So i turn on my computer today, and it loks normal, then right when it starts to load, it asks what i want to start it in... safe mod, reg mode ect.. ive tried all of them, and everytime a blue screen comes up that says something like it cant find the file, unmountable_boot_volume then it says to...

My English it`s not good. I`m finding information for subject: Compaq Presario 5520. Help me!!!

I have a Presario 1600. Everything was working great last week. Today, I was cleaning up my old applications using "add/remove programs", and deleted an application I did not recognize, thinking my son may have put it on. All I can remember is that it had the word "flash" in it. In any event, now...

I need a Compaq Presario 5000 Series quick restore disk (windows ME) ..email me at if you have THANKS

I have a new Gateway 506GR 3.2 computer with onboard sound. I would like to use my soundblaster sound card and sub woofer/speakers from my previous computer for a better sound system. I disabled the sound card in the bios and removed the drivers from the onboard card and installed the new card with...

How do I remove the hard drive from a Presario 12XL300 Notebook PC? Do I remove the all the screws on the bottom of the laptop? What else needs to be done? Thanks -- John Lundquist 2603 93rd Trail N Brooklyn Park, MN 55444

Hello All, I'm new here. I have a compaq presario 1500 laptop. It's 2 years old. The problem I have now is that there are blue vertical lines everywhere on the monitor. I tried to reboot the computer and turned it off and on, but the lines remained there. Sometimes red lines also appear on the...

I'll apologize in advance for the length since I'm sure I won't be able to make a long story short. Friend of mine nuked her hard drive due to virus/spyware problems, unaware that this thing has those tools and such on the D partition. It was only when she had problems using her factory restore...

Just when I got a hand on that dang yenk format now I find something called "rar." What in the heck is this? And is there a good free program to open up these files?

I am adding a 20G Maxtor drive to a 4824 (rev A). I have installed it, the bios recognizes it, but the machine won't boot. (It is booting from the original hard drive. The machine gives the Compaq splash screen, then says "OS Loading", then hangs.) The old drive is set as the master, the new drive...

Is there a way through the bios (or other non-destructive means) to increase the ram memory capacity of a Compaq Presario 1255? In other words can a 256mb ram expansion be made to work? The manufacturer's stated max is 160mb. Thanks Wayne

have run spybot,ccleaner,defrg,aware,etc. and what can i try to speed it up? 350 MHz AMD-K6-2 Processor with 3DNow!TM technology 512KB L2 Pipeline Burst Cache 100 MHz system bus 348 mg. Ram 58% system resources free 32 bit file system 4.0 GB Hard drive 3.5GB used

have run spybot,ccleaner,defrg,aware,et=ADc. and what can i try to speed it up? Intel Pentium III processor - 866 MHz 133 MHz system bus 32KB L1 Pipeline Burst Cache 256KB L2 Pipeline Burst Cache 383 Mg. Ram

Hello, On an old Compaq Deskpro EP series 6300 (given by a compagny ) I decided to upgrade memory, after reboot, the BIOS was automatically updated to his new memory capacity but following a bad insertion of the processor (in same time than memory insertion, I wanted to see more detail of a...

I just replaced the battery for a Compaq Evo N400C and it will not charge (or is just dead) Any suggestions where to check to see if there is a flaw with a multimeter?

I have a Compaq Presario 5 series installed with 4 usb ports. I need a 2.0 to run my new camera. Any Ideas how to do without installing any PCI cards

I need to find directions on reformatting my Armada 7800 laptop... I bought it on Ebay, and they stated that they had the restore disks but they did not... they did send me the drivers.. i just am unfamiliar on how to reformat it without the restore CD's... thanks for your help! I have a...

I need a little advice. I put in a 6.4 gig hd in the pc, but the boot sequence wont run the boot disk I have in it. I press F1 to get into setup, but the pc does not go into it. A cursor just flashes on the left side of the screen. I am using a window 98SE boot disk set up for large hard...

Hello I have a serious problem..... a bought a new case for my compaq presario 7598, unluckly I threw away the old one and I did not wrought the pinout. Saw I need help to configure the new Case-Cabinet. Thanks 1000 Simon It

I have an old Compaq 7594 that I upgraded to 1.1 gig processor and the stock 64 meg ram. Running a 40 gig HD with XP and the original compaq cd rom off of the second IDE cable. (Was) running original compaq bundled software on a 20 gig HD and an HP dvd300i burner off of the first IDE cable. The dvd...