I ran CHKDSK/F from the command line. I had to schedule it to run upon reboot. I did that and it started running. Anyway, I had other things to do so I left and came back in 4 hours and the regular home screen was on. I expected some kind of report but saw none. Can I assume that all went well?

A friend gave me a laptop to look at... a bad sign already. He says he swapped hard drives, and restored the system, but now it has some error msg. Well - upon boot - it says NTLDR is missing - but we'll get to that later. I tried booting into the Bios with F2 - and the initial screen comes up -...

Well, I got off to a real good start by posting this in the wrong group! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The OptiPlex 210L has been cleaned up and put into use in what is probably a very unexpected role. I'm using it as a DVR, with a Hauppauge Computer Works Win-TV-HVR-1600 that was...

I have aquuired a 2nd blu ray drive thats made to fit my inmsp1520 laptop, does anyone know if there is a cable that will allow me to connect it from the back of the Bluray drive and connect to a usb port or sata port on my desktop machine?

I'm trying to set up a Latitude E5500 for our users. I've got it working except for a quirk in the Wi-Fi. I found that when I log onto the laptop, the Wi-Fi signal icon show full green (as in connected. Within about 10 15 seconds, it disconnects the Wi-Fi. 60 seconds later (exactly) it...

"RnR" wrote in message ... I know I'm off topic a lot but I getting upset with Firefox. At random times, it hogs resources and freezes my system. I've tried what I read on line to no avail so I may move on to something...

The power adapter for my wife's Inspiron 1525 laptop died and I started looking for a replacement. Dell gets $80 for a new one and $33 for a refurb. There are lots of aftermarket adapters on eBay ,but I've heard in the past that they aren't always 100% compatible with the laptop. Looking for...

I'm trying to set up a Latitude E5500 for our users. I've got it working except for a quirk in the Wi-Fi. I found that when I log onto the laptop, the Wi-Fi signal icon show full green (as in connected. Within about 10 15 seconds, it disconnects the Wi-Fi. 60 seconds later (exactly) it...

I'm trying to set up a Latitude E5500 for our users. I've got it working except for a quirk in the Wi-Fi. I found that wehen I log onto the laptop, the Wi-Fi signal icon show full green (as in connected. Within about 10 15 seconds, it disc

I bought a Dell Mini 9 and love it Came with Win XP Home and 8 gig hd I'm thinking abt giving Linux a try. Ideally it would be nice to run Linux off a flash drive first to make sure before the change over However, what is the best distro for a Dell Mini?

I'm looking into this for a customer. The necessary device drivers are available and it should be doable, but I have 2 questions. 1. Can a Dell OEM XP Home CD be used with this netbook (as it generally can with all Dells)? 2. I have found conflicting information about how to do the...

http://i.gizmodo.com/5139958/western-digital-wd20weads-is-the-first-2tb-internal-drive "Remember when 1TB, 3.5-inch drives were all the rage? Well those days are over, as Western Digital has released their 2TB Caviar Green, available now for $299. The 3.5-inch SATA drive features a 32 MB cache...

I see a new update today net framework. Why is this critical? I did not see mention of any new security fixes. Mel

I've recently installed Xp Pro on a Dell 670 and it seems to drop off-line after so many minutes of wide-area inactivity. There are pop-up boxes that advise to "go online" or "try again" but not sure if these are official Windows messages. Is this behavior normal? If not, then now to remedy? ...

I wasn't sure if I should mark this OT or not. I didn't run it on Dell hardware, the Dimension 2400 is busy with other stuff and I didn't want to take it down for this. In case you're wondering, I wanted to be particularly mean to Windows 7, just to put Microsoft's claims of vastly improved...

x-posted to some other useful groups - "George" wrote in message ... Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:38:41 -0500, George wrote: Caught me, I was trying to decide whatever result it...

To paraphrase, "the data you save might be your own". http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/seagate_firmware_fix_breaks_barracudas/ Apparently the update causes problems for some 500GB Barracuda drives that it can be applied to. I also saw this, referenced in the comments to the above...

I have an Inspiron 2200. I’m getting a new keyboard because of the wearing out of some letters. However, I have a new problem. The left click is getting difficult. By that I mean the spot just below the keypad (there is a left and right click, equivalent to the left and right click on a mouse)....

We have cable tV (with HBO/Cinemax), internet, and phone. Our cost with our current ISP is $108 (after all taxes). That seems high, so I'm looking to compare notes. Feel free to indicate your services/cost. Mel

Have a dimension 8200 with original vid card geforce3 ti200 an current monitor P992 . Question the vid card has a vga connector and a dvi-i connecter , will a lcd monitor with dvi-d with hdcp input work? Thanks Larry