple convert and I'd primarily using it for iTunes and the internet. Anyone have any advice for an Mac newbee? I used them all through college so it's not the system itself I've to get used to.

2006-12-28 01:50:44 · 3 answers · asked by IrishladPotter 2

who can help me solve this prob?

2006-12-28 01:29:58 · 27 answers · asked by Mohd Y 1

I have to completely re boot my comp eash time I leave it for more than a few min. usually it just went to the sceinic screen and I just had to click on an icon

2006-12-28 01:24:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking for a laptop that is definitely under $1000 and the more inexpensive the better. I'll be using it to surf the web, email, download music, burn CDs and use MS Office possibly. I know there are some that are Vista compatible but I'm not sure how important that is...so if anyone can offer any suggestions that would be great, thanks

2006-12-28 00:59:17 · 7 answers · asked by XIV 2

I use my laptop several hours a day, but 95% of the time it is plugged in. I'm told this is not good for the battery. I have an IBM Thinkpad and generally get about 1.5 - 2 hrs out of the battery. I mostly use my laptop for work (internet, PDFs, and spreadsheets) and watching movies.

2006-12-28 00:48:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a battery at the back of my laptop and it only lasts for 5 minutes.It is supposed to last for a much much longer time and I don't know why it isn't charging for longer.Do I have to configure my battery settings and how,where do I go to configure the battery settings.

2006-12-28 00:35:59 · 4 answers · asked by irish dubliner 2

I was told by a friend, that I should leave my laptop on 24/7 without turning it off. They said if I turn it off and on all the time, I will hurt the laptop. Is that true? Give me your opinion please??

2006-12-27 23:16:58 · 9 answers · asked by amanda1979_43015 1

My desktop is getting old and I think I will replace it with a laptop. I have $1500 and am looking for something that I can game with, although it doesn't have to be top of the line. I play the older mmo's like Asheron's Call and Ultima Online.

If you had $1500 to spend, which laptop would you get and why?

2006-12-27 23:02:03 · 5 answers · asked by Myonghwan E 1

1) A 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM.

- OR -

2) A 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM.

2006-12-27 22:31:50 · 2 answers · asked by Jack Daniels 3

Laptop OS : Windows XP pro
Ram: 1024mb
Memory : 500GB

OK.. my laptop has WLAN and LAN.
I cant acsess the Internet through Internet Explor Or Mozila.
But i can still play online games and MSN messenger.
I dont really KNow whats wrong...
But please help me!

2006-12-27 22:29:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I connected the wire to the electrical outlet but apparently the battery's still getting lower till it blanked out.
how do i tell the comp that it's to be switched to a power outlet and not relying on battery?

2006-12-27 21:42:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 21:35:02 · 6 answers · asked by alfamalc 1

2006-12-27 20:44:32 · 7 answers · asked by Jared 3

PLZ!

2006-12-27 19:50:01 · 3 answers · asked by x_x juicy x_x 2

I got a new laptop (Inspiron 6400 ) .The Hard disk space is 100 GB
and its divided into 2 partitions only...How can i make more partitions?

2006-12-27 19:31:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Actually, I'am working on a project which should be done only in microsoft power point, and my laptop does not contain power point, So I need ypur help to find it out........

2006-12-27 19:29:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where can i get good computer parts for cheap? Anyone know?

2006-12-27 19:27:53 · 7 answers · asked by bboyballer112 2

Hi,

I bought my first laptop 5 months ago, its Toshiba Tecra A7. whenever i run my laptop, the fan starts to function quitely but after a while it becomes a little bit noisy. ( noiser than most laptops which i have ever seen). what seems to be the problem, i mean is this normal?

does cpu speed has something to do with fan cooling speed and thus noise? my laptop is 2.0 GHz daul core.

do i need to replace the fan or bare the noise?

The noise comes from the area where the vent is, so i guess its from cpu fan and not from hard disk.

Thanks for your help.

2006-12-27 19:27:06 · 5 answers · asked by A.G.H 2

I saved what i needed on a backup disk but my ibook is not letting use office games and limewire due to some library folder error.reboot it with my osx cds should i?

2006-12-27 19:17:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

or a USB Wireless would be weaker than a real pre-installed one that more expensive laptops come with

2006-12-27 19:16:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

well as i remember it has 96 MB shared (I had 2 GB of Ram)
2.13 GHz Intel (M) centrino S7200-C tablet laptop

now it only has 64 MB video shared, I still cant figure out why
but since whether I use video decoding or editing such as winAVI or Nero video decoding
it shut down after 10 mins or so or 15 to 20 % of the video I tried
can anybody help me please?
really appreciate

2006-12-27 19:08:33 · 4 answers · asked by lilaznguy032188 2

I got the Desperate Housewives Pc game for Christmas and also a brand new sony vaio vgn-n110 G and when I went and installed the game I failed on video acceleration and it says it need accel and my computer says I have accel. What can i do to resolve this issue so I can install the game. please help I really want to play it

2006-12-27 19:02:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally, I think they're both good.

2006-12-27 19:01:54 · 23 answers · asked by runner09 1