Has anyone had any experience ghosting laptops. I want to use one image for several Compaq nc8000's. I thought I had an adapter that you could use to slave a hard drive to a desktop computer and ghost that way, but the connection was not right. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it...

Got a Compaq s6010V with a bad motherboard. Didn't get a chance to make the recovery disks before it went down. Put the Hard drive in another system to back up the hard drive. I used Norton Ghost to clone both partitions, the main partition with the OS and the recovery partition. I would like to...

I just bought an 802.11b multiport wireless lan for my Presario 1525US notebook, it was delivered today. In the instructional manual it says there are TWO different types of 'Network Modes': 1.) Peer 2 Peer or 2.) Base Station I don't understand which one I'm suppose to choose when running...

I got my new compaq 2190US laptop today and I'm loving it! I know I definately need for the ram to be 512 because the ati radeon 64 mb ddr sdram video card shares memory so I all I have is 192 mb to work with. Despite this the laptop is speedy and efficient. I've downloaded the hobbit demo and I'm...

Hi, I've a Compaq Presario 2200 laptop. I have the same problem as Bill, one of the member. I cut and paste his problem description and the answer to it from another thread. My problem is similar but the solution that was offered by Bob Buckland does not work for me. I don't have SMS Mirror...

Hi, Perhaps someone might be able to help... I'm trying to find a 128mb graphics card for an HP Compaq d530 small form factor. The official offering is an nVidia GeForceFX for £300, which is a bit steep! I've looked elsewhere but the problem appears to be that the d530 only has room for...

I'm thinking about getting a new graphics card for the Presario 5000 5WV254 with Windows ME that I purchased in November 2000. There are two of the card's requirements that I'm not sure my PC meets and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me: (1) How to determine the wattage of my PC's power supply? ...

I'm sharing with you my secret of the ultimate comfort using a laptop. Working with a laptop desk helps cool my laptop and it's a lot more easier to handle. The painful experience of aching wrists, strained neck and back is a story of the past with ergonomic typing and viewing angles. I feel more...

Wrote: not much you can do with it. It wont take a 40 gb drive, you cant put a different MB it it. Processor is not upgradeable. Any parts you find (even on ebay) will cost you more than the machine is worth. IF you really want to learn, go to newegg.com. You...

The Ghost Wrote: i ran across this site yesterday and did not have time to join or browse much . this seems to be the right place for my questions . we have 3 pc's in our home . my wife's is a hp pavilion xl761 , mine an ibm pc 300pl and the latest one (free !) is a presario 9232 . the...

i ran across this site yesterday and did not have time to join or browse much . this seems to be the right place for my questions . we have 3 pc's in our home . my wife's is a hp pavilion xl761 , mine an ibm pc 300pl and the latest one (free !) is a presario 9232 . the 9232 is for my oldest...

Hi; I own a Presario 800 notebook (model number 80xl4). Recently the original 20GB Hitachi drive began to have many broken sectors; so I ordered a new 60GB Hitachi drive. After having inserted it, I powered up the laptop but the BIOS stays there forever to recognize IDE devices. I've read on...

I would like to increase my hard drive space on my 5bw284. What should I buy and where can I get it. Todd Smalley

What is the maximum hard drive size recognized by an old Compaq 5147? I don't suppose the mobo supports ATA drives, does it? There is currently an 8 Gig drive in the owner's machine and I have not actually seen the machine. TIA

Hi, I have a friends fairly old compaq amada 300 to look at (I think the name is correct), A message saying '1872 hard drive controller is not working' is appearing Question ; Is this motherboard related, ie, needing to be replaced. or is there another explanation. This will save me taking...

Are the third party 2.5 inch hard drives that I've found on the internet that say they are suitable replacements for the 6.4 GB hard drive that died in my 1920 laptop telling me the truth? Looking in old, dead laptops, I've found, gone through, and rejected three or four spare 2.5 inch hard drives...

I have an HP Compaq D310 Desktop, and recently purchased a Hitachi Deskstar T7K250. When this hard drive is in the computer and I try to run the Windows XP Professional setup CD, it does not recognise any of the partitions and is unable to modify the disk in any way. When I connect the drive to...

I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive,...

HistoryFan wrote: I'm asking this question on behalf of my uncle who is mostly computer illiterate. He has a Compaq Deskpro computer. Running Windows 98SE, Celeron 333Mhz processor, 192MB of RAM, 3.1GB hard drive, 56K modem and NIC card. A couple of days ago,...

I replaced a hard drive for a friend in his Compaq Presario 5000 and it would not allow me to use the recovery CD. I believe this is due to the hidden file that compaq installs on its hard drives. I got around this by just imaging the hard drive onto the new one. Now, the guy got a virus that...