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I am using Windows XP home edition with 2 hard drives. How can I switch my system hard drive?

Thursday 26 March 2009 @ 9:03 am
windows xp


I am using Windows XP Home Edition and have two hard drives, 30GB and 80GB, in my computer. My system drive is the 30GB which I want to switch to the 80GB. Please advise how to switch my system drive and all the programs without reinstalling from the 30GB to the 80GB drive.




How can I keep my computer safe connecting with USB flash?

Thursday 26 March 2009 @ 3:58 am
connecting usb


Wireless Lan adaptor? Isn’t my current security set up which I use when connecting with Lan cable enough? I have never had a virus, trojan or any spy ware with it. Do I need to configure it to specifically protect the USB Lan adaptor, because I only see options for that in my Firewall which has protected automatically.
Just looked at some previous answers, So do I need to look for WIFI protection?
Yes Dr. House you’re right I mean adapter.
I’m not plugged in with my cable, I’m away from home.
Thanks Anomy12345, I do have Zonealarm, AVG spybot, which I use and others installed but not in use. So from your answer I guess I’ll be OK.




my new laptop comes with Win Vista home premium. How do i install Win XP side by side with the Vista?

Thursday 26 March 2009 @ 12:54 am
win xp ram


These are the details of my Laptop: duo cpu, T2350 @ 1.86ghz . RAM = 1014MB, HDD=120GB & Win Vista Home premium.




Connecting standard USB cable to PoweredUSB Port?

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 10:36 pm
connecting usb


Are there any known issues with connecting a standard USB cable into the bottom half ( the USB portion of PoweredUSB) port of a PoweredUSB port? We have a port replicator with a poweredusb port that went bad. the user reported that they tried to connect their mouse in this port and it did not work. Can this short out the poweredUSB port?

Is there any documentation that suggests that this is OK to do, or that it is specifically NOT SUGGESTED!?

Thanks!




HELP my olympus VN4100PC connected to pc via USB during installation and then it is never connecting again?

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 10:33 pm
connecting usb


digital voice recorder, what could be wrong and how could I fix it?




how can I create a windows xp cd that would allow me to reformat my operating system?

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 7:45 pm
windows xp


My computer is acting very slow and sluggish so I would like to do a fresh formatting of the os. However, I dont have a windows xp cd that is normally used to do that type of task. Basically, I would like to know if there is a way to make the type of cd that would enable me to reformat my os.




No signal on my PC after Windows boots up?

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 1:11 pm
windows dvi monitor


so i bought a new LG 22 Monitor-L227WTG-PF and Monster DVI-D cable. i have windows xp service pack 3 with two 8600GT and SLI enable. i have the dvi cable in the same socket i used before with my old monitor only difference was, i used a vga cable. so now when it boots i see the bios flash screen and microsoft screen with blue sliding bar and right after that when i hear the windows boot sound, my monitor says Digital Power Savings and it turns off the signal. any clues as to what the problem is… after it fully boots and i unplug the cable from the back while the pc is on, and when i re-attach the cable i get the video signal. i even install the monitor drivers like the CD said too do. i tried both DVI- connections since the card is dual DVI, maybe i wasnt using the master connection. but that didnt work either. so as long as i leave pc on, or when i restart i have to get up and remove cable and re-attach just to get the video signal.. any clues.
max resolution my card support is 2000 something by something, my current resolution size is 1440×900
use the source button, it makes the light go to blue for like 10 secs, then turns back to orange and says again digital power savings mode
update. just used the VGA cable that came with monitor and success. it boots up fine without any problems…




How do I install windows XP on my preinstalled windows Vista LAPTOP?

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 1:48 am
windows xp


My model is acer extensa 5420. I cant find the windows XP drivers for my Laptop, I guess they want Vista exclusively working on this Laptop. Is there another way? Vista is not of my likng. I want XP BACK! PLZ HELP.




WIN XP running WoW?

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 1:43 am
win xp ram


i have a win xp with a decent video card and these stats:
Operating Systems: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory Size: 1GB
Total Memory: 1.0GB
Memory Speed: DDR2 667 (PC2-5400)
Memory Slots (Total): 2
Memory Slots (Available): 1
Maximum Memory Supported: 2.0GB
Interface: SATA II
Capacity: 80GB

could i run WoW on that even tho it has 1 GB of RAM(keep in mind its XP not RAM hogging vista)?




How can I restore windows xp to its original settings and delete the remaining files that were on it before?

Wednesday 25 March 2009 @ 12:33 am
windows restore


I want to restore windows xp to how it was when i first bought it. How can i delete the remaining files that were on it before? Like do a clean sweep of the hard drive.




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