Recent content by darkcyber20

Well, one thing I found it the hard drive is running in PIO mode and I see no way to change it to DMA. Anyone know of a way to force it to run in DMA?

I have two Dell Vostrol 1500 laptops (yes older pc's). Here are the specs on the two: Laptop #1 Intel Celeron M 540 1.86 GHz 1 Gig of DDR2 Ram Fujitsu MHY2080BH 80 GB Hard drive 5,400 RPM Windows XP Pro Laptop #2 Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5270 1.40 GHz 1 Gig of DDR2 Ram Seagate ST9160821AS 160...

Link is dead. Thanks for the suggestions. Already ran Memtest and everything checked out. Don't think it is hardware related. PC boots and works fine as long as I boot it into safe mode. If it was a hardware failure should get the same problems in safe mode.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop of a friends and it started giving a BSOD error recently. The computer will boot up and get to the desktop, but I cannot do anything with it because the hard drive is running (some app or apps are running from the bootup) and before it finally releases the...

Thanks everyone for the answers. Well, this is not my pc, I have someone that has asked me about wiping the "private data" from their system...whatever that involves I don't know, haven't seen the system. I agree, doing a complete HD wipe and doing an OS install is the way to go, but I have no...

By using CrapCleaner I meant first delete the data and clear up that space and then use CCleaner's wipe free space option.

What is the best way to securely erase data from a hd while leaving the OS intact? Using some kind of a shredder program, CrapCleaner's Wipe Free Space option...etc? or what? Also, if you use a program that writes all zeros to a hd, that completely destroys all data on that hd, can that hd be...

Looking for some free or low cost website building software for a newbie to be able to build her a complete website from the ground up. I know places that do hosting offer website building software, but most charge a monthly fee for using it. I looking for something simple without a big...

Can you boot up Windows XP and step through each driver that is loaded. Can't remember, but kind of like you use could with Windows 98, where you had to press a key each time to load the next driver. One of my XP machines is hanging up on the blue Windows XP splash screen and I am trying to...

Thanks! I will give it a shot!

I have a Windows XP Media Center Edition PC that will boot up to the blue Windows XP Media Center Edition screen and stops, it does nothing beyond that. In Safe Mode I can get to the log in screen. Any suggestions of what I can do to get this to boot on into Windows, of course, besides and...