What is the secret to cloning a laptop hard drive for Windows XP? My HP Pavilion notebook's drive is starting to die, but still mostly runs. I would like to clone it exactly onto an identical drive and replace it. I have tried DriveImage 7.0.3, which almost works - it appears to make an exact...

are there motherboards for the AMD64 that supor DDR-333 pc-2700 ram?

Hi all, Merry Xmas! This is my problem: The CDrom drive is not being recognized by the pc : ( I already changed the IDE cable, and even the drive itself and still not being recognized : ( Is just as if there is no CDrom drive present. There is power going to it, I can see its light going on when...

First, the components... Chaintech VNF4 Ultra mobo WD 74GB Raptor SATA drive (no raid) Antec 430W PSU (20-24 pin adapter) Chaintech 6600GT PCI-E vidcard 1GB (2X512) Corsair DDR400 RAM AMD Athlon 64 3200 (939 pin) This is just to get up and running. The hard drive was recognized immediately by...

Why aren't retailers specifying whether the power supply is 24-pin or not? Check out newegg.com; there's no way to tell. I've gone to multiple online stores, and they simply don't list it. I'd like to find a list of which power supplies are ATX 2.0 (24-pin). As of now, I can only guess, or attempt...

I hope someone out there can point me in the right direction. I just put together a new system and it is shutting off abrubtly for no apparent reason. The shutoff occurs during moderate to normal use, but has not yet happened while idling. Heavy use (gaming, encoding, etc.) does not increase the...

ROME (EP) - The machine generally referred to as "the pope" has experienced a general system failure. Technicians on the scene were heard making remarks such as "this thing is hosed", and "the warranty's expired, tough **** I guess", as they discussed whether the hardware should be scrapped or used...

Hi All, I'm looking for info on the best configuration (within my $1400 budget) for using Dragon Dictate full time. I would like to use DragonDictate to navigate through Windows and control Windows applications as much possible. I'm currently using a Dimension 4100 with a 1 GHz Pentium III and 392...

Hi! I have a request for modem users. I'm looking for a modem with voice functions which is 100% TAPI compatible - it means such a modem is able to play sound directly to modem (telephone line) and record sound from telephone line to a for example harddisk. To test if a modem is capable of doing...

I recently purchased a WD1600JB for use with my old P4 1.6 system. After creating partition and installing XP, I noticed XP only recognize the HD as being 125GB. I double checked in CMOS/BIOS and the drive was picked up as 160GB. Is this normal to lose so much room? and for what? In the past when...

Hi, I'm thinking of building a (cheap) RAIDed file server using an old computer, a controller card and a bunch of disks. As there is sometimes difficult for an old computer to recognize large disks I would like to ask you for some advise. What are the requirements for the motherboard/BIOS to see...

I need to use a PCI slot card but do not want to buy a desktop unit. Is there a commercial adaptor that will allow me to use it externally with my notebook computer? Thanks, Tim

Ok, so I'm a relative newbie to the whole hardcore PC people. I'm trying to learn as much as I can because I would loke to be a...ummmm...experiencedbie? Anyway, the term "overclocking" is used a whole lot these days, and I have no idea what it means. What does it mean? -David

I just bought a used Gateway 2000 for my kids without software and I loaded Dos 6.22 and then Windows 3.1 and was about to add Windows 98 but can't find the CD drive listed in windows. Anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Hello! I have an Epson 2480 scanner that does not have an on/off switch. In its stead, I use a separate surge protector just for the scanner, thus giving it its own on/off switch. Any techies out there to tell me if I'm doing right or wrong. My scanner is still under warranty. Thanks folks,

I'm thinking of buying the following from Tiny (for £899) Pentium 4 3.0GHz HT Processor 1024MB DDR RAM 256MB ATi Radeon 9800 Graphics 1) Any issues with any of the hardware - how is the graphics card rated 2) Will this system play most software (eg Doom 3, Max Payne 2) 3) How 'futureproof' is...

Hello Everyone, I have a somewhat complicated situation and would greatly appreciate advice. I have two computers I need to back up. The first one is a laptop with a 60 Gb hard drive, which is split evenly between Linux (RedHat 9.0) and Win2000 (FAT32 file system). The second is a desktop with a...

Hi, all In my computer I have 3 HDDs (6.4, 13.6 and 120GB) one on top of the other in a mid tower case. Out of nowhere I got a blue screen with a caption saying the computer could not access c:\ drive. It could not be a bad cable, because I installed the 120GB a few days earlier with a new...

Hi all. Here's the situation: I bought a Panasonic Toughbook CF-T2 laptop computer recently. It's an awesome small light laptop. But it has no built-in optical drive. The much more expensive W2 does, but I didn't buy one of those because of the cost. What I did buy, however, was a NU-Tech...

I've got an Optiplex GX1 that's locking up on the BIOS screen. The load bar gets about 1/5th across, and the system just freezes. I unplugged the system, pulled out the CMOS battery, and held the power button down for twenty seconds -- as far as I can tell, this should have reset the...