Recent content by fortythree

You need a Boot.ini file on your C drive and you need your C drive to be the boot drive.. so in your BIOS make sure C drive (IDE) is set as the boot drive... I know in my BIOS I can set it to "other" which is what I would use if I wanted to boot off one of my SCSI drives.. (I would then go into...

bump cause this board moves fast!

nope no reason to go with dual PIII.. just that if I go to P4 I am forced to get new mobo, new cpu, and new ram... and because it has been so long since i have tinkered with hardware, i dont know what is best.. when i bought my ram i knew it was fast and overclockable.. when i bought my cpu i...

well, it has been a long time since i have been in the computer building game.. it has been a long time since i have been to this forum!! anyways, i am itchin to build myself a new computer.. bored i guess.. i'll try and keep this post to a few general questions in regards to different choices...

i'd remove it from device manager and reboot, maybe it will reinstall the propper drivers correctly.. disable autoprotect on your antivirus software before doing so (if this applies) because a/v software running in the background while installing drivers can cause drivers to be installed...

have you tried just using "system managed size" ?? or are you making it a permanent size? i'd suggest trying to let windows manage it. also, in folder options do you have "hide protected OS system files" unticked? and show hidden files and folders ticked? (otherwise you wont see the pagefile...

okay, here is my dilemna... i have gotten this error a couple times (both times i had to reinstall XP).. when i go to boot up i get a "file (named SYSTEM) damaged or missing... a little research and i found out that something must be writing a lot of data to the system registry hive thus making...

i dunno... there is only a jumper to switch betweenTV formats.. jumper on = PAL format \ jumper off = NTSC format.. when i go into display > settings i right click the display #1 choose select output device and it only shows analog monitor (good because my display #1 is my monitor)... but i do...

anyone?... please??

well, i've been screwin around with this card trying to get TV out to work all yesterday... to no avail.. i was hoping someone with the same card could help me (or someone who knows the card!).. i'm running winXP pro... i have the black cord going from the video card to my TV (on the TV it...

well, i've gotten this error a few times now right on bootup (right before the black windows boot logo\status bar popup) it says the file system is missing or corrupt and lists a path to the file.. i think it was windows\system32\system i can try and boot into xp to get the correct path come...

well, i ran x-setup, i'm running win-xp... went thru all the options in x-setup... didnt do anything with the contral panel options in x-setup: All X-Setup Plug-ins > Appearance > Control Panel > System Icons > Visible System Icons [Everything is Checked to Show] All X-Setup Plug-ins >...

well, i ran x-setup, i'm running win-xp... went thru all the options in x-setup... didnt do anything with the contral panel options in x-setup: All X-Setup Plug-ins > Appearance > Control Panel > System Icons > Visible System Icons [Everything is Checked to Show] All X-Setup Plug-ins >...

okay, i know this is stupid but i was just wondering if something's messed with my hdds. i have (what i thought the sizes were) the following: 12.1 GB Maxtor 91303D6 5200rpm UDMA-33 (when i search "91303D6" on the internet, 13 GB always comes up... a few 12 GB's come up...) when i look in...