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501 vs dishplayer
They will never change unless I physically change the ribbon cables. I then shut down and install my Zip Drive which, sometimes, will mess up my drive lettering by trying to become drive D:. I boot up and re-letter the Zip Drive to X:, to get it out of the way. Then I can reset my other hard drive partitions to D:

Hard Drive won't Boot
For AT it'll click and lock; for ATX it's a momentary contact switch and will feel just like the reset switch. The computer is a laptop. I just replaced my hard drive and did a clean installation. I used to be able to set my power scheme to automatically turn off the screen and the hard drive.

Upgrading PFS/HDToolbox/Unable to boot!
There were no jumpers to reset on the modem/sound card, and even after applying a patch from the Compaq site, I STILL can't get into the set-up. *sigh* My last-ditch effort will be quick-restoring my hard drive and upgrading the Win '95. It's very possible that Win '98 just DOES NOT like my hardware.

upgrade problems-please help!
When I open a html file on my hard drive the images are not shown. Ie when I open the Quake III manual the page loads with a heap of boxes with small x. many newsgroups http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml *** Registry merge file must start with REGEDIT4 REGEDIT4 // Lines starting // will not be merged // Reset

Reformatting Hard Drive
I am moving my hard drive to a new system soon, and i saved this info for that time: First: I never recommend installing an operating system over the top of Your keyboard and mouse may not work immediately, since the hardware will have to enumerate. If they dont work after a few minutes, reset the machine and

i'm going from win98se to xp,home, what do I need to do?
(Note: when I power on the machine hd detects ... when i reset or Ctrl+Alt+Delete no hd detects) Go through the install boom on the reset I get a "Can't Read Disk Error...Press Ctrl+Alt+Del" ... so I'm frustrated and by this point want to throw my hard drive...but i resist and go and download the latest WD utility

Michaels S
So I went ahead and started over, having to hit the reset button, and later, when I'm typing on the paper, lo and behold, the same thing happened to me again. This problem has also happened to me in file manager when I would try to switch from my hard drive, C:, to the floppy drive, A:. Viruses have been ruled out

Brad's Review of OS/2 3.0!
DOS recognizes my hard drive all right. - TAPAS Ignore the message and proceed. I had the same problem, and thought my BIOS needed upgrading. If the hard drive is bigger than 528MB you may have a problem with old BIOS. Systems other than DOS will not work well unless you reset the cylinder number to 1024 and

how to change hard drives with windows vista.
Somehow, someway, my hard drive was corrupted (static electricity, or something) and Windows will not load. I call Dell, and they say give me some very brief advise on how to reinstall Windows I then proceed to delete all the partitions, reset the partitions and format the hard drive, both primary and extended.

My hard drive has vanished!
They would say things like "are you going to open up my hard drive and check to make sure everything is working?", or "Are you sure you know what you are They will not upgrade to Win95. MS knows this, but still touts that it has an operating system with the highest user base. But if the user base is made up of

Upgraded to Vista 64-Bit
I'm getting xp home, what is the best way to set this up well on my hard drive?? (eg. specific formats, boot requirements etc? After the installation is complete, you will have to reinstall applications and reset your preferences. If you have the time & spirit, I recommend you choose to do a "clean install".

Help! 7.6 Installation Hoses Hard Drive!
(Probably is, but make sure) Third, you can't have the files on your hard drive, they must be on floppy to upgrade. C. This will give you a "bootable flash disk" 3) Reboot your computer with your "bootable flash disk" in drive A: You can do this with the reset button, or CTRL-ALT-DEL. 4) The main menu will

computer hangs and hangs and hangs..
Apparently, EZCD 4.02d will not work properly under SP1. If you try uninstalling SP1, things may work out. As far as EZCD is concerned, versions prior to 4.02d will I thought that this was perhaps an overrun, so I reset Nero to copy the original CD to my hard drive and to burn the new CD at 2x (instead of 4x).

Missing messages
Sorry if I mis-stated my intentions, I am upgrading hardware as stated, everything except my hard drive. I have Win XP Pro now and thought that all the settings The Repair Install will reset XP to the new hardware. Try it first, and if you have problems you can always boot from the XP CD and do a clean install.

cpu upgrade
... but I can tell you that I used this method to move my hard drive into a completely new system and it worked unbelievably wel, and easy. Your keyboard and mouse may not work immediately, since the hardware will have to enumerate. If they dont work after a few minutes, reset the machine and boot again.

Pocket PC2002 Upgrade
Sometimes I get a message stating that I was refused entry to the site I don't know whether or not I have their current cookies on my hard drive? If this doesn't resolve the issue, we will need to know more about your setup. Are you connecting through a proxy server, are you using a Router,

How to do a repair from bootup
I tried the I386 dir that I had previously mirrored on my hard drive, but that didn't work. I even tried copying the files from another computer onto a floppy, it didn't do anything, so I reset my computer. It then booted into the desktop and everything worked fine. However, now nothing will install!

IFAQ: Irritating Frequently Asked Questions
003- How can I adjust my 5.25" drive for the best performance? The typical 5.25" drive will run for months with no need for maintenance save an occassional .... The problem was that diskettes would sometimes be damaged when doing an Open-Apple-CTL-Reset or when using disks with certain kinds of copy protection.

comp.unix.sco Technical FAQ (Table of Contents)
Additional confusion on this issue: When I tried to select some "unused" IRQ's to run the ports it caused my hard drive to stop functioning. I had to reboot via floppy disk and then go back and reset my IRQ's to where they were. How does one determine which IRQ's can be shared? What is the essential difference

HELP ! NT doesn't recognize my IDE hard drive
I have a Quantum Fireball 1.2 GB (Apple OEM) in my 7500 (with a 604/120 upgrade). On Friday night I shut down my computer and went away for the weekend. Here's the problem. The computer will only boot if I disconnect the SCSI connector from the hard drive and start from the floppy or the CD.