microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

Please direct me to a better place to post this if I am in the wrong place. I have a Dell 4700 with pcie and need to get the fastest card possible to work on this board. I've searched all over and can't get a difinitive answer. Without regard to power supply can someone give me a recomendation?

7/2/2010 10:27:01 PM

"Gary L. Fletcher" <...@charterinternet.com>

boot from external drive

I would like my laptop to boot from an external drive until I can replace the internal drive. can you tell me how to boot from my external drive? -- dreammaker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dreammaker's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/239786.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/xp-hardware/1350506.htm http://forums.techarena.in

7/2/2010 4:12:55 PM

dreammaker <dreammaker.4dh...@DoNotSpam.com>

Power Management on a Laptop.

Of course, I have a laptop running XP SP3. A Dell Inspiron 6000. I'm watching the temp on the CPU go up/down as I use the unit and the cpu switches from 1.32 Ghz to 2 Ghz. Obviously cooling off at the slower speed. All this is fine. My question is, the HD heats up too. And I've tried setting the power scheme to shutdown the drive after 3 minutes when on batteries. However watching the HD light, it never stops blinking for more than 30 seconds, okay maybe 1 minute. So if there is constant (in my terms) activity on the HD, how will it ever spin down? Seems like a u

7/1/2010 1:38:50 AM

Big_Al <Bi...@name.invalid>

DVD stuttering

I've begun playing DVD movies on my WinXP laptop with VLC Media Player. Today, a brand new DVD kept "stuttering" all the way through. That is, both video and sound would completely stop and then, after a few seconds, resume. I thought the DVD was bad--but I played it on my WinXP desktop computer with the same media player, and it seemed to run mostly OK (although there were some places where I sensed very slight hesitations). Could it be a marginal DVD? And if so, is there a way of making it work better? (It's a DVD I bought a couple months ago, so I'm not sure I can return it

6/27/2010 7:09:05 AM

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-A...@nowhere.com>

Fill Form And Get $5000 To Your Home.

Fill Form And Get $5000 To Your Home At http://ukcitygirls.co.cc Due to high security risks,i have hidden the cheque link in an image. in that website on left side below search box, click on image and enter your name and address where you want to receive your cheque. please don't tell to anyone.

6/26/2010 4:55:34 PM

free money <maaindi...@gmail.com>

Back up question...

Hello... I am in search of advice in terms of back up software for our home. We have 2 pc's running XP, a laptop (wireless) running XP, and another laptop (wireless) running Vista. I have a SimpleTech external hard drive, USB, connected to my PC, with 4 folders, one for each of the PC's.. (eg: Vin, wife, kid1, kid2) Any suggestions on automatic back up software? I've been doing each unit manually... it's not a good idea, we tend to forget...free would help very much as well. Thoughts on Comodo? Hinxsoft? -- Thanks & B'rgds, Uncle Vinnie

6/26/2010 12:27:32 PM

"Uncle Vinnie" <vinri...@optonline.not.net>

Port replicator screws up num lock

I unhooked my laptop (Dell Inspiron 730) from all peripherals, electricity and internet and worked on it for a while. When I hooked it back up I found that when I typed numbers I got ! for 1 and $ for 4, etc. I played around a lot with num lock, function/num lock, caps lock, etc., etc. I finally detemined that if I booted without the port replicator (Targus) plugged in, I got the numbers OK, but if I plugged in the port replicator I immediately got the problem, even when no peripherals were plugged into the port replicator. Here is what I have tried. Working OK - Plug in

6/25/2010 12:55:59 AM

"LAS" <FakeM...@Hotmail.com>

Battery life in cordless keyboards and mice.

Hello All! This is a typical description of a Logitech product:"The Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Pro Keyboard � all you have to do is connect it via a USB port. Expect the battery life to last you approximately 3 years, so you can use the keyboard as much as you want without any worries at all! " I wish I could find a wireless keyboard and mouse whose batteries last so long under realistic conditions by which I mean switched on 12 hours a day, seven days a week.. Has anyone got any ideas? Mostly, I tend to find "lasts up to a year", which is doubtless true since "up to a

6/24/2010 7:38:23 PM

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.net>

Usb Device not Recognized

"One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned..." Ok I am going crazy here please if anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. So im using a Western Digital External hard drive and its been working fine until today. I tried to connect it and I got the error message "one of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it" and when I tried to restart my computer it says installing new driver software then it says software was not installed successfully. And when I try to download the device software from the web

6/23/2010 11:24:42 PM

B3L3ND <B3L3ND.4d1...@DoNotSpam.com>

Hard drive (H:) shows size as 720kb, but is actually 80GB

Hi, I have a* 2.8 GHz P4 intel processor* with an *ASUS p5rd1-vm* mother board and an *ATI radeon (128Mb) *Graphics Card with *768 Mb of RAM*. I recently put in a new hard disk and everything was running fine while I was using XP. I tried to install 7, but it did not work, so I decided to revert back to XP. After installation everything seemed fine till I checked on my hard drives. Drive H which should have a capacity of 85GB, shows only 720kb in size when it's properties are checked. All the other partitions seem to be working just fine. Also, when you click on the drive, It asks yo

6/22/2010 5:38:25 AM

SlapStick77 <SlapStick77.4cy...@DoNotSpam.com>

DVD problem

WIN XP SP3 plus all updates. Back in Dec 2009 I purchased a new LiteOn IHAP322-22x DVD. I have recently been using it to boot my computer as I have been getting intermittent BSODs so I have been using an iso boot disc when needed. Having been able today to start the computer, without needing the boot disc, I took the opportunity to do a backup. After doing this I checked to see that all was safely on the disc only to find it was blank - nothing showing. I put the disc into a laptop and all the backup folders were there. I have since put in other different types of discs, DV

6/21/2010 9:19:35 PM

"antioch" <anti...@home.com>

Create Backup

I intend upgrade to sp3 from sp2. I have Win xp pro 7. Microsoft advise automated backup. I have read support info on creating backup. I inserted floppy and followed instructions for system backup. Estimated time was around 6days to complete ? It filled floppy quickly and was asked to insert another. At this rate I would need dozens. Any advice please on above. Regards Roger ----------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------

6/16/2010 6:45:24 PM

"Roger" <Mon...@Zoo.fsnet.co.uk>

Samsung CP 315 problem

Connectd to PC via USB connector Colour laser printer. Starts up on switching on -completes the toner warming cycle and then halts . System error - recycle power. Any help welcome -- karthikbaldock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ karthikbaldock's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/232931.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/xp-hardware/1346456.htm http://forums.techarena.in

6/15/2010 5:57:39 PM

karthikbaldock <karthikbaldock.4cm...@DoNotSpam.com>

a statement on multiple backups

I've always stated that having multiple backups is a good idea, well last week I found out how good of an idea it was, I had recently installed a new dual core cpu ie faster better etc. I made a backup before I did the upgrade, I also installed a new larger hd for primary drive C, well to my sad suprise I found my latest update to my backups corrupted everything, and I had only one copy of my backups ie Image of Drive C. anyway I ran into multiple issues, bad SATA cable, etc, it's taken me all week to get it up and operating, when Id rather be outside playing in the sunshine. and

6/13/2010 10:23:06 PM

=?Utf-8?B?c2dvcHVz?= <sgo...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Cannot Install

i have been trying to install this norton antivirus, it doesn't show up on the screen and i tried using the manual, that wasn't no help ither.i've gone on line looking for some type of help, got no where fast. help please? thanks! :) -- Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com

6/13/2010 10:29:55 AM

"Sweetie via WindowsKB.com" <u59...@uwe>

volume settings

I've taken to listening to podcasts on my three WinXP fully updated computers. I use VLC Media Player. Some podcasts are so quiet that I have to turn the volume all the way up both in VLC and in the volume control for the computer. And even that can be a bit too quiet. Is there another way to increase the volume for these podcasts? I looked at Sounds and Audio Devices in Control Panel, but nothing seemed obvious. Thank you! Jo-Anne

6/12/2010 9:07:50 PM

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-A...@nowhere.com>

Connecting/disconnecting Seagate HDDs.

The following is copied from the Seagate web page. Does it mean I can connect/disconnect the HDD while the computer is running? ************ 4.0Serial ATA (SATA) interface Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with the Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serialata. org. ******************* Or does it mean I can only connect/disconnect the data cable? Frank

6/12/2010 6:57:57 AM

"Frank Martin" <...@general.com.au>

New HDD does not appear in Windows Explorer!

I have Windows XP pro. I have just connected a new HDD 1Tb Seagate ST31000528AS sata. It appears on the "Device Manager" in the MyComputer properties. But it doesn't appear in Windows Explorer! What am I doing wrong. Please help. FM

6/12/2010 5:06:23 AM

"Frank Martin" <...@general.com.au>

Warning buying MS product

Bought a copy of MS Streets & Trips short time ago. I already had a number of GPS programs but bought the package because it included a small GPS receiver that connects to a usb port. S&T works as expected, GPS receiver doesn't work anywhere near reliably, perhaps 5% of time (at first, doesn't seem to do more than light up now) and has never kept working longer than a few minutes. And that's across 4 pcs so I think it safe to assume it's toast given everything works properly when I hook up my standalone Garmin GPS to any of these software packages. MS takes no responsibil

6/12/2010 1:21:31 AM

"news.microsoft.com" <pjp_is_locat...@_hotmail_dot_com>

Errors with WMI

I cannot obtain details from system information because WMI is not working. I have followed two ways to correct this but without success, the link is shown below. My system is XPpro sp2. Something has happened as i have never had this issue before, it started showing on event viewer towards end of |May. I have deleted files in repository folder as advised in link, but no joy http://blog.perfectspace.com/2004/07/21/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi-error/ Please help if you can Roger

6/11/2010 2:34:29 PM

"Roger" <Mon...@Zoo.fsnet.co.uk>

buying two m/b choice your opinion plz

GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3R or ASUS M4A79XTD EVO what is the better of the two for gaming sli not req, bang for buck amd or intel ? board -- fender62

6/10/2010 2:14:45 PM

fender62 <fender62.656a...@pcbanter.net>

Restarting and not detecting the hard disk some times

I am using Windows XP professional SP2, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Disk, MSI Motherboard. When I start my PC its restarting and some times its asking to check for the newly installed Hardware or Software and their drivers on blue screen. CONFIG/ SYSTEM file missing and asking to insert XP CD and press "r" to repair in the first screen. If I try to format the disk it is asking to contact manufacturer for help and its shutting down.

6/9/2010 7:13:17 PM

=?Utf-8?B?UmFqIEoga2FtYWw=?= <Raj J ka...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Multiple USB Ports.

Hello All! My machine runs XP but has only two USB 2.0 ports. Some of the hardware that I have will function quite well on one of the two USB 1.0 ports but really, I think I need about 6 USB ports. There seem to be two possibilities: install two more USB 2.0 cards or use a plug-in multiport attachment. That last requires installation of a driver. I wonder what would be the best way to go? I'd be grateful for advice. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

6/9/2010 5:16:37 PM

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.net>

Laptop Won't Power Up

My laptop (HP Pavilion dv1000) won't power up. When I hit the power button, all the lights flash briefly, then nothing. I get the same result when using the AC adapter, the battery or both. I have gotten a new AC adapter and same thing. I have tried removing both the adapter and battery, holding the power button down for 30 seconds. The same thing still happens. What should I check next? I'm a laptop newbie. Any help would be appreciated.

6/8/2010 11:52:20 PM

"Kathy So" <kathleen.d....@gmail.com>

Limiting downloads on a wireless router

I would like to give access to the Internet for clients in my waiting room. But is there a way to stop carrying out huge downloads? They would be using their own laptops or iphones. Is there a wireless router out there which can set a download limit for a particular MAC address? or perhaps a setting on a normal router (to which the wireless router is attached) which limits downloads to a certain IP address on the LAN. thanks in advance.

6/7/2010 11:53:14 PM

"jm7" <...@noSpamMail.com>

DELL 5150 f1 - (to continue) / f2 - (to set up)

cos I can ask Dell but must pay for their engineer come to my place to solve this problem. i have this Dell 5150 desktop and everytime I boot up it will show this message Floppy diskette seek failure, F1-to continue// F2- to set up. There is no floppy in the pc oly 1 sata hdd and 1 sata dvd rom drive. How can I get ti to boot straight to window. The Bios boot sequence: 1/ on board SATA hd drive 2/ on board or usb cd-rom drive 3/ on board ide hard disk (not detected) and others all not detected Under DRIVES - diskette drives // drive 0 - sata 0 // drive 1 - sata 1 // drive

6/7/2010 6:24:45 AM

=?Utf-8?B?YmIyMDI=?= <bb...@discussions.microsoft.com>

" TROUBLES, TBOUBLES, TROUBLES "

How can I rid of these problems ( Trojans, Worms, Phishers, ect. ) it has slown my computer down; it takes 3-4 minutes before I can start working, once I'm on line it says: Done But with Errors On Page. Since my computer has been sick, sorta speak. INTELL: MODELL: LW1768A AC: 100-240V 60150H2,1.3A This is on the back of my computer -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-xp-hardware/201006/1

6/6/2010 2:57:49 PM

"Sweetie via WindowsKB.com" <u59...@uwe>

PLAY CAR RACE GAMES

HI FRIENDS PLAY FULL TIME PASS GAMES AND ENJOY DOWN LOAD ALSO FOR FULL DETAILS VISIT http://andhraonlinegames.blogspot.com

6/6/2010 4:13:28 AM

bipasabasu <texaspes...@gmail.com>

ONLINE AIRLINES JOBS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

ONLINE AIRLINES JOBS FILL FORM AND GET AIRLINEJOB FROM ONLINE FOR FULL DETAILS VISIT http://onlineairlinesjobs.blogspot.com

6/6/2010 3:47:56 AM

soumya <texaspes...@gmail.com>

H E L P

I am still able to get online w/out the USB. Everthing is hooked up, double checked everything the USB light is off, yet I'm still able to get online. I'm new to these machines, I don't Understand. Somebody Please Help -- Currently Lost in The World of Computers ~ Sweetie ~ Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-xp-hardware/201006/1

6/3/2010 10:54:57 AM

"Sweetie via WindowsKB.com" <u59...@uwe>

USB Optical Wireless Mouse and Anti-Virus Software

I have an issue with anti Virus softwares' and MS wireless optical mouse. I installed paid Kaspersky together MS Essential. Both monitors my laptop Dell D600 continuously (resident). The laptop slow down considerable to a point the wireless optical mouse's buttons become almost unless. Further, starting and shutting down took longer. The situations improve without the 200Gb external USB hard drive. Dell D600 has two USB ports and I need three USB ports. I attach the wireless mouse either to a PMIC USB port or powered USB hub. I even tried without external USB ports and 200Gb HD

6/3/2010 10:54:49 AM

dwn <ddw...@nonet.net>

Better keyboard wanted.

I have tried many keyboards and they all have the "hair-trigger" problem, which is a keystroke is registered even when adjacent keys are skimmed or brushed. The old keyboards had to be pressed down to a certain depth before the stroke registered and I want this type again. Can someone advise me what these latter boards are called, and where they can be bought? Frank

6/1/2010 5:13:29 AM

"Frank Martin" <...@general.com.au>

hardware failure

hi, I have PC with P4 and win xp during regular operation it suddenly shut down; I replaced my power supply - I tested 3 different power suply - no reaction from my PC; what else can be the reason for this type of behavior? any suggestions? thank you lesio

5/31/2010 9:53:01 PM

=?Utf-8?B?bGVzaW8=?= <le...@discussions.microsoft.com>

External USB sharing

I have a printer that uses USB as it's input (like most current printers do). I have more than one computer, and would like to share the printer. Thus, I need something like an "external USB multi-port auto-sharing switch". Is there such an "animal" that I could appropriately use to share my USB printer ? Please advise.

5/29/2010 10:53:31 PM

"MN" <...@Private.net>

Kingston Data Traveller readonly in user account

Win XP Home SP3 I have a Kingston Data Traveller USB Flash drive, which is read only in a user account, and behaves normally in an Admin Account I have tried the Attrib command attrib -r X:*.* which works fine in Admin but two files are blocked from having the attrib changed in a user account - a program shortcut and an ico file for the drive. The ico file for the drive also says in file properties (user account) that it was created in another computer and has been blocked. The unblock option appears to work but doesn't actually change anything in the user account. If I

5/29/2010 9:17:41 AM

Robert M Jones <robert53newsgroups-...@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk>

DVD drive struggles with DVDs

This might be a double post. I killed the original screen too quickly and couldn't find the post anywhere. Recently I reinstalled my OS to fix a registry error. Now my DVD drive won't read DVDs. It can read data and audio CDs just fine. I tried using DVD Decryptor to move a movie onto my computer so I could watch it. Upon inserting the dvd, it takes a long time to think about it. The dvd drive sounds wrong - not loud, just quietly skittery. It does eventually find the iso files, but when it tries to 'parse' them I get this error: I/O Error! ScsiStatus: 0c02 A bun

5/28/2010 11:13:01 AM

=?Utf-8?B?RGVhZERhbmNlcnM=?= <DeadDanc...@discussions.microsoft.com>

D-Link disabled my welcome screen and fast user switching option

I installed a D-Link Xtreme N desktop PCI adaptor with their software. It disabled my welcome screen and fast user switching. XP is telling me I need to uninstall the D-Link software to be able to change this setting. Help? -- dewbru ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dewbru's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/225479.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/xp-hardware/1341387.htm http://forums.techarena.in

5/28/2010 12:02:33 AM

dewbru <dewbru.4bn...@DoNotSpam.com>

Camera not recognized?

I have a Canon PowerShot SD750, it does not need drivers for XP, but on one particular computer, a Dell Precision 390, when you plug it into the USB, it goes into the "new hardware found" routine, looks for drivers, says none found, hardware not installed, and the camera does not show up in My Computer. I've tried the USB ports in front and back, and other cameras do work on it. and the camera is recognized on other computers. Also updated bios and chipset on the computer from the dell web site. Anything I can do about this?

5/27/2010 9:11:40 PM

=?Utf-8?B?ZGx3?= <...@discussions.microsoft.com>

found new hardware--but it's not

I have four USB hard drives that I regularly use to back up my WinXP fully updated computer. Suddenly, Windows stopped recognizing the drives. It says it's found new hardware--a USB device--and wants to me to use a Wizard to install it. I've canceled the installation each time, since Windows has always recognized my USB external drives before. I've been plugging these drives into a seven-port Kensington USB hub. When Windows wouldn't recognize the drives, I tried plugging one into the USB port on the front of my computer. Windows seemed to recognize the drive there but first s

5/26/2010 5:40:36 AM

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com>

Disk Read Error Occurred

I have an older Gateway PC running XP Pro SP3. I was working on my PC with no problem, it slowed down (not infrequent occurrence), then I suddenly couldn't load a web page at all. Thought I had just lost my internet connection, so I closed everything and restarted. Now I get "A disk read error occurred. Press ctrl-alt-delete to restart." I tried this, but it just goes back to this screen every time. I can't boot into safe mode. I can get into the BIOS, and that's all. Is this a HDD failure? I don't have another computer at home to help with diagnostics. The hard drive is only

5/25/2010 1:36:01 PM

=?Utf-8?B?UGVnZ3k=?= <Pe...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Multi colored lines on monitor

Hello, i have been having problems with my computer lately. 2 days ago i left my pc on standby and when i got back the entire monitor had multi colored lines. What i did was test this out with more then one monitor to see if it was actually the monitor that was screwed up but it seems it isn't. I was reading past forums about green lines and red but i am not getting either of them. I will show you a picture but i am having problems on determining what is causing this problem. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------

5/23/2010 4:02:52 PM

michelangelo <michelangelo.63f0...@pcbanter.net>

CMOS Battery Type

Could anyone assist, I wish to make sure I get correct replacement CMOS battery before I remove old one. My board is ECS Sis 735KS5A Is there a reference chart available please, unless you know type. Thank You Roger in UK.

5/23/2010 3:07:47 PM

"Roger" <Mon...@Zoo.fsnet.co.uk>

SAFE TO REMOVE

I've got a built in media card reader in my home computer. When I'm through reading my SD card I've taken out of my camera, I choose to "safely remove" this from my computer, as I've been led to believe, so I won't loose any data. Problem is, that when I do so, the drive(s) (actually there are four) dissappear from my Windows Explorer and I cannot use them again. Recognized in system/device manager as USB controller/ mass storage device (with the exclamation mark attached) and properties suggests tha I unplug it and plug it back in. Impractical as it's all internal. QUESTION: H

5/22/2010 4:53:01 PM

=?Utf-8?B?UEVURVJGU1Q=?= <PETER...@discussions.microsoft.com>

help "COM1 in use" problem

How can I tell what has grabbed a com port. I try to connect to COM1 but am told it is in use, but I haven't intentionally connected any thing to it. My boot.ini has the /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn options so nothing should be causing a problem at boot. This is a remote machine and I do have a COM1 serial connection that could be trying to send data at boot, but the /fastdetect should prevent that from being seen. Any help appreciated. -- Marco UCO Lick Observatory Laboratory for Adaptive Optics

5/20/2010 1:27:40 AM

"Marco" <n...@null.net>

I need help!

Okay i just recently bought a use laptop. I've only had it for a month at the most and well its doing something i've never seen before and i would really like to know why this would be happening. I recently discoverd that when the laptop has been on for more then 2 hours that it will seize up and the only way you can get it to finish loading or thinking is to tip it sideways. At first i thought maybe it was because it got hot or something. But then i realized it wouldnt overheat with both the fans still working perfectly. So if anyone knows why i would have to turn it sidewa

5/19/2010 4:44:05 PM

=?Utf-8?B?QmVja2EgVGVycnk=?= <BeckaTe...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Need advice to troubleshoot a computer

My parent's computer has stopped working. It is on, but is not doing anything (the monitor is not receiving a signal). It will not reboot or even shut down via the buttons on the front. I need to figure out what the problem is and whether it is fixable. I was planning to redo their hard drive soon as it was orginally partitioned into 4 sections of 10GB each and the C drive is basically full while the other drives are not. I have already transferred as much as possible to the other drives, but it is now full, mostly with windows files and things i am not sure I can move. My plan was

5/19/2010 7:26:03 AM

"fries...@zoocrewphoto.com" <fries...@zoocrewphoto.com>

Change driver of network printer on local machine?

We have a bunch of computers in the office which connect to a Win2003SBS. We have two Brother laser printers on our network. Is it possible for my computer to use a different printer driver for one of the printers or would I need our network consultant to login to the server and change the driver? The reason I ask is because there's two types of drivers.. PCL and BR-SCRIPT. The PCL offers more features. I'd like to start taking advantage of them. One of the features is a macro feature, which can store stuff in the printer memory, such as a letterhead you use often, so whe

5/18/2010 2:10:11 PM

"yuppicide" <no...@nosir.com>

Clipboard

Don't know if this is a Windows or Corel problem, but since I replaced dead computer and reinstalled WP OFFICE 11 (WIN XP) cannot copy (or cut) to clipboard. Couldn't find anything in Help topics for either XP or Corel about a problem with the clipboard, just how to use it. Any help woujld be apreciated Thank you Walking man

5/17/2010 11:24:33 PM

WalkingMan <marshe...@yahoo.com>

Is this CD player defective? Cannot access blank CDs (only)

I can use music and software installation CDs just fine on my Dell laptop using an optical CD RW drive. I used to be able to burn blank CDs. But now when I insert a blank CD I get the following symptoms: It shows zero bytes available. When I click on the "D:\" icon (in My Computer) a popup (dialog box) shows "D:\ is not accessible", AFTER FOUR YEARS HAS MY CD PLAYER BECOME DEFECTIVE. Here's what I have tried. 1) Three different blank CDs 2) Reinstalled the driver 3) Cleaned the optical reader 4) Checked the "Drive Type" setting with REGEDIT It is puzzling that I can

5/17/2010 9:27:31 PM

"Michael T" <no_spam_1...@cox.net>

Please insert a disk into removable drive

I've just bought a portable hard drive and i comes up with the error "please insert a disk into removable drive". I've tried changing the drive name from 'F:' to other letters and nothing works. I've tried uninstalling via device manager and reinstalling. I've tried searching for driver updates. None of these works. Can anyone please help? Thanks.

5/17/2010 8:59:01 PM

=?Utf-8?B?Um9hY2hoaA==?= <Roac...@discussions.microsoft.com>

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