Other - Hardware - December 2006

I recently purchased a used computer. The person who gave it to me did not clean his hard drive very well. It has some things on it that I do not want and yet some other items that would be of use. (not personal info). Is there any free tools that will clean the harddrive and romove certain items yet keep others?

2006-12-23 02:06:23 · 10 answers · asked by blu_tiger44 1

I recently put a new hardrive into my pc, it finds it under the cmos and if i go 2 control panel add hardware it is installed, the problem is i cant see it in my computer or explorer so i cant format it or use it, help please.

2006-12-23 01:52:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

once it rebooted while I was playing and once while I was away from it..

2006-12-23 00:07:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would my computer be faster if I disabled my second harddrive?
I do have all my virtual memory running from my second harddrive,but I have 384 MB of ram so I dont use too much virtual anyway

2006-12-23 00:07:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

in relation to a TV.

2006-12-22 23:58:53 · 2 answers · asked by Bill Spry 4

2006-12-22 23:58:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-22 23:56:26 · 8 answers · asked by ake_72uk 2

2006-12-22 23:55:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have and open computer [name brand] with 160 meg of ram 20g hard drive. 300 mhz. pen 2 processor. everything is fine till it hit that sreen.

2006-12-22 23:49:06 · 4 answers · asked by downey1627 1

I've looked all over this darned computer, but I just can't find it. I know all computers don't have one, but if I didn't have one, it wouldn't show up on "My Computer", would it?

2006-12-22 23:41:12 · 3 answers · asked by ? 1

Hi! My DVD drive was working properly. But suddenly when I was wathcing a movie on DVD the movie stopped and the tray stucked. I couldn't open the tray after that. Then I use safety-pin in the hole on the tray and opened the tray. I can now open/close the tray manually when it is empty, but if I enter any cd/dvd it stucks again and the drive can't read any disk. I uninstalled the drive and each time my PC detects the drive without any disturbance and shows that it's working properly. But it's not working actually, as I can't use any disks!

Can anyone tell me how can I fix it and what could be the cause of this type of problem? I'll be very glad if anyone can help.

Thanks-
N Jahan

2006-12-22 23:18:19 · 2 answers · asked by N Jahan 2

well my brother dropped my computer then my disc drive didnt read any discs i went to see if the driver was turned off it was for the rest of the night then this morning i tried playing a cd with no luck i tried a load of other CDs some DvDs and cd ROMS it wouldnt work the troubleshooter had no luck device manager says its fine i went on my computer and checked the properties still not working i turned the driver off and on nope if this helps im on a win xp laptop do you think its coz its been dropped i dunno please help me thanks

2006-12-22 21:52:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

EVERY TIME I TURN MY PC ON IT INSTALLES -OTHER DEVICES[ECP PRINTER PORT,INTEL(R)PRO/100+MANAGEMENT ADAPTER]AND THEY ALL HAVE A YELLOW ? WITH A YELLOW ! ON THEM.MY PC ALSO INSTALLES PORTS(COM+LPT)IN THE COMMUNICATION PORT AND IT ALSO HAS A YELLOW ? WITH A YELLOW ! IN THE MIDDLE.I HAVE TRIED REMOVING THEM BUT THEY KEEP REINSTALLING EVERY TIME I PUT THE PC ON.I DONT KNOW WHY OTHER DEVICES+OUR THE COMMUNICATION PORTS HAVE COME UP IN MY DEVICE MANARGER AS THEY WERNT THEIR BEFORE. PLEASE CAN SOME-ONE TELL ME HOW TO GET RID OF THEM OR STOP THEM FROM REINSTALLING WHEN I PUT MY PC ON AS FAR AS IM CONCEREND THEIR NO USE AT THE MOMENT THANK YOU BELLE

2006-12-22 20:46:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know you get 4x, 8x, 16x, etc etc, which is the faster and what difference does it make and why? thank you in advance

2006-12-22 19:19:40 · 7 answers · asked by JESTER 3

Had a question before this-but got too long.

I've had this problem before. Trying to install windows XP on my new S-ATA WD Hard drive.

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.as...

and this is my motherboard

ASUS P4R800-V DELUXE Socket 478 ATI 9100IGP (RS300) ATX Intel Motherboard
(Which isn't on Newegg anymore)

So I know I need drivers to install the S-ATA when I push F6 and all that. But I can't find drivers that work. I thought I tried the ones on the website..and it just gives me an error on line 2106 mid-installation and tells me I need to quit out cause it can't find the hard drive to install it on.

Yes - the "Onboard SATA" is enabled on my motherboard. It still does NOT detect the hard drives. I'm pretty sure I need to do SCSI or RAID drivers even though I'm not setting up a RAID because thats how I did the last hard drive and it worked.

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/P4R800-V%20Deluxe/awdflash108.zip
Theres the manual

2006-12-22 19:10:56 · 5 answers · asked by deltaflaze 1

They say they're encrypted, but can someone, like a neighbor, decipher the signals somehow and see personal data? Or is the signal too far for the neighbor?

2006-12-22 18:41:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

when you look at properties on the C drive the pye chart shows 3/4 full. is there anywhere I can look that will show me what files are taking up what space - without going into each individual program. feel most of the stuff on this computer is useless but dont know how to get it off safely without messing up the system. can anyone point me in the right direction?

2006-12-22 17:38:24 · 14 answers · asked by scamper 1

i have a western digital USB hard drive and my windows currently have the latest usb driver.. the problem is the explorer doesn't detect the usb drive but it is detected on Device Manager. I tried disk management but the usb drive still not found..

how can i use my new WD USB Drive if it is not accesible? WD doesn't care about this after all..

i really nid help with this.. those answers with sense...

thank you!

2006-12-22 17:38:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a processor AMD and it gets really hot sometimes. Especially when I am playing a computer game. Can this be the cause of my computer always freezing? If not then what can it be?

2006-12-22 17:09:26 · 8 answers · asked by nighttimeglasses 1

I need to re-install Windows XP on my computer... but I am missing the CD. Is there a way to re-install Windows XP without using the CD?

2006-12-22 16:55:56 · 8 answers · asked by suziq 2

WELL WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN IT BY CLICKING ON THE DESKTOP ICON, A SMALL ERROR SCREEN POPPED UP SAYING ("THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN DAMAGED,POSSIBLY BY A BAD SECTOR OF THE HARD DRIVE OR A VIRUS.PLEASE REINSTALL IT")
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE & I SCANNED MY COMPUTER WITH MCAFEE & IT FOUND NO VIRUSES. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG?

2006-12-22 16:53:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter is completely dumping her hard drive due to the many viruses she downloaded onto her computer. She is transferring all of her important folders onto her ipod, flash drive and various cds... how can she go about completely dumping her hard drive and starting with a clean slate? Help is greatly appriciated!

2006-12-22 16:32:28 · 2 answers · asked by suziq 2

i dont know if its musicmatch or my dvd/cd-rw drive (which i dont see is possible bc i just got this computer yesterday), but my recording and burning speeds are SLOOOOW. Im so pissed, and i dont think its musicmatch bc i tried recording a CD on Windows media player and it was slow. For burning CDs My comp goes up to 48x!! And for the recording speeds, Musicmatch lets me go up to 45x and its constantly at 4x!! Its so frustrating i finally got a new comp and this is happning to me. what should i do? do u think its the brand new dvd/cd-rw drive??

2006-12-22 16:22:39 · 1 answers · asked by Brent B 2

can some one tell me how to download files to a cd like you would do to a floppy

2006-12-22 16:02:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have bought a new graphics card for my computer and I was told I also need to upgrade my power supply. Is it easy to install these things oneself? Are there situations where the power supply does not fit the computer case, or the graphics card won't fit? I am trying to decide whether to install these things myself, or pay 80 bucks to get it done for me. Any suggestions?

2006-12-22 15:28:34 · 5 answers · asked by z_o_r_r_o 6

2006-12-22 14:14:38 · 5 answers · asked by off j 1

hi ,
i am using 40gb internal hard disk ( western digital ) . but now i want to buy a new hard disk . i want to know which will be the best brand . ( Fujitsu , Hitachi , Samsung , Seagate , Toshiba , Western digital . )

i am interested in playing pc games and i want to save DVD movies in my pc .i am using windows xp , asus board , 2.8 processer , pentium 4 and 512 ram .
than how much gb i could use in my pc = 40gb , 80gb , 120gb, 160gb , 200gb , 250gb or more .

2006-12-22 14:06:02 · 15 answers · asked by mann 1

Well I have two computers, and one is a laptop. So I wanted to rip a movie and have it saved into the laptop so I don't have to carry the movie and lost it. What program can I use for it? Anything free? or by Windows Media Player? links?
thank you.

2006-12-22 13:51:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I tried downloading iTunes, but it wont let me because I have "not enough disc space". I delete anything I dont use and it never really makes a difference. Sometimes it says "critically low", what can I do? I need space on it, is there some way to get the disc space bigger so it can hold more? by the way, im on a laptop, if that makes a difference. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

2006-12-22 13:35:21 · 5 answers · asked by female optimus prime. 2

2006-12-22 13:34:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous